Senior Budget Officials network on performance and results

The SBO Network on Performance and Results supports the mandate of the Working Party of Senior Budget Officials "to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of resource allocation and management in the public sector" by assisting member countries to design and implement performance- and results-based budgeting and management reforms.

Major recent outputs include:

• Performance Budgeting: A Users' Guide (OECD Policy Brief, March 2008)
• Performance Budgeting in OECD Countries, published August 2007 
• Performance Information in the Budget Process: Results of the OECD 2005 Questionnaire from the OECD Journal on Budgeting, Volume 5, Number 2, 2006.
• Government Performance: Lessons and Challenges from the OECD Journal on Budgeting, Volume 5, Number 1, 2005.
• Using Performance Information for Managing and Budgeting: Challenges, Lessons and Opportunities from the 2nd meeting of the network in April 2005

Past meetings:

• 5th meeting of the SBO Network on Performance and Results (27-28 October 2008)
• 4th meeting of the SBO Network on Performance and Results (11-12 June 2007)
• 3rd meeting of the SBO Network on Performance and Results (2-3 May 2006): Experiences in Utilising Performance Information in Budget and Management Processes
• 2nd meeting of the SBO Network on Performance and Results (21-22 April 2005): Using Performance Information for Managing and Budgeting
• 1st meeting of the SBO Network on Performance and Results (1-2 April 2004): Performance Information in the Budget Process

Other events:

• International conference on performance budgeting, Mexico, 9-10 June 2008
• Seminar on practical aspects of performance budgeting, Mexico, 11-12 June 2008