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    The document calls on governments to open their budgets to the public over the next five years. It argues that government budgets are moral decisions that impact services like education, healthcare, and unemployment support. To ensure budgets are fair, core budget documents should be publicly available, public participation in the budget process should be encouraged, and oversight institutions should monitor spending. Open budgets can help governments build trust with citizens. The document calls on governments to publish budget information for all to access, create opportunities for public input, strengthen independent oversight of spending, and protect open budget reforms from political changes.

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    The document calls on governments to open their budgets to the public over the next five years. It argues that government budgets are moral decisions that impact services like education, healthcare, and unemployment support. To ensure budgets are fair, core budget documents should be publicly available, public participation in the budget process should be encouraged, and oversight institutions should monitor spending. Open budgets can help governments build trust with citizens. The document calls on governments to publish budget information for all to access, create opportunities for public input, strengthen independent oversight of spending, and protect open budget reforms from political changes.

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    International Budget Partnership (IBP)

    Call to Open Government Budgets

    Government decisions about how public money is raised, allocated and spent are moral choices
    reflecting a nation’s values and priorities. A nation’s budget determines what services are available
    and to whom including schools for children, medicine for the sick and support for the unemployed.

    To assure that public budgets, and the use of public money, are fair and equitable, core documents
    must be open for public examination, public participation must be encouraged, and audit
    institutions and legislatures must provide effective oversight.

    Open budgets help governments establish a more secure mandate by creating new avenues to
    connect to citizens and build trust.

    We, the undersigned, believe all people should have access to detailed information about their
    governments’ budgets, with meaningful opportunities for input and engagement including people
    living in poverty and other marginalized communities.

    Thus, over the next five years, we call on all national governments to:

    1. Publish information on how public resources are generated, allocated and spent in a timely
    manner that is accessible to all, as specified in the Open Budget Survey.

    2. Create opportunities for all people, particularly those from marginalized communities, to
    provide input into the budget process.

    3. Strengthen monitoring and oversight of budget execution through independent institutions.

    4. Sustain improvements achieved on open budgeting, protecting them from political shifts.

    We recognize that all stakeholders have an important role to play in advancing this shared agenda
    and commit to the engagement needed.

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