10th Five-Year Development Plan (Citizen Guide)

13 A Citizen Guide Automation and electronic connectivity In light of the rapid technological development, and in line with the drive towards build- ing a digital society and improving governance indicators within the state’s administrative apparatus, the Plan aims to transform the planning system, as mentioned earlier – in a gradual and time-based manner to an integrated, highly secure electronic system that connects all actors involved in preparation of the Plan. An electronic monitoring and eval- uation platform that helps the decision-maker to follow up on the rates of implementation of the Plan at the national, sectoral and spatial levels, and to measure the Plan’s impact will also be launched. This will support decision-making process and performance evaluation. The Plan targets turning long- and me- dium-term aims into tangible outcomes by identifying the programs and pro- jects that can be monitored and whose effects can be assessed. The Plan will be linked to a developmental program and an investment program to finance the programs and projects that have been identified at the planning stage. This is to ensure scientific analysis of all inputs, internal and external circum- stances and current and future con- ditions. This will be achieved through linking the sources of official data and the mega databases to study and assess the effect of such plans on the socioec- onomic variables to support the deci- sion-making process on the macro and sectoral levels. This will be achieved by benefiting from efforts led by the Ministry of Finance to shift from item-based budget to pro- gram and performance-based budget in a number of ministries which have already started preparing programs for achieving specific objectives linked to performance and assessment indicators. Guided by the words of wisdom “What is not measurable is unachievable”, the Plan seeks to develop a number of indi- cators to assess performance on the lev- el of inputs, output and outcomes. The Plan will be the base for an integrated and effective system for follow-up and evaluation. It will facilitate taking deci- sions about planning and evaluating the same. It makes the Plan a live document that can be updated regularly. Result-based planning, financing and management The plans and budgets of the programs and performance An integrated system for follow up and evaluation Modelling and measurement