Budgetary guidance

Goals of the methodology

The purpose of this methodology is to enable civil society in the Republic of North Macedonia to identify and monitor the part of the state budget that refers to spending relevant to dealing with climate change.

The methodology in English is called Climate Budget Tagging. So far, several guidelines have been prepared (UNDP 2019; Upadhya 2021; and Upadhya and Naumoski 2021) on how to introduce this methodology in the public finance system in North Macedonia, that is, how to implement it by budget users. However, until this moment there are no published reports by the relevant institutions on how much of the Central budget or the Government's budget refers to spending relevant to dealing with climate change.

Identifying the part of the budget that is relevant to climate change is the basis for implementing climate mainstreaming and climate proofing of the European Union (EU). Climate guidance sets ambitious goals for climate actions, so for example, the EU aims to contribute 25% of the budget in the period 2021-2027 to climate actions, and distributes them by sectors and projects. Climate proofing measures the impact of investments on climate change and determines the risks that investments can have on the environment and climate.

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