Monitoring of Budgets 2024 – GBWN

Regional report

Gender-responsive Budgeting in the Western Balkans and Moldova Monitoring of Budget Allocations and Expenditures for 2024

This report provides a regional analysis of actual public spending related to gender equality in the 2024 state budgets of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Moldova, and Serbia. By examining executed budgets rather than only planned allocations or policy commitments, the study assesses how governments translated gender equality objectives into real financial expenditures and programme implementation during the fiscal year. The analysis combines quantitative budget review with qualitative assessment of institutional frameworks, drawing on national budget documents, execution reports, administrative data, and stakeholder consultations. This approach allows the report to evaluate both the formal integration of gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) and its practical implementation across sectors and institutions.

Countries reports

Credibility of the Macedonian Gender Budget: Monitoring Financial Allocations and Expenditures for Gender Responsive Programs in Budget of N. Macedonia for 2024

This report assesses the credibility, efficiency, and effectiveness of the gender-responsive budget (GRB) planning and execution in N. Macedonia for 2024, examining both the central and local government levels. Using mixed methods—desk research, analysis of the Final Account of the Budget, gender budget statements, and interviews with line ministries and municipal equal opportunity coordinators—the analysis tracks planned versus executed expenditures and evaluates how far public institutions have fulfilled their gender equality commitments.

Monitoring Financial Allocations and Expenditures for Gender Responsive Programs in the Kosovo Budget for 2024

The report draws from a review of the legal and policy framework, an analysis of 2024 state and municipal budget allocations and expenditures and data collection through formal information requests. The legal review examined key laws, strategies and regulations governing public financial management and gender equality. The budget review analysed national and municipal budgets, focusing on allocations and available expenditure data relevant to gender- responsive programmes in 2024. This involved content analysis of budgets, financial documents, budget reports and expenditure records related to gender equality programmes in 2024, including budget commentaries. Where publicly available information was insufficient, requests for budget and expenditure data were submitted to institutions to obtain information needed to assess allocations and spending related to gender equality.

Monitoring the Gap Between Planned and Implemented Budgetary Allocations for Gender Mainstreaming and Combating Gender-Based Violence 2024 Montenegro

The purpose of this report is to analyze and assess the financial allocations and actual expenditures for gender equality and gender-responsive programs in the Montenegro State Budget for the year 2024. Through a combination of desk research, budget analysis, and stakeholder interviews, the report seeks to: - Monitor the extent to which the Government of Montenegro has fulfilled its gender equality commitments through budgetary actions. - Identify the efficiency and effectiveness of financial resource allocation towards gender equality objectives. - Map the programs and sectors receiving funding aimed at addressing gender disparities, with attention to disaggregated data by gender and other social markers. - Provide evidence-based recommendations to improve transparency, accountability, and impact of gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) in Montenegro at both central and local government levels.

From Budget Planning to Execution: Assessing Gender and Disability Responsiveness in Moldova’s 2024 Public Budget

The Government of the Republic of Moldova has increasingly recognized the need to incorporate gender equality and disability inclusion into public financial management. This report, prepared within Gender Budget Watchdog Network, phase II, examines the extent to which these perspectives have been integrated into Moldova’s public budget processes, with a focus on the 2024 state budget and the local budgets of Bălți and Cahul municipalities. It provides an analysis of progress made, highlights gaps in implementation, and underscores the importance of gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) and disability inclusion for equitable development outcomes.