What is the Expenditure Management System?
The Expenditure Management System, implemented in 2007, is the framework for developing and implementing the government’s spending plans, and encompasses a number of elements and activities (e.g. planning, evaluation, etc.) that guide decisions on the allocation of resources. Its various elements provide the information necessary to support the development of spending plans, the Government’s priority setting process, fiscal and budget decisions, and the translation of those decisions into resource allocations for government programs. The Government introduced a new expenditure management system in 2007 as part of an ongoing commitment to better manage government spending. This system ensures value for money for all government spending. A key pillar of this system is the ongoing assessment of all direct program spending, or strategic reviews.
