| Category: |
Other producers of official statistics |
| Area: |
ONAs |
| Survey / data collection: |
Data on receipts, government expenditure per month |
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| 1. Contact Vrh |
| 1.1. Contact organization: |
Ministry of Finance and social welfare |
| 1.2. Contact organization unit: |
Directorate for State Budget |
| 1.2. Contact organization unit: |
Stanka Dragojevica Street no: 2 |
| 2. Metadata update Top |
| 2.1. Metadata last certified: | 20.09.2021. |
| 2.2. Metadata last posted: | 29 December 2023 |
| 2.3. Metadata last update: | 20.09.2021. |
| 3. Statistical presentation Top |
| 3.1. Data description: | Data on budget receipts and expenditures by economic classification for one month, compared to the plan and the same period of prevoius year. |
| 3.2. Classification system: | Economic classification |
| 3.3. Sector coverage: | Central government sector |
3.4. Statistical concepts and
definitions: | Receipts cover: 1) current earnings (taxes, contributions, taxes, fees, concessions and other income); 2) receipts from sale of property; 3) receipts from the loan repayment; 4) donations and transfers; 5) borrowings and loans (domestic and foreign); 6) other income, pursuant to the law. Expenditures cover: 1) current costs for: gross earnings and contribution paid by employer, other personal income, expenditure for material and services, current mainenance, rates, rent, subsidies, and other costs; 2) social security transfers; 3) transfers to institutions, individuals, non-governmental and public sector; 4) capital costs for purchase and investment maintenance of financial and non-financial property; 5) given borrowings and loans; 6) payment of debt, guarantees and obligations from previous years; 7) other payment, pursuant to the law. |
| 3.5. Statistical unit: | Consumer unit of central level |
| 3.6. Statistical population: | Target statistical population is: President of Montenegro, Parliament of Montenegro (hereinafter referred to as the Parliament), judicial bodies, Government - General Secretariat of Government and ministries, independent consumer units and state funds |
| 3.7. Reference area: | Montenegro |
| 3.8. Time coverage: | Data on main survey indicators are available since 2014. |
| 3.9. Base period: | comparative month of the previous year |
| 6. Institutional mandate Top |
6.1. Legal acts and other
agreements: | The Law on Official Statistics and Official Statistical System (Official Gazette of Montenegro No 18/12) determines provisions for collection, processing, and dissemination of data. The Law provides for Statistical Office clear and broad legal powers to collect and access data necessary for the implementation of Programme of Statistical Surveys and Annual Plan. The Law provides a priority to the administrative data usage and also right of access to individual data which represent a result of survey done by other official statistical producers. As an annex to the legal provisions, Statistical Office has signed several cooperation agreements with administrative data providers. |
| 6.2. Data sharing: | Cooperation agreement signed with official statistical producer:
1. Customs Administration
2. Tax Administration
3. Ministry of Finance
4. Central Bank of Montenegro
5. Trilateral agreement (MONSTAT, Ministry of Finance,and Central Bank)
International institutions:
1. EUROSTAT,
2. UN organizations,
3. IMF,
4. World Bank. |
| 7. Confidentiality Top |
| 7.1. Confidentiality - policy: | The Law on Official Statistics and Official Statistical System
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7.2. Confidentiality - data
treatment: | Not relevant |
| 8. Release policy Top |
| 8.1. Release calendar: | The Statistical Release Calendar is a document published on the website of Statistical Office as the statistical producer but also on the Statistical Council. It is published on the website not later than 20 December of current year for the previous year.
All producers are obliged to produce and maintain the Calenda. Thus, this is a uniform document covering all statistical producers in Montenegro defined by the Law on Official Statistics and Official Statistical System and which publish statistical data. |
| 8.2. Release calendar - access: | http://www.monstat.org/cg/page.php?id=12&pageid=12 |
| 8.3. User access: | https://www.gov.me/mif/drzavni-budzet-i-javni-dug |
| 10. Accessibility and clarity Top |
| 10.1. News release: | https://www.gov.me/en/article/press-release-montenegro-budget-execution-in-2020-gdds-table-12 |
| 10.2. Publications: | https://www.gov.me/en/article/press-release-montenegro-budget-execution-in-2020-gdds-table-12 |
| 10.3. Online database: | Database is not available |
| 10.4. Micro-data access: | from the report |
| 10.5. Other: | web, paper forms |
10.6. Documentation on methodology:
domain: | This statistical survey is conducted in accordance with the Law on Budget and Fiscal Responsibility, as well as the Law on Official Statistics and the Official Statistics System. |
| 10.7. Quality documentation: | The task of official statistics is to provide quantitative and representative information on economic, demographic, social and environmental conditions in Montenegro, to all users according to the internationally defined methodology and the highest professional standards. Data for national needs and international dissemination are provided with minimum costs. On the following link, you can download the Quality Policy: https://www.monstat.org/cg/page.php?id=1623&pageid=1624
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| 11. Quality management Top |
| 11.1. Quality assurance: | Modern management approach, professional development of staff, regular harmonization with international standards, customer orientation, process modernization
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| 11.2. Quality assesment: | Not available |
| 12. Relevance Top |
| 12.1. User needs: | Ministry of Finance, Statistical Office of Montenegro, Central Bank of Montenegro, IMF, World Bank, European Commission |
| 12.2. User satisfaction: | Not available |
| 12.3. Completeness: | National requirements have been met.
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| 13. Accuracy and reliability Top |
| 13.1. Overall accuracy: | Data on receipts and expenditures of government are obtained by reporting method, thus they are subject to usual types of errors when processed. |
| 13.2. Sampling error: | Not relevant |
| 13.3. Non-sampling error: | Not relevant |
| 15. Coherence and Comparability Top |
15.1. Comparability -
geographical: | The data are partly comparable with data of other countries. |
| 15.2. Comparability over time: | Some changes were introduced in methodology, but the data are quite comparable. |
15.3. Coherence - cross
domain: | There is no similar survey to be compared with. |
| 15.4. Coherence - internal: | Not available |
| 17. Data revision Top |
| 17.1. Data revision - policy: | Not available |
| 17.2. Data revision - practice: | Typical revisions are minimal. Significant revisions are used only if there occurred methodological changes. |
| 18. Statistical processing Top |
| 18.1. Source data: | SAP system, form 3, form 4 |
18.2. Frequency of data
collection: | Up to 20 days after the end of month |
| 18.3. Data collection: | The data are collected via administrative sources and reporting methods. |
| 18.6. Adjustment: | The data on items Gross earnings and contributions paid by employer and Rights from area of pension and disability insurance are obtained on the basis of calculation balance, while other items are presented by cash. |
