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ZERO BUDGETING [2 records]

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Record 1 2021-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Sector Budgeting
  • Federal Administration
DEF

... a one-time intensive overall review of on-going activities of a department or agency with the objective of freeing up resources assigned to low priority activities in order to reallocate resources to new demands.

OBS

The concept of the A-base review borrows from the zero base budgeting approach in that historical patterns of resource allocation are not in themselves justification for continuing such allocations.

OBS

A-base review: designation officially approved by the Management Committee for the BCF (budgetary, accounting and finance) Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
  • Administration fédérale
CONT

Les services votés constituent la part des dépenses de l'État qui est reconduite d'année en année [...] Le Gouvernement (de la France) a demandé à la Cour des comptes d'entreprendre une révision des services votés des ministères afin de diminuer la continuité de fait des dépenses d'un budget à l'autre. En outre, chaque ministère a été invité à procéder lui-même à une révision pour permettre ce qu'on a appelé le redéploiement interne des crédits.

OBS

Redéploiement : Action par laquelle un ministère abandonne certaines actions pour être financièrement en mesure d'en promouvoir de plus utiles d'un même montant.

OBS

révision des services votés : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de gestion du Lexique BCF (budgétaire, comptable et financier).

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
CONT

Buzzwords of the ’80s include such terms as zero-base budgeting, flatlining, zero growth, cutbacks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique

Spanish

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