Abstract:

The article deals with the application of interoperable digital solutions in the domain of public financial management in order to improve the effectiveness of administrative procedures. The practical relevance of the topic is derived from the Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe which promotes the interconnection of public portals to elevate the added value of the digitisation of public services. The interconnection of portals and electronic registers can notably facilitate the reduction of administrative burdens, foment the creation of new digital services and contribute to the creation of the Digital State. Nonetheless, there has been little research on how it works in practice and on its impact on the efficiency of public financial management. The paper systematically reviews the main concepts of public financial management and the relevant strategies on the interoperability of public services. Based on this, it aims to analyse a series of Hungarian practices on interoperability to identify success factors that could support the design of new digital solutions to improve the management of public financial resources.

References:

[1] ADVISORY BOARD OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, White paper on Hungarian National Data Policy, (2016) [2] DELOITTE, First steps into the labour market. Deloitte Central Europe. (2015) [3] DENER, C., & MIN, S. Y., Financial Management Information Systems and Open Budge Data – Do Governments Report on Where the Money Goes? Washington, DC: World Bank. (2013) [4] DENER, C., WATKINS, J. A., & DOROTINSKY, W. L., Financial Management Information Systems / 25 Years of World Bank Experience on What Works and What Doesn’t. Washington D. C.: World Bank. (2011) [5] EUROPEAN COMMISSION, COM 72 final, "Internet Policy and Governance - Europe's role in shaping the future of Internet Governance ", (2014) [6] EUROPEAN COMMISSION, COM 178 final, "European Cloud Initiative - Building a competitive data and knowledge economy in Europe", 19.4. (2016) [7] EUROPEAN COMMISSION, COM 134 final, "European Interoperability Framework – Implementation Strategy ", (2017) [8] EUROPEAN COMMISSION, National Interoperability Framework Observatory, Downloaded: 2018. 01, 30, Source: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/national-interoperability-framework-observatory-nifo?page=1 [9] COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Directive 2011/85/EU of 8 November 2011 on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States, (2011) [10] EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL, Directive 2003/98/EC of 17 November 2003 on the re-use of public sector information, (2003) [11] EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL, Decision No 922/2009/EC of September 2009 on interoperability solutions for European public administrations (ISA), (2009) [12] EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL, Decision (EU) 2015/2240 of 25 November 2015, establishing a programme on interoperability solutions and common frameworks for European public administrations, businesses and citizens (ISA˛ programme) as a means of modernising the public sector, (2015) [13] EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL, 679/2016/EU regulation, General Data Protection Regulation, (2016) [14] GOVERNMENT OF HUNGARY, Regulation No. 60/2014, a támogatásból megvalósuló fejlesztések központi monitoringjáról és nyilvántartásáról, (2014) [15] GOVERNMENT OF HUNGARY, Resolution No. 1310/2015, a közadatok széles körű újrahasznosításához szükséges intézkedésekről, (2015) [16] HASHIM, A., A handbook on financial management information systems for government: a practitioners guide for setting reform priorities, systems design, and implementation. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. (2014) [17] INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION, Measuring the Information Society Report. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union. (2016) [18] MAGYARORSZAG.HU, Új időszámítás az e-ügyintézésben, Downloaded: 2018.01.30., Source: https://hirkozpont.magyarorszag.hu/hirek/uj_idoszamitas_az_eugyintezesben.html [19] MAGYAR ÁLLAMKINCSTÁR, Költségvetési információk, Downloaded: 2018.01.30., Source: http://www.allamkincstar.gov.hu/hu/koltsegvetesi-informaciok/koltsegvetesi-informaciok [20] WORLD BANK GROUP, Projects of WBG, Downloaded: 2018.01.30., Source: http://www.worldbank.org/projects/search?lang=en&searchTerm=&themecode_exact=27 [21] WORLD BANK GROUP, Hungary – Public Finance Management Project (English) project Downloaded: 2018.01.30., Source: http://www.worldbank.org/projects/P043446/public-finance-management-project?lang=en [22] WORLD BANK GROUP, Public Financial Management Systems and eServices Global Dataset, Downloaded: 2017. 12 19., Source: http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/pfm-systems-eservices-dataset [23] WORLD BANK GROUP, Public Financial Management Systems and eServices Global Dataset, Downloaded: 2018.01.30., Source: http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/governance/brief/financial-management-information-systems-fmis