□ The administration submitted the “Gender Budget Balance Sheet” to the National Assembly in the form of an annex to the main government balance sheet report. The “Gender Budget Balance Sheet” of 2011 covers the total expenditure of 10.0296 trillion won (including endowments and funds) of 241 projects from 34 central government departments.
- The “Gender Budget Balance Sheet” assesses whether “the national budget, in the form of various projects and programs, benefits both sexes equally and that the budget is executed in manners such that gender inequality and discrimination is allayed” (“National Finance Law,” article 57).
- The “2011 Gender Sensitivity Fund Balance Sheet” was first written out.
□ A thorough examination of the “2011 Accounting Year Gender Budget Balance Sheet” by the National Assembly Budget Office revealed a general lack of perceptive evaluation from the point of gender sensitivity, which, in a number of areas, failed to meet the national criteria for the “Gender Budget Balance Sheet” as set by ”National Finance Law.”
- Inadequacy in the alleviation of gender disparity, lack of connectivity with the realization of gender equity, inefficiency in the carrying out of programs intended to enhance gender equity, incorrect method of studying benefit-from-budget per gender, and other similar problems have been found.
□ In order to address and resolve the problems of the current “Gender Budget Balance Sheet,” setting goals from the perspective of gender sensitivity in the overall application of national finances, substantiating the contents of the Gender “Budget Balance Sheet,” establishing complementary measures in the selection process of gender sensitivity target programs, and other institutional reforms are necessary.
Budget Analysis Office
- The “Gender Budget Balance Sheet” assesses whether “the national budget, in the form of various projects and programs, benefits both sexes equally and that the budget is executed in manners such that gender inequality and discrimination is allayed” (“National Finance Law,” article 57).
- The “2011 Gender Sensitivity Fund Balance Sheet” was first written out.
□ A thorough examination of the “2011 Accounting Year Gender Budget Balance Sheet” by the National Assembly Budget Office revealed a general lack of perceptive evaluation from the point of gender sensitivity, which, in a number of areas, failed to meet the national criteria for the “Gender Budget Balance Sheet” as set by ”National Finance Law.”
- Inadequacy in the alleviation of gender disparity, lack of connectivity with the realization of gender equity, inefficiency in the carrying out of programs intended to enhance gender equity, incorrect method of studying benefit-from-budget per gender, and other similar problems have been found.
□ In order to address and resolve the problems of the current “Gender Budget Balance Sheet,” setting goals from the perspective of gender sensitivity in the overall application of national finances, substantiating the contents of the Gender “Budget Balance Sheet,” establishing complementary measures in the selection process of gender sensitivity target programs, and other institutional reforms are necessary.
Budget Analysis Office