Under the authority of a Director General, the Directorate General for the Budget is responsible for :

• The implementation of the government’s budgetary policy
• Forecasting fiscal developments,
• Budgetary framework,
• The preparation of draft State finance laws
• The execution of the State investment budget in liaison with the Ministry in charge of public investments,
• Monitoring and implementation of the priority investment programme, in liaison with the Ministry in charge of public investment,
• The control, audit and evaluation of programmes within the framework of the state budget,
• The development of procedures for modernising expenditure circuits,
• The collection and use of all information relating to the preparation of the budget, in liaison with the administrations concerned,
• The preparation, monitoring, evaluation and control of the execution of the State’s operating budget, in liaison with the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development.
• The preparation of the summary note on the execution of the State budget in liaison with the administrations concerned,
• The preparation of the budget note,
• The development and monitoring of the application of budgetary regulations
• The development and implementation of the budget reform, in liaison with other relevant departments,
• Monitoring and evaluation of subsidies granted by the State to public institutions and public bodies.
• The management of debts and public shareholdings
• The consolidation of budgetary information with that of decentralised local authorities and public institutions.
• Centralization and analysis of data on public spending programmes
• Monitoring the level of physical and financial implementation of development programmes or projects financed from external resources, in liaison with the administrations concerned of the implementation of the medium-term expenditure framework,
• Guidance and supervision of the action of financial controls, both at the central and deconcentrated levels,
• The consolidation of the administrative accounts of the authorising officers,
• The production of the annual control report,
• The administrative accounting of state expenditure,
• The production of data and performance indicators on the evolution of budgetary expenditure,
• The implementation of the government’s wage policy, in liaison with the ministry in charge of the civil service;
• Drafting and monitoring the application of laws and regulations relating to staff expenditure, in liaison with the relevant administrations,
• Analysis of the financial impact of the texts on staff and pension expenditure;
• The preparation and consolidation of statistics on the balance of payments,
• Control of the pay processing structures operating within the Ministry and other administrations;
• The management of the central pay file for State personnel,
• Management of the file of pensions and life annuities,
• The production of pension statements,
• Monitoring the repayment of pension contributions for seconded staff.