(2012) Budget Execution Procedures Manual
Summary — A 257-page MEF operating manual setting out the step-by-step procedures for executing Haiti's national budget, covering procurement payments (before and after delivery, petty cash, current accounts), personnel remuneration, and disbursement of subsidies and transfers.
Key Findings
- Procurement payments follow distinct workflows depending on whether payment occurs before or after delivery, and whether funded via requisition, petty cash, or current account.
- Every expenditure workflow requires a prior visa (visa préalable) before commitment can be engaged in the government's information system.
- Personnel remuneration procedures distinguish career staff, contractual staff, and other categories, each with dedicated payroll-preparation and settlement steps.
- Personnel movements (nominations, transfers) require both prior-visa control and Primature approval before payment can be authorized.
- Subsidies, quotas-parts, contributions, allocations, and indemnities follow a dedicated seven-step granting procedure distinct from routine procurement.
Full Description
This Ministry of Economy and Finance manual codifies the detailed workflows Haitian public institutions must follow to execute budget appropriations. Chapter 1 sets out the procedures for purchasing goods and services under multiple payment arrangements: payment before or after delivery via requisition, payment from petty cash, and payment through operating or project current accounts, in each case walking through expense-project analysis, quotation collection, prior visa, requisition preparation and signature, system engagement, settlement, and delivery follow-up. Chapter 2 covers personnel remuneration procedures for career, contractual, and other categories of staff, including payroll-sheet preparation, authorization, and check/wire settlement, plus procedures for personnel movements requiring Primature approval. Chapter 3 addresses the procedures for granting subsidies, quotas-parts, contributions, allocations, and indemnities. Chapter 4 covers replenishment of operating and investment current accounts and petty cash funds.