[{"bbox": [85, 119, 553, 148], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### 2.3.4 Transparency and Oversight of the Budget"}, {"bbox": [81, 164, 1164, 223], "category": "Text", "text": "The Government of Bonaire publishes all relevant budget information on its official website. There is no PEFA nor Open Budget Initiative.²⁸"}, {"bbox": [81, 237, 1164, 478], "category": "Text", "text": "The budget documentation is made public in accordance with the regulations and guidelines set in the Law FinBES. The budget information (Budget Proposals, Enacted Budgets, Approval Letters by BZK and Financial Statements) for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 is made available to the public and sufficiently documented and transparent. The FinBES does require that in-year financial reports are being elaborated, but not that these are published. The Cft confirmed the timely submittal of the Budget Proposals (2022, 2023) and Financial Statements 2021. The Financial Statements are audited and the accountant / auditors opinion and recommendations are published on Government's website. Cft publishes all monitoring reports and advise on its website.²⁹ The public access to fiscal information would be rated at 'C' according to PEFA indicators (Pillar II, PI-9)."}, {"bbox": [81, 494, 1164, 553], "category": "Text", "text": "Over the years 2021 and 2022 Cft made no particular observation concerning the quality, integrity and accuracy of budget documentation apart from short delays."}, {"bbox": [81, 568, 911, 596], "category": "Text", "text": "The entry point is met as the 2023 budget was approved and published in September 2022."}, {"bbox": [81, 612, 1164, 732], "category": "Text", "text": "**On the basis of this assessment, it can be concluded that there are no major weaknesses for budget preparation, publishing, execution or review, that all key budget documents are produced and timely available, and that the transparency and oversight of the budget are at a sufficient level for the sector reform programme objectives to be largely achieved. In summary, the eligibility criterion is met.**"}, {"bbox": [85, 760, 547, 791], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [85, 811, 480, 841], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [81, 858, 1164, 916], "category": "Text", "text": "The Overall Objective (Impact) of this Action is to increase the protection of marine and terrestrial biodiversity against pollution and safeguard the public health in Bonaire."}, {"bbox": [81, 931, 589, 959], "category": "Text", "text": "The Specific Objectives (Outcomes) of this Action are:"}, {"bbox": [122, 962, 1023, 989], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. To lower marine and terrestrial pollution and to increase public sanitation and build resilience."}, {"bbox": [122, 992, 1164, 1048], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. To establish an integrated water governance system, including gender perspective and if possible disability inclusion."}, {"bbox": [81, 1065, 1164, 1122], "category": "Text", "text": "The induced outputs to be delivered by this Action, contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives (Outcomes) are:"}, {"bbox": [85, 1126, 1164, 1182], "category": "Text", "text": "IO 1.1. Contributing to Outcome 1 (or SO1): Increased processing of wastewater according to regulatory norms of the Caribbean Netherlands."}, {"bbox": [85, 1200, 847, 1228], "category": "Text", "text": "IO 1.2. Contributing to Outcome 1 (or SO1): Increased sales of treated wastewater."}, {"bbox": [85, 1243, 1137, 1271], "category": "Text", "text": "IO 2.1. Contributing to Outcome 2 (or SO2): Enhanced marine, ground water and treated water quality monitoring."}, {"bbox": [81, 1303, 1164, 1453], "category": "Text", "text": "The direct output to be delivered by this Action contributing to the Specific Objectives (Outcomes) is to enhance the capacity of Bonaire to sustainably manage its wastewater collection and treatment for the protection of biodiversity, using circular economy methods, while safeguarding public health and promoting gender equality and disability inclusion. It will be done through enhanced policy dialogue and coordination between the EU and Bonaire on water and sanitation as well as additional fiscal space provided for wastewater reforms."}, {"bbox": [85, 1559, 1144, 1657], "category": "Footnote", "text": "²⁸ To be noted that Cft provides external assessment, but not in a comprehensive, theory-based manner, like PEFA, TADAT and other diagnostic tools. Cft instead monitors the conformity to Dutch laws and budget regulations, and its recommendations can feed to but are -unlike PEFA- not per se aimed at an integral and sequenced improvement of the PFM system."}, {"bbox": [85, 1656, 289, 1681], "category": "Footnote", "text": "²⁹ Source: www.cft.cw"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1682, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 25"}]