Dubai launches fourth phase of Smart Fiscal Planning programme

DUBAI / Emirates Business

Dubai’s Department of Finance (DOF) launched the fourth stage of the Smart Fiscal Planning programme (SFP) in a ceremony that witnessed a wide representation of 35 government entities. Launching the new phase followed the DOF’s remarkable progress in implementing the previous phases.
Meanwhile, efforts are still being made in order to complete the comprehensive system to automate the preparation of budgets and implementing it across the Government of Dubai. In this regard, the DOF remarked that the Dubai fiscal plan for the years 2017-2019 is being fully executed through the programme for the first time.
“The SFP programme has been able to shift quickly towards the targeted performance budgeting,” said Abdulrahman Saleh Al Saleh, Director General of DOF. “DOF seeks to leave clear footprints in this continuous process, which is represented in establishing a solid platform upon which will stand the pillars of
the future work in preparing the fiscal planning for the Emirate, and linking it to the Emirate’s strategic plan and economic situation, in order to ensure solvency and financial susta- inability of the Emirate.”