Strategic planning is one of the basic steps towards fulfilling the mission, ie. the competences of an institution as a systematically structured way of analyzing, planning, monitoring and evaluating: competences and functions, advantages and disadvantages of the ministry/authority, working environment, the vision for future development, policies and programs in the relevant area and the results and effectiveness of the planned programs and policies. As a basis and framework for successful management of the organization and its resources, as well as ensuring accountability, the strategic and budget planning of the institutions is taken into account, as a mechanism that allows the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia to determine the priorities based on a previously carried out analysis , the priority goals and policies related to them within the budget process to allocate adequate resources for their implementation.
In this publication, a detailed analysis of the current situation and standards for good strategic and budget planning is made, and specific recommendations for improvement are given.