The government submitted the “2013 Government Performance Plan,” along with the budget bill, which amounts to 342.5 trillion won, to the National Assembly on Sept. 28, 2012. 2013 performance management system is constituted of 179 strategic goals, 444 performance goals, and 2,138 management tasks in a total of 50 ministries.
In this report, programs with uncertain achievement, and programs lacking in validity of performance indicators and adequacy of performance targets were evaluated. In addition, cases where performance plans were written inaccurately and unclarity was pointed out, and evaluation on four topics (performance goals management system, etc) were included. Evaluation resulted in the following issues and improvement strategies being suggested.
First, the programs that show low yearly budget execution rates and low performance need to be deliberated on and reviewed intensively for the enhancement of fiscal effectiveness. The budget amounts of programs with uncertain achievement need to be adjusted.
Second, it is recommended that some performance indicators that are lacking validity and representation be revised. This report indicated cases of lack of adequacy of performance information, such as the lack of validity of performance indicators, and the lack of adequacy of the performance target. In these cases, performance plans need to be improved more systematically in terms of performance management, and performance goals need to be set correctly for the right performance management.
Third, it is a problem that budget bill and attached document (performance plan) are occasionally not congruent, and the facts written in performance plans are not accurate because of mistakes. This lowers the value of performance plans. Therefore, more care needs to be taken in writing performance plans in the future.
Fourth, the budget amounts reflecting financial programs’ self-assessment results was somewhat lacking. The programs ratio received insufficient or less is 20.3% (23 programs of 113 programs), but the 2013 budget amount of these programs increased, or even reduced to less than 10%. Therefore, the budget amount of these programs needs to be reconsidered based on their adequacy.
Fifth, approximately 60% of expenditures is occupied by the local governments (including education governments) in Korea. but there is no legal foundation for performance budgeting and performance report, etc. And education governments are not conducting a performance management. Hence, that needs to be improved.
Program Evaluation Bureau
In this report, programs with uncertain achievement, and programs lacking in validity of performance indicators and adequacy of performance targets were evaluated. In addition, cases where performance plans were written inaccurately and unclarity was pointed out, and evaluation on four topics (performance goals management system, etc) were included. Evaluation resulted in the following issues and improvement strategies being suggested.
First, the programs that show low yearly budget execution rates and low performance need to be deliberated on and reviewed intensively for the enhancement of fiscal effectiveness. The budget amounts of programs with uncertain achievement need to be adjusted.
Second, it is recommended that some performance indicators that are lacking validity and representation be revised. This report indicated cases of lack of adequacy of performance information, such as the lack of validity of performance indicators, and the lack of adequacy of the performance target. In these cases, performance plans need to be improved more systematically in terms of performance management, and performance goals need to be set correctly for the right performance management.
Third, it is a problem that budget bill and attached document (performance plan) are occasionally not congruent, and the facts written in performance plans are not accurate because of mistakes. This lowers the value of performance plans. Therefore, more care needs to be taken in writing performance plans in the future.
Fourth, the budget amounts reflecting financial programs’ self-assessment results was somewhat lacking. The programs ratio received insufficient or less is 20.3% (23 programs of 113 programs), but the 2013 budget amount of these programs increased, or even reduced to less than 10%. Therefore, the budget amount of these programs needs to be reconsidered based on their adequacy.
Fifth, approximately 60% of expenditures is occupied by the local governments (including education governments) in Korea. but there is no legal foundation for performance budgeting and performance report, etc. And education governments are not conducting a performance management. Hence, that needs to be improved.
Program Evaluation Bureau