Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09TUNIS239
2009-04-21 07:09:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tunis
Cable title:
TUNISIA'S CENTRAL BUDGET: RESPONSE TO SFOAA
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UNCLAS TUNIS 000239
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EEB/IFD/OMA (JACOBY),NEA/RA, AND NEA/MAG
(PATTERSON/HAYES)
CASABLANCA FOR FCS (ORTIZ)
CAIRO FOR FINANCIAL ATTACHE (SEVERENS)
LONDON AND PARIS FOR NEA WATCHER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TS
SUBJECT: TUNISIA'S CENTRAL BUDGET: RESPONSE TO SFOAA
SECTION 7088(C)(1)
REF: A. STATE 28885
B. 08 TUNIS 237
UNCLAS TUNIS 000239
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EEB/IFD/OMA (JACOBY),NEA/RA, AND NEA/MAG
(PATTERSON/HAYES)
CASABLANCA FOR FCS (ORTIZ)
CAIRO FOR FINANCIAL ATTACHE (SEVERENS)
LONDON AND PARIS FOR NEA WATCHER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TS
SUBJECT: TUNISIA'S CENTRAL BUDGET: RESPONSE TO SFOAA
SECTION 7088(C)(1)
REF: A. STATE 28885
B. 08 TUNIS 237
1. (U) The Government of Tunisia will receive the following
foreign assistance for FY09: US$ 10 million in Foreign
Military Financing (FMF),and US$1.7 million in International
Military Education and Training (IMET).
2. (U) The Government of Tunisia's national budget is
publicly available and is published in the official gazette
and on the internet. It details both income and
expenditures. According to Tunisian law, the parliamentary
debates on the annual budget are open to the public. The
Tunisian Court of Accountability -- the Tunisian counterpart
to the US Government Accounting Office -- monitors and
investigates the use of GOT funds.
3. (U) Tunisia's ranking on Transparency International's
(TI) Corruption Index has dropped from 51 in 2006 to 62 in
2008 (out of 180 countries) with a score of 4.4. According
to the TI Corruption Index scale, a score of ten indicates
extremely little corruption and a score of zero very serious
corruption. There is no single GOT ministry or agency with a
specific anti-corruption mandate, although the Court of
Accountability may investigate allegations of corruption
through the course of their normal reviews.
Godec
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EEB/IFD/OMA (JACOBY),NEA/RA, AND NEA/MAG
(PATTERSON/HAYES)
CASABLANCA FOR FCS (ORTIZ)
CAIRO FOR FINANCIAL ATTACHE (SEVERENS)
LONDON AND PARIS FOR NEA WATCHER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TS
SUBJECT: TUNISIA'S CENTRAL BUDGET: RESPONSE TO SFOAA
SECTION 7088(C)(1)
REF: A. STATE 28885
B. 08 TUNIS 237
1. (U) The Government of Tunisia will receive the following
foreign assistance for FY09: US$ 10 million in Foreign
Military Financing (FMF),and US$1.7 million in International
Military Education and Training (IMET).
2. (U) The Government of Tunisia's national budget is
publicly available and is published in the official gazette
and on the internet. It details both income and
expenditures. According to Tunisian law, the parliamentary
debates on the annual budget are open to the public. The
Tunisian Court of Accountability -- the Tunisian counterpart
to the US Government Accounting Office -- monitors and
investigates the use of GOT funds.
3. (U) Tunisia's ranking on Transparency International's
(TI) Corruption Index has dropped from 51 in 2006 to 62 in
2008 (out of 180 countries) with a score of 4.4. According
to the TI Corruption Index scale, a score of ten indicates
extremely little corruption and a score of zero very serious
corruption. There is no single GOT ministry or agency with a
specific anti-corruption mandate, although the Court of
Accountability may investigate allegations of corruption
through the course of their normal reviews.
Godec