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Transparent and effective public investment — #103 Identification of options

To enhance the cost-effectiveness of the solution which is to be financed by the public investments, several alternatives of the solutions should be submitted for consideration.*

* For example, is the best possible solution to build a new four-lane highway to downtown or is it better to repair the existing road and build a cycle path next to it?

Justification and sources

Update history

date	reason	effectiveness	progression
12/2016 current	The proposal of the Act on management and control of public finances, which is in the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, requires, within the framework of the preliminary assessment of an expenditure operation, that before the planned expenditure from the public budget is realised the possible options on how to satisfy the public need in relation to the objective of management and control of public finances be assessed. The obligation to perform the preliminary assessment is, however, dependent – next to the amount to be set by an internal regulation of the authority in question – , on the risk evaluation of the main economists of the same authority, so that the assessment may not be performed in the same way by all public authorities.	Effectiveness 75%	Progression 60%	More
06/2016	The proposal of the Act on management and control of public finances requires, within the framework of the preliminary assessment of an expenditure operation, that before the planned expenditure from the public budget is realised the possible options on how to satisfy the public need in relation to the objective of management and control of public finances be assessed. The obligation to perform the preliminary assessment is, however, dependent – next to the amount to be set by an internal regulation of the authority in question – , on the risk evaluation of the main economists of the same authority, so that the assessment may not be performed in the same way by all public authorities.	Effectiveness 75%	Progression 50%	More
08/2015	So far there is no legal measure which would contain the methodology describing the process and the implementation of public investments which could be used by public institutions.	Effectiveness 0%	Progression 10%	More