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Relatóriu Open Budget Survey ba tinan 2019 foin loke ba públiku, ho rezultadu global iha ne'e. Bele hetan relatóriu kona-ba Timor-Leste rasik iha Ingles no Portugés, no formuláriu kestionáriu ho resposta sira (Ingles).

La'o Hamutuk fó sai komunikadu imprensa tuir mai iha loron 30 Abril (bele hetan hanesan PDF ka iha Ingles).

TIMOR-LESTE LAIHA MUDANSA BA KLASIFIKASAUN INTERNASIONÁL KONA BA GOVERNU NIA TRANSPARÉNSIA IHA ORSAMENTU

Rezultadu hatudu katak presiza iha progresu tan, liu-liu durante Estadu Emerjénsia ba Prevensaun Covid-19

Dili, 30 Abril 2020 — Iha surtu global ida ne’e obriga estadu barak iha mundu atu estabelese medida foun ba sira nia despeza, ajénsia ida hanaran Parseiru Orsamentu Internasionál (International Budget Partnership - IBP), sira nia rezultadu husi Open Budget Survey ikus hatudu katak 4/5 husi nasaun 117 ne'ebé inklui iha peskiza la konsege atinje too iha valór mínimu (benchmark) atu hetan transparénsia no fiskalizasaun orsamentu ida ne’ebé di’ak no adekuadu, atu tuir standar/padraun internasionál nian. Timor-Leste nia valór transparénsia, hetan 40 de’it husi 100, laiha mudansa signifikativu dezde 2015, enkuantu nasaun barak iha Sudeste Ázia sira hadi’ak sira nia transparénsia liu tan.

Iha momentu kritiku ida ne’e, bainhira Timor-Leste seidauk aprova Orsamentu Jerál Estadu 2020 mezmu ida ne’e nesesáriu tebes atu gasta lalais iha estadu emerjénsia hodi nune’e bele enfrenta ba surtu Covid-19, ho nune’e importante tebes atu públiku bele hetan asesu ba informasaun sira relasiona ho despeza estadu nian. Ba futuru, prosesu konsultasaun públiku durante preparasaun orsamentu, no mós fiskalizasaun no relatóriu sira iha ezekusaun orsamentu, presiza tebes atu hadi’ak antes estadu emerjénsia ne’e remata, tanba orsamentu ba 2020 no 2021 tenke hetan aprovasaun lalais.

Bazeia ba relatóriu foun, esforsu sira Timor-Leste nian atu kumpre sasukat xave ba publikasaun dokumentu importante sira ne’ebé esplika ho klaru, detallu kona ba polítika orsamentu, desizaun no rezultadu sira ne’ebé hanesan iha Open Budget Survey 2017 nian, no hatudu situasaun aat uitoan kompara iha 2015. Iha Timor-Leste, haat (4) husi dokumentu orsamentu ualu (8) importante ne’ebé tuir loloos tenke publika maibé realidade ida ne’e la disponivel ba públiku, no ida ne’e hatudu katak piór liu iha valór média kompara ho nasaun hotu-hotu, ne’ebé kuaze 1/3 mak la’ós ba públiku ka la asesível ba públiku.

“Embora Surtu ida ne’e iha ezizénsia maka’as atu iha asaun lalais no rigorozu, transparénsia ba orsamentu, partisipasaun no supervizaun ida ne’ebé funsiona ho di’ak tebes mak presiza liu,” hatete Warren Krafchik, Diretór Ezekutivu IBP ninian. “Medida hirak ne’ebé governu sira foti atu responde ba emerjénsia boot saúde publika, orsamentu hirak ne’e tenke nakloke no transparente, no autoridade sira tenke permite envolvimentu públiku ida ne’ebé inkluzivu durante planu no implementasaun.”

Hanesan iha peskiza husi IBP no organizasaun sira hatudu katak, orsamentu sira ne’ebé nakloke oferese dalan ida ba nasaun sira atu dezenvolve ho di’ak liu iha sosiál no ekonómiku. Sira bele hadi’ak fila fali konfiansa iha governu, no hametin relasaun entre instituisaun públiku sira no ba povu hirak ne’ebé loloos sira tenke serve no tau atensaun ba.

Investigadór prinsipál ba Timor-Leste iha survey ida ne’e, peskizadóra La’o Hamutuk Eliziaria Febe Gomes, nota katak valór nasaun ida ne’e, 40/100, hanesan ho ida ne’ebé hatudu ona iha tinan rua kotuk.

“Ita nia valór nafatin iha nivel aseitável nia okos, piór liu fali 58% husi nasaun sira ne’ebé hetan survey. Iha tempu hanesan, ita nia nasaun viziñu sira iha mudansa – nasaun boot hitu iha ASEAN hadi’ak sira nia valór iha média husi pontu 11 iha tinan rua nia laran. Vietnam, Kamboja, Mianmar ne’ebé kuaze ita liu sira, husi pontu 26 ki’ik liu Timor-Leste iha 2017, agora ho média pontu 7 iha ita nia kotuk. Filipina, Indonézia no Tailándia, ne’ebé sira nia valór média pontu 22 boot liu ita nian iha 2017, agora sira iha 29 pontu di’ak liu ita. Maske Timor-Leste konsidera an hanesan nasaun ida ne’ebé demokrátiku liu iha Sudeste Ázia, ida ne’e hatudu momoos katak desizaun sira presiza nakloke no partisipativu liu, ho nune’e povu hotu hatene katak sira nia osan uza duni no bele asegura katak responde duni ba sira nia nesesidade urjente.”

Maske survey ikus iha Open Budget Survey (OBS) nian kompleta ona molok surtu espalla no uza dokumentu sira ne’ebé publika iha 2018 nian, ida ne’e mak indikadór ba Timor-Leste iha pratika atuál relasiona ho divulgasaun orsamentu, oportunidade ba envolvimentu públiku iha síkulu orsamentu, no efetividade check-balance. Ho razaun mudansa iha governasaun hafoin eleisaun antesipada iha Maiu 2018, Timor-Leste la aprova orsamentu estadu 2018 too iha Setembru 2018, no finalmente iha orsamentu 2019 hetan aprovasaun iha inísiu 2019, hafoin liu tiha loron ikus ba determinasaun OBS nian (31 Dezembru).

Entretantu, padraun atu observa nian durante survey hatudu konsisténsia iha antes no iha pratika atuál, no ohin loron Timor-Leste nafatin iha situasaun hanesan – fulan haat (4) too iha 2020, no nafatin laiha orsamentu estadu 2020, no autoridade sira kontinua esforsu hodi mantén funsionamentu estadu no responde ba Covid-19 ne’ebé nafatin iha situasaun provizóriu sistema duodesimal. Timor-Leste hahú Estadu Emerjénsia iha fulan Marsu nia rohan, lahó orsamentu, tokon $150 ho estraordináriu transfere husi Fundu Petrolíferu ba iha fundu orsamentu foun atu responde ba saúde emerjénsia no ba konsekuénsia ekonomia. Maske, lahó despeza adisionál, balansu iha Fundu Petrolíferu tun maka’as tebes, tanba reseita mina nian tun no investimentu iha merkadu mundiál mós tun.

Sasukat sira iha Open Budget

Transparénsia orsamentál (Budget transparency) avalia iha OBS liu husi disponibilidade ba públiku no konteúdu husi dokumentu importante ualu orsamentu nian ne’ebé governu sira tenke públika tuir padraun internasionál. Espesífikamente, ezamina peskiza sira ne’ebé publika iha online tuir tempu determinadu no fó sai informasaun ida ne’ebé komprensivu no detallu.

• Valór media global transparénsia ninian maka 45 husi 100, menus husi 61 konsidera hanesan valór mínimu atu promove debate iha públiku ida ne’ebé informadu.
• Timor-Leste nia valór 40 husi 100, hetan pozisaun 69 ne’ebé inklui husi nasaun 117.

Partisipasaun husi públiku (Public participation) avalia bazeia ba oportunidade formal ba organizasaun no ema sivíl sira atu partisipa no fó hanoin sira durante prosesu orsamentu. 

• Valór media global ba partisipasaun públiku ida ne’e aat tebes, 14 husi 100.
• Timor-Leste hetan de’it valór 6, piór liu kompara ho nasaun sira iha Sudeste Ázia úniku Mianmar (no hamutuk ho Kamboja).

Fiskalizasaun (Oversight) sukat bazeia ba funsaun husi lejislatura no Instituisaun Supremu Auditoria (SAI) iha prosesu orsamentu. 

• Valór 61 husi 100, ida ne’e konsidera adekuadu iha fiskalizasaun.
• Timor-Leste hetan valór 48.

Febe Gomes observa katak:

“Aleinde audiénsia parlamentár ne’ebé limitadu tebes, públiku la inklui iha prosesu preparasaun orsamentu no prosesu fiskalizasaun. Ministériu sira presiza rona mós husi povu bainhira sira prepara sira nia orsamentu, no informasaun kona ba despeza no reseita sira tenke disponivel hanesan ho saida mak sira halo ka implementa. Maske ita nia Governu orgullu ho Portal Transparénsia, portal finansa públika laiha informasaun kona ba 2020, enkuantu portal ba aprovizionamentu dala-ruma funsiona maibé laiha informasaun kona ba kontratu importante barak, inklui kontratu boot sira iha tinan hirak kotuk.

“Hanesan iha ita nia rezerva mina no gas ne’ebé hahú mamuk no osan iha ita nia Fundu Petrolíferu tun, Timor-Leste tenke ho kuidadu liu uza ita nia Fundu ho prudente, enkuantu diversifika ita nia ekonomia no finansa estadu sai husi dependénsia ba mina no gas ne'ebé laiha serteza. OBS ida ne’e hatudu katak oinsá ita bele hadi’ak informasaun públiku, partisipasaun no akontabilidade – ida ne’ebé sei sai esensiál liu iha futuru.”

IBP primeira vez lansa sira nia survey iha 2006 ho meta katak sidadaun hotu, liu-liu sira ne’ebé husi komunidade ne'ebé estadu haluha, iha oportunidade atu komprende no influensia kona ba oinsá osan povu nian – sira nia osan –  jere duni no gasta. Normálmente, iha baze ba kada tinan rua, dadus sira koleta husi sosiedade sivíl independente nudár peritu ba orsamentu, ne’ebé la pertense iha kualkér instituisaun governu nian. Sira nia rezultadu sei hetan revizaun fila fali husi parte anonimus, no IBP husi reprezentante governu nian atu halo revizaun no komentáriu iha rezultadu ne’e.

La’o Hamutuk, Institutu ba Analiza no Monitor Dezenvolvimentu iha Timor-Leste, nudár organizasaun sosiedade sivíl independente naun-partidáriu ne’ebé tau matan ba prosesu orsamentu iha Timor-Leste hahú antes restorasaun independénsia iha 2002, halo advokasia ba transparénsia, sustentabilidade no igualdade. Durante tempu barak ona, governu Timor-Leste nakonu ho osan husi esportasaun mina no gas, maibé populasaun sira nafatin moris kiak no labarik sira ho kondisaun malnutrisaun ne’ebé sai piór liu iha mundu. Ho reseita husi mina ne’ebé kuaze mohu no lakon osan iha investimentu, organizasaun ida ne’e servisu hamutuk ho sosiedade sivíl sira seluk atu asegura katak riku soin ne’ebé iha no limitadu ida ne’e uza duni atu responde ba povu sira nia nesesidade.

Timor-Leste unimproved in 2019 Open Budget Survey

Liga ba blog ida ne'e iha Tetum

The Open Budget Survey for 2019 has just been released, with global results here.  Download the Timor-Leste-specific report or the questionnaire (with answers).

La'o Hamutuk issued the following press release on 30 April (also available in Tetum or as a PDF).

TIMOR-LESTE UNCHANGED IN INTERNATIONAL RANKING ON GOVERNMENT BUDGET TRANSPARENCY

Findings Show More Progress is Needed, Especially During the State of Emergency to Address Covid-19

Dili, 30 April 2020—Amid a global pandemic that is forcing governments around the world to launch new spending measures, the International Budget Partnership’s (IBP) latest Open Budget Survey shows that four-fifths of the 117 governments assessed failed to reach the minimum threshold for adequate budget transparency and oversight, under international standards. Timor-Leste’s transparency score, which is 40 out of 100, has not changed significantly since 2015, although most other Southeast Asian countries have gotten more transparent.

At this critical time, when Timor-Leste has not enacted a 2020 State Budget but rapid emergency spending is required to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, it is especially important that information on state spending be available to the public. Going forward, processes for public consultation during budget preparation, as well as oversight and reporting on budget execution, need to be improved after the State of Emergency has ended, as both the 2020 and 2021 budgets will need to be enacted expeditiously.

According to the new report, Timor-Leste’s efforts to meet key benchmarks for publishing key budget documents that clearly explain budget policies, decisions and outcomes are the same as they were in the 2017 Open Budget Survey, and slightly worse than in 2015. In Timor-Leste, four of the eight key budget documents that governments should publish were not available to the public, which is worse than the average for all countries, for whom one-third are not public.

“While the pandemic clearly demands swift and decisive action, budget transparency, civic engagement and well-functioning oversight are imperative as well,” says Warren Krafchik, IBP’s executive director. “As governments respond to this massive public health emergency, budgets must remain open and transparent, and officials must allow inclusive public engagement during planning and implementation.”

As research by IBP and other organizations demonstrates, open budgets offer a promising pathway for countries to thrive socially and economically. They can restore trust in governments and strengthen frayed relationships between public institutions and the people they are meant to serve.

The principal investigator for Timor-Leste in the survey, La’o Hamutuk researcher Eliziaria ‘Febe’ Gomes, noted that the country’s score, 40/100, is the same as it was two years ago:

“Our score is stuck below acceptable levels, worse than 58% of the countries surveyed. At the same time, our neighbors are improving – the seven largest ASEAN countries improved their score by an average of 11 points in the last two years. Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar have almost caught up with us, coming from 26 points lower than Timor-Leste in 2017 to now averaging only 7 points behind. The Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand, whose scores averaged 22 points higher than ours in 2017, are now 29 points better than we are. Although Timor-Leste sees itself as more democratic than the rest of Southeast Asia, it’s clear that decisions need to be more visible and participatory, so that our people know how their money is used and can ensure that it addresses their pressing needs.”

While the latest Open Budget Survey (OBS) was completed just before the pandemic hit and uses documents produced during 2018, it is an indicator of Timor-Leste’s current practices related to budget disclosure, opportunities for public engagement in the budget cycle, and effective checks and balances. Due to the change of government following an early election in May 2018, Timor-Leste did not enact its 2018 state budget until September 2018, and the 2019 budget was finally approved in early 2019, after the OBS cutoff date.

Nevertheless, the patterns observed during the survey are consistent with earlier and more recent practice, and Timor-Leste is in a similar situation today – four months into 2020, there is still no 2020 state budget, and officials are struggling to keep government functioning and respond to Covid-19 under an interim ‘duodecimal’ system. Timor-Leste has been under a State of Emergency since late March, and, in the absence of a budget, $150 million has been extraordinarily transferred from the sovereign wealth ‘Petroleum Fund’ into a new off-budgetary fund to deal with the health emergency and its economic consequences. Even without these additional expenditures, the Petroleum Fund’s balance is dropping rapidly, due to declining oil revenues and to declines in investment markets worldwide.

The Measures of Open Budgets

Budget transparency is assessed in the OBS by the public availability and contents of eight key budget documents that all governments are expected to publish as per international standards. Specifically, the survey examines whether they are published online in a timely manner and the information is comprehensive.

• The global average transparency score was 45 out of 100, short of the 61 considered the minimum threshold to foster an informed public debate.
• Timor-Leste scored 40 out of 100, ranking 69th of the 117 countries included.

Public participation is assessed based on formal opportunities for civic organizations and individuals to engage and provide input throughout the budget process.

• The average global score for public participation is dismal: 14 out of 100.
• Timor-Leste scored only 6, worse than every Southeast Asian country except Myanmar (and tied with Cambodia).

Oversight is measured based on the role played by legislatures and supreme audit institutions (SAIs) in the budget process.

• A score of 61 out of 100 is considered adequate oversight.
• Timor-Leste scored 48.

Febe Gomes observed:

“Other than in limited Parliamentary hearings, the public is excluded from budget preparation and oversight processes. Ministries need to hear from the people as they are preparing their budgets, and spending and revenue information should be made available as it happens. Although our Government is proud of its Transparency Portal, the Budget Portal has no information about 2020, while the intermittently-functional eProcurement Portal leaves out many important contracts, including the largest ones in recent years.

“As our oil and gas deposits are depleted and the money in our Petroleum Fund declines, Timor-Leste will have to use our shrinking savings more wisely, while diversifying our economy and state finances away from dependency on illusory oil and gas. The OBS shows the way to improve public information, participation and accountability – which will become even more essential in the future.”

IBP first launched the survey in 2006 with the goal of assuring that all citizens, especially those from underserved communities, have the opportunity to understand and influence how public money – their money – is raised and spent. Typically fielded every two years, data are collected by independent civil-society budget experts who are not beholden to any national government. Their findings are reviewed by anonymous peers, and representatives from the assessed governments are asked to review and comment on the findings.

La’o Hamutuk, the Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis, is an independent, nonpartisan civil society organization which has closely followed budgetary processes in Timor-Leste since before the restoration of national independence in 2002, advocating for transparency, sustainability and equity. During much of that time, Timor-Leste’s government has been swimming in money from oil and gas exports, yet most people remain poor and child malnutrition is among the worst in the world. With petroleum revenues almost gone and investments losing money, the organization is working with others in civil society to ensure that the remaining saved wealth is used to meet people’s needs.

Mai Ita Hamutuk Bele Evita Surtu COVID-19

Surat Popular husi La'o Hamutuk. Bele download hanesan PDF.

Saida mak Surtu Covid-19?

Covid-19 ka Virus Corona mak moras foun iha mundu ne’ebé fasil tebes atu hada’et husi ema ba ema. Virus mak buat ki’ik tebes ne’ebé ema labele haree ho matan de’it. Dezde fulan Janeiru tinan 2020, moras ne’e hada’et ba rai hotu iha mundu no hamate ona ema rihun 165 no kazu ne’ebé sei ativu hamutuk millaun 2 resin.

Kazu hirak ne’e kontinua aumenta loroloron no númeru totál ba kazu liu númeru populasaun tomak iha illa Timor.  Iha loron 16 Abril, Timor-Leste iha ona ema na’in-18 hetan testu pozitivu, ema na’in ida rekupera ona no seidauk iha ema ne’ebé mate. Bainhira ita hamutuk kuidadu ho di’ak ita nia an, família no komunidade, ita bele hamenus impaktu negativu husi virus ida-ne’e.

Saida mak sintoma Surtu Covid-19?

Covid-19 bele estraga ita nia aten-book no mós bele hamate ema.
Ema bele hetan Covid-19 maske la mosu sintoma sira. Nia mós bele hada’et virus ne’e ba ema seluk.
Maioria ema ne’ebé hetan Covid-19 bele rekupera fali no hetan saúde di’ak bainhira nia iha isin forte no di’ak (sistema imunidade)  atu proteje husi virus ida ne’e.
Covid-19 bele perigu ba sé de’it, no perigu liu ba katuas-ferik sira no ema hirak ne’ebé iha moras nanis ona (hanesan moras TB, moras pulmaun no moras seluk tan).

Pratika di’ak sira-ne’e ajuda atu hamenus moras ne’e hada’et:

1.  Fase Liman ho Sabaun.

Fase didi’ak no bei-beik liman ho sabaun no bee moos bele hamate virus ne’e. Fase di’ak signifika fase liman maizumenus hanesan ho ita kanta múzika ba tinan nian dala rua ka segundu 20, no asegura liman fuan sira no liman laran tenke fase halo moos. Virus bele hada’et bainhira ita nia liman kona sasán ho virus hafoin kaer ita nia oin, matan, inus ka ibun.

2.  Hadook an ho Ema Seluk Metru 1 ka liu.

Bainhira ko’alia ka hasoru tenke hadook an liu metru 1 atu nune’e moras labele hada’et. Bainhira ema ida me’ar ka fani ka ko’alia, sira bele hada’et mós ho been turuk ki’ik sai husi sira-nia inus ka ibun ne’ebé dala ruma kontaminadu ho virus. Se ita besik loos ema ne’e, ita bele dada iis tama fali turuk been ne’e, inklui ho virus COVID-19 karik ema ne’ebé me’ar infetadu hela.

Evita tuur hamutuk iha grupu ka halo eventu. Virus ida ne’e lalais liu atu hada’et bainhira ita hamutuk iha fatin ida no ita hamriik/tuur besik malu ho ema seluk.

3.  Evita kaer Sasán no Fatin.

Bainhira ita halo servisu ruma ka halo atividade ruma ita presiza ho kuidadu atu labele kaer sasán arbiru liu-liu sasán hirak ne’ebé ema seluk kaer ona. Virus bele moris iha sasán ruma durante oras 24 (loron tomak ida) ka liu, inklui mós iha ita nia liman. Ita nia liman bele transfere virus ba matan, inus ka ibun, ho nune’e virus bele tama ita nia isin no halo moras.


4.  Hela iha Uma.

Fatin seguru liu ba ita mak hakmatek iha ita ida-idak nia uma, atu la bele hetan da’et husi ema seluk no ita mós sei la hada’et ba ema seluk.

5.  Tenke uza Masker.

Masker bele prevene virus hada’et liu husi ita nia ibun no inus. Maibé uza masker de’it la to’o atu prevene moras - bainhira ita uza masker ita presiza kontinua atu foti medidas iha leten, no la bele kaer ita nia oin ka masker.

Pergunta ba ita mak

1.    Iha ona ai-moruk atu kura ka prevene Surtu Covid-19?
To’o ohin loron sientista (matenek na’in sira) seidauk hetan ai-moruk ida ne’ebé partikulármente bele kura ka prevene ita husi Covid-19. Maske ai-moruk seidauk iha, ema hirak ne’ebé hetan moras ho kondisaun di’ak hela, bele rekupera fila fali maibé bele fó moras ne’e ba ema sira ne’ebé vulneravel liu.

2.    Importánsia ba ema sira ne’ebé foin mai husi rai li’ur ka fatin ida atu hela iha Kuarentena?
Fatin kuarentena mak importante atu prevene virus ida ne’e hada’et. Ita hotu sai seguru liu bainhira iha fasilidade atu halo kuarentena. La ho fatin kuarentena, iha posibilidade bo’ot liu virus ida ne’e bele hada’et ba ema seluk.  Ita hotu presiza suporta esforsu atu hamenus impaktu moras ida ne’e.

3.    Ema sira ne’ebé husi li’ur mak lori Covid-19 mai Timor?
Surtu Covid-19 agora ne’e grave tebes iha mundu tomak no hahú aumenta mós iha Timor loron ba loron. Kazu ba virus hirak ne’e, hahú mosu bainhira Timoroan sira ne’ebé fila mai husi rai seluk no la’ós ema estranjeiru (ema rai li’ur). Virus ida ne’e la haree ba rasa, kór, relijiaun, nsst. Ho nune’e, presiza tau atensaun maka’as liu atu ita hotu bele evita husi Surtu Covid-19.

4.    Oinsá atu bele implementa hadook malu (mínimu metru 2) bainhira hela ho membru família barak?
Família uma laran presiza halo tuir pratika di’ak hirak ne’ebé hakerek ona iha leten no seluk ne’ebé fó sai husi pesoál saúde Timor-Leste no mundiál. Bainhira membru husi família ida sai ba li’ur tenke responsabiliza nia an atu evita husi Surtu Covid-19 atu nune’e labele fó risku ba nia família liuliu sira ne’ebé idade ka ida ne’ebé vulneravel liu.

Kuidadu ita nia an, ita nia família no ita nia komunidade husi Surtu Covid-19 !

Bainhira hetan sintoma ba Surtu Covid-19, bele kontaktu ba númeru liña emerjénsia telefónika: 119.

Bainhira hetan ka sai sasin ba diskriminasaun, violénsia ka vítima ba violasaun direitu umanu durante estadu emerjénsia bele kontaktu ba:

• Keixa online: https://pdhj.tl/case-handling/hoo-kesar/
• PDHJ Dili (kobre Dili no Liquiça): 77131984/ 77304262/ 77656741
• PDHJ Baucau (kobre Baucau, Lautem, Manatuto no Viqueque): 78098414/ 77391414/ 77303908
• PDHJ Manufahi (kobre Manufahi, Aileu no Ainaro): 77720220/ 77895795
• PDHJ RAEOA: 77230344/ 77532529/ 76998952
• PDHJ Bobonaro (kobre Bobonaro, Covalima no Ermera): 77998521/ 77742696

Bele halo kontaktu ba La'o Hamutuk iha Bebora, Dili.  Telefone: 77234330

Economics of Education / Ekonomiku Edukasaun nian

Tetum iha kraik

On 4 March 2020, the Institute Of Business and Monash University hosted a public discussion on “The Economics of Education”. Monash Professor Brett Inder presented his research findings, and the responding panel included Rui Gomes (also article), Berta Antonieta of La’o Hamutuk, Jose Monteiro of the Timor-Leste Coalition for Education, and IOB Professor Pedro Ximenes. (Click on each name to download their presentation.)

All presenters agreed that the government should invest more in education in Timor-Leste. Brett and Rui both discussed the financing of the education itself, and how investing in education will create human capital, resulting in economic benefits. Rui also discussed how Timor-Leste falls behind in international standardized tests, while Brett explained equity in access to education – that education is not only a classroom experience, and that unequal access results from parents’ income and location. Berta explained that education is not only to produce human capital and employment, but also improves the quality of people’s lives. The government should repair infrastructure, train teachers, and improve the curriculum. From her personal experience in a small class with only 20 students; with well-trained teachers in adequate infrastructure, these improvements would bring Timor-Leste up to international norms.

Ministries of Education have already made progress, especially by using Tetun as the language of instruction and curriculum. However, Timor-Leste’s investment in education remains at half the level of similar countries.

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Iha 4 Marsu 2020, Institutu Bisnis (IOB) no Universidade Monash organiza diskusaun públiku kona-ba “Ekonomia Edukasaun nian”. Professor Monash nian Brett Inder halo aprezentasaun ba nia rezultadu peskiza, no panel responde ba tópiku refere, konsiste husi Rui Gomes (ho palestra), Berta Antonieta husi La’o Hamutuk, Jose Monteiro husi Koligasaun ba Edukasaun iha Timor-Leste no Pedro Ximenes Professor husi IOB. (Bele kliik iha sira nia naran ne’e hodi download aprezentasaun sira nian.)

Aprezentadór hotu-hotu konkorda katak governu presiza investe iha edukasaun iha Timor-Leste. Brett no Rui diskute kona-ba finansiamentu husi edukasaun no oinsá investe iha edukasaun bele kria kapitál umanu, no bele hamosu benefísiu ekonómiku. Rui mós diskute oinsá Timor-Leste nia valór ki’ik liu uainhira foti padraun teste international sira, no iha tempu hanesan Brett esplika katak asesu ba edukasaun hanesan ekidade ida, edukasaun la’ós iha klase laran de’it no dezigualdade asesu ba edukasaun mosu depende ba inan aman nia vensimentu no fatin jeográfiku. Berta esplika katak, edukasaun la’ós atu prodús kapitál umanu no servisu ho saláriu de’it, maibé mós aumenta kualidade ema moris nian. Governu presiza hadi’a infrastrutura, fornese formasaun ba manorin sira, no hadi’ak curriculum. Husi nia esperiénsia rasik, klase ho estudante na’in 20, manorin na’in ne’ebé hetan formasaun metin iha infrastrutura ida metin, buat hirak ne’e bele foti Timor-Leste hodi bele kompete iha teste padraun internasionál sira.

Ministériu Edukasaun sira halo ona progresu balun, liuliu iha uza Tetun hanesan lingua manorin no uza iha kurríkulu. Maske nune’e, Timor-Leste nia investimentu iha edukasaun nafatin sorin balun de’it kompara ho nasaun ne’ebé hanesan.

Proposta Orsamentu Jerál Estadu ba tinan fiskál 2020

Iha 15 Outubru 2019, Governu submete proposta OJE 2020 no Exposição de Motivos, depois loron balun fornese livru sira Orsamentu Jerál Estadu 2020 nian ba Parlamentu Nasionál. Komisaun permanente sira PN nian finaliza nia audiénsia ho Governu, Instituisaun estadu relevante inklui Sosiedade Sivíl. 

Paresér sira hotu husi instituisaun oin-oin inklui Sosiedade Sivíl nia, entrega hotu ona ba komisaun sira relevante no mós halo diskusaun durante audiénsia. Komisaun C  aprova no entrega relatóriu paresér ba Prezidente Parlamentu Nasionál iha dia 21 Novembru 2019. Hafoin adiamentu, PN sei hahú reuniaun plenária Parlamentár iha loron 2 Dezembru, hodi halo diskusaun no votasaun iha jeneralidade (dia 2-4 Dezembru), espesialidade, no votasaun final global iha dia 18 Dezembru 2019.

Montante Orsamentu Jerál Estadu ba tinan fiskál 2020 hamutuk biliaun $1,950. Nudár Orsamentu jerál ne’ebé besik hanesan iha Orsamentu Retifikativu tinan fiskál 2016 nian, boot liu iha istória Timor-Leste nian. Reprezentante Ministériu Finansa iha La’o Hamutuk nia enkontru públiku hatete se kreximentu OJE kada tinan kontinua hanesan kreximentu 2019-2020, FP bele mamuk iha 2027 kuandu Timor-Leste nia nivel despeza la’o nafatin ho montante hanesan agora, Timor-Leste nia Fundu Petrolíferu bele mamuk durante tinan 8 tuir mai, ne’ebé sei hotu iha 2027.

Finansiamentu ba OJE 2020 mak tuir mai ne’e:

• t$1,466 husi Fundu Petróleu (besik liu dala tolu RSE t$537)
• t$   200 husi 'carryover' husi 2019 (85% ne’ebé mai ona husi Fundu Petróleu )
• t$     73 husi empréstimu, atu selu fali iha futuru
• t$   210 husi reseita doméstika.

Despeza husi osan ne'e aloka ba kategoria sira tuir mai:

• t$241 ba saláriu no vensimentu (aumenta 13% kompara ho 2019)
• t$738 ba bens no servisu (aumenta 56% kompara ho 2019 - balu atu selu dívida ba kombustivel)
• t$458 ba transferénsia públiku (aumenta 26% kompara ho 2019)
• t$  53 ba kapitál menór (aumenta 69% kompara ho 2019)
• t$386 ba kapitál dezenvolvimentu (la inklui empréstimu) (aumenta 23% kompara ho 2019)
• t$  73 ba empréstimu ba kapitál dezenvolvimentu (hamenus 16% kompara ho 2019)

La’o Hamutuk nia rekomendasaun ne’ebé inklui ona ba Submisaun no hato’o durante iha audiénsia ho Komisaun C PN mak tuir mai ne’e:

• Ami husu ba membru Parlamentu Nasionál atu hare no kuidadu ba definisaun sira ba despeza husi OJE 2020. Liuliu ba aumentu hirak ne’ebé signifikante maka’as hanesan iha transferénsia publika liu Ministériu Petróleu no Minerais no mós aumentu iha Fundu Kontrapartidas.
• Proposta OJE 2020 ne’ebé sei fó impaktu ba Timor-Leste ninia sustentabilidade orsamentál no ameasa durasaun Fundu Petrolíferu nian. Ami husu atu Parlamentu Nasionál tetu didi’ak proposta OJE 2020 antes halo desizaun.
• Presiza haforsa no hametin sistema monitorizasaun no kontrolu atu nune’e bele asegura implementasaun ba programa sira la’o ho efisiénsia no efetivu hodi garante katak fó duni no maximiza benefísiu konkretu ba povu Timor-Leste.
• Ami sujere atu kontinua investe iha setór produtivu sira hanesan Agrikultura Familiar, Turizmu komunitária, indústria ki’ik sira ne’ebé bele redús kiak, malnutrisaun, dezempregu, no redús dependénsia ba importasaun.
• Investe iha rekursus umanu liu husi hadi’ak kualidade setór sira hanesan edukasaun, saúde, bee no saneamentu hodi bele asegura povu Timor-Leste sai povu ida ne’ebé saudável, matenek no produtivu.
• Suspende despeza ba projetu Tasi Mane no avansa ba estudu independente ida ne’ebé bele halo estudu avaliasaun ba kustu tomak, risku, benefísiu husi projetu ne’e rasik.
• Husu ba membru Parlamentu Nasionál atu la aprova envelope tokon $750 ba akordu empréstimu foun iha 2020, se bainhira Governu la fó esplikasaun detallu kona ba empréstimu sira ne’e ba saida, hodi halo saida no oinsá ho atu selu fila fali.

Relatóriu Komisaun sira ne’ebé Komisaun C Permanente Parlamentu Nasionál elabora no fahe ba deputadu sira, rekomenda asuntu barak atu Governu no Plenária Parlamentu Nasionál konsidera. Ami rejista pontu importante balun hanesan tuir mai ne’e:

1. Komisaun D husu atu bele redús signifikante OJE 2020 , sira temi biliaun $1.3, $1.4 ka $1.6. Komisaun ne’e mós husu atu redús planu despeza iha kategoria bens no servisu no transferénsia públiku ne’ebé konsidera nudár ejazeradu. Sira mós sujere atu la’ós redús de’it osan maibé bele hadi'ak kapitál umanu iha Nasaun. Sira mós preokupa katak Fundu Petrolíferu nia gastu, nia paradeiru ba de’it iha konsumu (BS no TP) la’ós investe husi kapitál dezenvolvimentu.
2. Komisaun C rekoñese katak atualmente reseita doméstiku atu selu de’it ba kategoria saláriu vensimentu mós la too. Komisaun C nia preokupasaun hanesan ho saida mak La’o Hamutuk preokupa katak iha planu Governu nia hatete prioridade ba setór infrastrutura, setór ekonómiku no sosiál hanesan saúde, edukasaun no agrikultura, konteúdu husi alokasaun la komprova deklarasaun ka planu Governu nian. Dehan mós proposta OJE 2020 viola rejime jurídiku aprovizionamentu tanba transfere ba munisipiu no jestaun projetu no investimentu too tokon $5. Komisaun mós rekomenda atu Governu halo espesifikasaun alokasaun ba ANPM, IPG no sira seluk. Rekomenda atu aprova diploma legal própriu kona-ba Orsamentu Seguransa Sosiál.
3. Iha relatóriu no rekomendasaun sira husu atu redús no elimina viajen estranjeiru sira ne’ebé la’ós de’it atu gasta osan maibé la ajuda esforsu sira doméstiku nia ba hadi’a Nasaun.
4. Infelizmente, Komisaun sira Parlamentu Nasionál la inklui preokupasaun sira kona-ba risku sira ne’ebé sei husik hela ba Timor-Leste husi projetu Tasi Mane no Greater Sunrise, gastu desnesesariu, transparénsia husi Fundu Kontrapartida.
5. Komisaun sira mós la temi katak despeza sira barak liu sei ba projetu boot no rekorente ka iha administrasaun públiku duke gasta ba dezenvolvimentu Nasaun ne’ebé nia efeitu direta ba ekonomia Nasaun nian no ajuda ema kiak sira iha area rural. 

Bele hetan informasaun no dokumentu seluk relevante ba prosesu no konteúdu OJE 2020 husi  http://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE20/19OGE20.htm. Parlamentu Nasionál muda ona kalendáriu ba diskusaun OJE iha jeneralidade, espesialidade no final global hanesan temi iha leten. Razaun muda kalendáriu ida ne’e mak relatóriu paresér komisaun sira nian seidauk finaliza.

Hakarak klarifika informasaun ruma bele liga ba ami; +670-3321040, no +670-77234330.

Konvite nakloke ba públiku no media sira kona-ba diskusaun Proposta OJE 2020

La’o Hamutuk, Fongtil no Core Group Transparency-CGT sei realiza enkontru Públiku ida kona-ba Proposta orsamentu Jerál Estadu ba tinan fiskál 2020. Oradór sira mai husi Ministériu finansa, Partidu Opozisaun iha Parlamentu Nasional no Sosiedade Sivíl. Enkontru Públiku ne’e sei realiza iha kinta feira dia 3 Outubru 2019 iha Salaun Katedrál Bebora DILI, tuku 9 too remata iha lorokraik, ho han meudia. 

Komité Revizaun Polítika-KROP finaliza ona diskusaun kona-ba Orsamentu Jerál Estadu 2020 iha dia 23 Setembru 2019. Relatóriu KROP nian liga ho OJE 2020 konsellu Ministru apresia da uluk ona iha dia 27 setembru no sei aprova iha dia 2 Outubru 2019.

Bele mai partisipa no halo diskusaun kona-ba liña jerál Orsamentu Jerál Estadu 2020 nian ho oradór sira, bele rona informasaun, dadus sira, medida Orsamentais sira ne’ebé Governu diskute ona no bele konfirma ho reprezentante husi Ministériu Finansa ho difikuldade no preokupasaun sira no bele rona observasaun no sujestaun sira Sosiedade Sivíl nian, bele mós rona perspetiva Bankada Opozisaun FRETILIN nian relasaun ho ezekusaun no Proposta OJE 2020.

Nudár pasu inísiu atu parte hotu bele fahe informasaun, hetan informasaun, diskusaun no konfirmasaun no ajuda ita hotu bele iha koñesimentu ba partisipa di’ak liu tan iha pasu sira tuir mai, liu-liu bele intende no partisipa iha debate sira iha públiku bainhira diskusaun Orsamentu la’o iha Parlamentu Nasional bainhira Governu submete ona ba, iha loron 15 Outubru.

Mai, mai, bele aprende, bele rona, bele konfirma/husu no sei iha esplikasaun husi oradór sira no bele estabelese ligasaun konstrutivu entre Governu, sosiedade sivíl no partisipante sira seluk durante enkontru públiku. Bele hetan informasaun balun relasaun ho proposta Orsamentu Jerál Estadu 2020 iha ne’e; http://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE20/19OGE20.htm, inklui aprezentasaun sira husi enkontru publiku ida ne'e.

Obrigadu barak ba atensaun no Partisipasaun. Celestino Gusmão, 77432621

Prémiu Solidariedade ba Saskia / Solidarity Prize to Saskia

Komité Popular fó Prémiu Solidariedade ba Saskia!

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Dia 10 Setembru 2019, Komité Popular ne’ebé organiza Konferénsia Solidariedade iha dia 27,28 no 29 Agostu 2019, oferese Prémiu Solidariedade ba mana Saskia Kouwenberg ba kontribuisaun boot ne’ebé nia halo ona ba Rai Doben Timor-Lorosa’e. Prémiu Solidariedade ne’e entrega husi Irma Maria de Lourdes Martins Cruz “Mana LU” no Prezidente Komité 12 Novembru Sr. Gregório Saldanha iha Balide, Centro Nasional Chega!

Nudár ema barak hatene, mana Saskia mak lori sai ba rai li’ur filmajen ne’ebé Jornalista Max Stahl halo ba masakre Santa Cruz iha tinan 1991. Mana Saskia lori filmajen ne’e ho maneira barani no determinadu tebes, ikus mai filmajen ida ne’e konsege loke koñesimentu iha nasaun barak no muda prioridade povu no nasaun boot nian kona-ba Indonézia no loke dalan ba Timor-Lorosa’e nia libertasaun.

Mana Saskia mós ativista solidariedade ne’ebé apoiu Timor-Leste ba tinan barak, iha Australia no Netherlands. No mós koordenadóra iha ba Projetu Observadór husi International Federation for East Timor (IFET-OP) iha 1999, Mana Saskia sempre hamriik hamutuk iha povu Timor-Leste nia sorin hamutuk ho kolega solidariedade sira seluk durante tinan barak hodi luta ba auto determinasaun rai doben nian.

Hafoin Konsulta Popular mana Saskia mós involve iha konsultasaun, peskiza no diskusaun sira atu harii organizasaun La’o Hamutuk iha tinan 2000.

Obrigadu barak, mana Saskia, kolega Solidariedade Internasionál tomak, ita-boot sira sempre hetan fatin iha uma Timor-Leste nian. Defende nafatin justisa no solidariedade Umana iha mundu rai Klaran!

As Lutas Kontinuam!

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People’s Committee gives Solidarity Prize to Saskia

On 10 September 2019, the People’s Committee which organized the Solidarity Conference on 27-29 August offered the Solidarity Prize to Saskia Kouwenberg for her huge contribution to the beloved land, Timor-Leste. The Prize was presented by Sr. Maria de Lourdes Martins Cruz “Mana LU” and the President of the 12 November Committee, Mr. Gregório Saldanha at the Centro Nasional Chega! in Balide.

As many people know, Saskia was the one who brought the film of the 12 November 1991 Santa Cruz massacre, made by journalist Max Stahl, to the rest of the world. Saskia’s determined and courageous carrying the film awakened many people worldwide to the reality of Indonesia’s occupation, moving national priorities and opening the way for Timor-Leste’s liberation.

Saskia was a solidarity activist who supported Timor-Leste for many years, in Australia and the Netherlands, and was a coordinator of the International Federation for East Timor Observer Project (IFET-OP) in 1999. Saskia always stood together with the Timorese people, alongside other solidarity friends, in the long struggle for this country’s self-determination.

After the 1999 Referendum, Saskia was involved in the consultations, research and discussions which led to the formation of the La’o Hamutuk organization in 2000.

We greatly appreciate mana Saskia and all international solidarity colleagues. You will always have a home in Timor-Leste. Continue to defend justice and human solidarity throughout the world!

The struggles continue!