A monitoring report published today by the Prime Minister's Office indicates that the government had carried out 70% of all the measures decided since the beginning of the its term in office by the end of 2016. The Prime Minister's Office said that Israel was one of the few OECD countries that individually monitors the implementation of its decision, and publishes the monitoring report.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "I'm proud that the government I head is checking transparency and informing the public about the proportion of the government decisions that has been implemented." Prime Minister's Office director general Eli Groner said, "Publication of implementation of decisions is another important part of the dramatic change that we have been leading for the past two years in the government's organizational culture. The budget control mechanism, reducing regulation, preparing a work plan, setting measurable targets for each ministry - all of these steps are aimed at creating a more modern and efficient work environment in the public sector."
The report monitors implementation of all the operational decisions taken by the current government in which the target date for carrying them out was before the end of 2016. There were 195 such decisions, involving 1,052 items for implementation for which the current implementation status was listed in the report, based on reports by the government ministries and support units. For example, in case of government decision no. 1957 - "Government Policy for Promoting Optimal Integration of Immigrants from Ethiopia in Israeli Society," NIS 2 million was not budgeted to the Ministry of Culture and Sport to fund the program, even though the Prime Minister's Office director general was responsible for this. The report said that the reason for this was that the Ministry of Culture and Sport had not finished preparing the tender documents required for obtaining the budget. It has now has been agreed that the transfer of the funds will be delayed until 2017. Other budgets listed in the decision were fully or partly allocated.
Published by Globes [online], Israel Business News - www.globes-online.com - on June 22, 2017
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