The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness

Coverage characteristics

5.1.1 Statistical presentation

Data on general government operations are disseminated in millions of rubels and cover operations of republican and local government units (encompassing state earmarked budgetary funds, and the Social Protection Fund of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus (SPF)). Resources of other extrabudgetary funds, as well as proceeds from extrabudgetary activities of organizations supported by the budget, are not included in general government operations.

The general government sector is comprised of the following: the central government (republican government units and the SPF) and local government units.

Data are disseminated on:

The financial year is the same as the calendar year.

Periodicity

4.1.1 Periodicity

Quarterly

Timeliness

4.1.2 Timeliness

No later than 5 months  after the end of the reference period.

Access by the Public

Advance dissemination of
release calendar

5.1.3 Advance release calendar

The release dates for the current month and for the are posted on the following webpage of the Ministry of Finance: http://minfin.gov.by/rmenu/data/ecalendar/

Simultaneous release to all
interested parties

5.1.4 Simultaneous release

Fiscal data are available to all users simultaneously.

Integrity

Dissemination of terms and
conditions under which
official statistics are
produced, including those
relating to the confidentiality
of individually identifiable
information

0.1.1 Responsibility for collecting, processing, and disseminating statistics

Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance is responsible for dissemination of the fiscal data on general government operations.
The compilation and dissemination of the budget execution data are conducted in accordance with the terms and conditions established in the following legislation:

This legislation provides adequate support for the production of data on general government operations.

0.1.3 Confidentiality of individual reporters' data

Ministry of Finance
The confidentiality of data reported is protected by the following laws:

0.1.4 Ensuring statistical reporting

Ministry of Finance
Budget Code enforces each administrator of the budgetary funds to submit to the MoF budget execution reports in accordance with deadlines and periodicity established by the MoF . Budget Code also states that the MoF has to prepare and submit to the Government – by the March 1 – republican budget execution report. The Government submits this report to the President for presentation to the Parliament no later than five months after the last day of the fiscal year.       

 0.2.1 Staff, facilities, computing resources, and financing

Ministry of Finance
The staff's qualifications are adequate to perform the required compilation tasks. Software and computer resources utilized for compiling GFS are adequate.

1.1.3 Commenting on erroneous interpretation and misuse of statistics

Ministry of Finance
The MoF is empowered to respond to misinterpretation and/or misuse of fiscal data. In case of misinterpretation or misuse, the MoF prepares and disseminates explanatory notes to help correct the mistakes/misuses of the data.

1.2.1 Disclosure of terms and conditions for statistical collection, processing, and dissemination

Ministry of Finance
The public has unimpeded access to the Budget Code and the broad legal framework for collection, compilation, and dissemination of the fiscal data.

1.3.1 Guidelines for staff behavior

Ministry of Finance
The ethical standards guiding staff behavior are
(a) the Law on Civil Service in the Republic of Belarus ,
(b) the labor contracts provisions, and
(c) functions and responsibilities of the MoF staff.

Identification of internal
government access to data
before release

1.2.2 Internal governmental access to statistics prior to release

Ministry of Finance
No agency outside the Ministry of Finance has access to data prior to publication

Provision of information
about revision and advance
notice of major changes in
methodology

4.3.1 Revision schedule

Data may be preliminary when first released. Generally, revised data are published in the next publication.

4.3.2 Identification of preliminary and/or revised data

If data are preliminary, special comments and/or footnotes are added. Generally, revised data are published in the following publication. 

1.2.4 Advance notice of major changes in methodology, source data, and statistical techniques.

Ministry of Finance
The public is informed of major changes in methodology through the publication of new legislative acts.

Quality

Dissemination of
documentation on methodology
and sources used in preparing
statistics

5.2.1 Dissemination of documentation on concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and statistical techniques

The main regulatory documents are:

These documents are available (in Russian) on the website of the National Center of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus : http://www.pravo.by.

(See also summary methodology)