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Kingdom of Morocco
SEMINAR ON GENDER BUDGETING Organized by
All-China Womens Federation and UNDP
China First impacts of the Gender Budget
Process in Morocco Hind Jalal Ministry of
Finance and Privatization, Morocco Beijing ,
22-23 AUGUST, 2007
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• Outline
• GRB international and national context of
  introduction
• Snapshot of the Moroccan situation
• GRB integration process by MFP
• Budget Reform
• GRB objectives
• Main steps of GRB project
• Main resources on GRB
• Budget Reform Guide
• Manual on GRB
• First impacts
• Illiteracy rates by gender
• Adult literacy programs outcomes
• Basic infrastructures (drinking water,
  electricity, accessibility)
• GRB perspectives

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• International Context

• Moroccan ratification of CEDAW (Convention on
  elimination of all forms of discrimination
  against woman).
• Moroccan engagement to realize MDGs (2005, 2nd
  national report is genderized).
• Moroccan engagement to implement 20-20 initiative
  (20 budget expenses and 20 of foreign help
  dedicated to finance basis social services).
• Moroccan admission for the first time to the
  Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) witch aims
  poverty reduction and economic growth promotion.

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• National Context

• Reinforcement of the democratic process (public
  liberties code, family code, nationality code )
• Set up of the National Human Development
  Initiative 2005
• Modernization of public sectors in terms of
  governance reinforcement
• Adoption of a national list in the Parliament
  reserving 30 seats for women (10,77 of elected
  representative). This situation classify Morocco
  among the first Arab countries and 83th at world
  level over 186
• Reinforcement of decentralization / locales
  collectivities roles
• New dynamic of the State - civil society
  partnership

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• Outline
• GRB international and national context of
  introduction
• Brief snapshot of the Moroccan situation
• GRB integration process by MFP
• Budget Reform
• GRB objectives
• Main steps of GRB project
• Main resources on GRB
• Budget Reform Guide
• Manual on GRB
• First impacts
• Illiteracy rates by gender
• Adult literacy programs outcomes
• Basic infrastructures (drinking water,
  electricity, accessibility)
• GRB perspectives

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• Population 29,892 millions (49,3 male 50,7
  Female)
• Urban population 16,464 millions (55 ) (2004)
• Rural population13,428 millions (45)
• National poverty rate 14,2 (2004)
• Unemployment Rate 10,8 (11,4 of women) (2006)
• Female LFP 27,9.

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Growth rates 5,5 in average from 2002 to 2006
Inflation under control 2 between 2002 and
2006 Budget deficit around 3,15 during the
period 2002-2006.
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• Important Budget effort in social sectors
• 55 of State General Budget 2007 versus 41 in
  1992.
• Persistent social deficits
• Poverty 14,2 in 2004 versus 19 in 1994.
• Illiteracy rates 38,5 in 2006 versus 54,9
  in 1994.
• Persistent gender inequalities
• Net education rates in the rural primary school
  (basic education) 88,5 for boys versus 78,5
  for girls en 2004
• Literacy rates 69 man versus 53 woman in
  2006.
• Mother mortality 228 for 100.000 births in 2003
  
• New born babies mortality 40 for 1000 alive
  births (2003).

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• Outline
• GRB international and national context of
  introduction
• Brief snapshot of the Moroccan situation
• GRB integration process by MFP
• Budget Reform
• GRB objectives
• Main steps of GRB project
• Main resources on GRB
• Budget Reform Guide
• Manual on GRB
• First impacts
• Illiteracy rates by gender
• Adult literacy programs outcomes
• Basic infrastructures (drinking water,
  electricity, accessibility)
• GRB perspectives

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• Budget reform process, performance oriented since
  2002
• Multi-annual budget programming MTEF (Medium
  Term Expenditures Framework).
• Reinforcement of performance oriented budgeting
  Generalization of the new budget results-based
  management.
• Audit adaptation at performance logic less
  prior control and reinforcement of control of
  results.
• Integrated information systems development.

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• Objectives
• Take into consideration different preoccupations
  and needs of woman, men, girls and boys when
  formulating, monitoring and evaluating public
  policies
• Provide equity and improve public policy
  efficiency and coherence through a better
  allocation and targeting of budget resources.

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• 2002 Preliminary study with World Bank support
  on Methodological feasibility of gender budget
  accounts in Morocco.
• 2003 GRB Project in MF with UNIFEM support.
• Cycle I (2003-2004) outputs
• Initiation and advocacy of some key departments.
• Elaboration of a handbook on gender responsive
  budgeting (for budget professionals).
• Elaboration of a practical Guide of budget reform
  and gender (for civil society and parliament
  members)

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• Cycle II (2005-2008) in progress currently
• Elaboration since 2005 of the Moroccan Gender
  Report coming with the FL (integrating
  progressively new departments) in a participative
  process (actually 19 departments) .
• Reference to gender indicators in the Call
  Circular for the year 2007.
• Refine the poverty map in a gender perspective.
• Introduce local dimension with targeted
  departments.
• Training of members of Parliament and NGOs.

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• Outline
• GRB international and national context of
  introduction
• Brief snapshot of the Moroccan situation
• GRB integration process by MFP
• Budget Reform
• GRB objectives
• Main steps of GRB project
• Main resources on GRB
• Budget Reform Guide
• GRB Handbook
• First impacts
• Illiteracy rates by gender
• Adult literacy programs outcomes
• Basic infrastructures (drinking water,
  electricity, accessibility)
• GRB perspectives

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• First resource on gender budget (Arabic and
  French) elaborated in collaboration with
  Parliament members and NGOs in 2002.
• Target Parliament members and NGOs.
• www.finances.gov.ma

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• Handbook on mainstreaming gender in planning and
  budgeting which is a technical supplement to the
  first guide (elaborated in 2007).
• Target budget professionals in ministries.
• www.finances.gov.ma

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• Outline
• GRB international and national context of
  introduction
• Brief snapshot of the Moroccan situation
• GRB integration process by MFP
• Budget Reform
• GRB objectives
• Main steps of GRB project
• Main resources on GRB
• Budget Reform Guide
• Manual on GRB
• First impacts
• Illiteracy rates by gender
• Adult literacy programs outcomes
• Basic infrastructures (drinking water,
  electricity, accessibility)
• GRB perspectives

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Source SE Alpha
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First impacts Illiteracy rates, Gender
disparities 2006
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1982-2001 (20 years) 2 millions beneficiaries
2002-2006 (4 years) 2 millions beneficiaries
80 are women
675.000 bf. enrolled in 2006-2007
Source SE Alpha
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Source ONEP
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PERG 84 rural pop. 2006 versus 17 in 1996
(generalization 2007)
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Basic infrastructures rural roads
accessibility rates
Source Ministère de lEquipement

• 36 in 1995 before PNRR1
• 61,5 by end of 2007
• 80 by 2015.

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• Outline
• GRB international and national context of
  introduction
• Brief snapshot of the Moroccan situation
• GRB integration process by MFP
• Budget Reform
• GRB objectives
• Main steps of GRB project
• Main resources on GRB
• Budget Reform Guide
• Manual on GRB
• First impacts
• Illiteracy rates by gender
• Adult literacy programs outcomes
• Basic infrastructures (drinking water,
  electricity, accessibility)
• GRB perspectives

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• Generalization of the gender evaluation of public
  expenditures in 2008.
• Pursuing the organization of workshops and
  training programs for key persons in ministries
  at the central and local level / Parliament
  Members and NGOs.
• Building gender aware performance indicators
• Reinforcement of the politic engagement and a
  strong adhesion of all GRB stakeholders
• Improvement of the statistic system in terms of
  developing gendered data and indicators and a
  geographic targeting of poverty through, a
  poverty map gender aware
• Implementation of a gender responsive taxation
  policy

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Thank You