WILLEMSTAD — The first budget of the country Curaçao, which was forwarded to the States earlier this week, will reckon with the demographic development of the Curaçao population. For instance, less money will be spent on education compared to last year. However, according to the government, there was less cut back in order to keep some space for policy intensifying.
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The Explanatory Memorandum (MvT) with the budget of 2011 mentions the decrease of the education budget for 2011. This decrease was prompted by an advice of the Council financial supervision (Cft) from the past to investigate the sectors Education and Healthcare. This investigation was conducted with the purpose to gain insight into the figures of the two sectors and to include these developments in the long-range budget of the country Curaçao. The budget mentions that the Cft wants to know if these consequences will be included in the long-range budget. In their response that is mentioned in the MvT as well, the government answers in the affirmative.
Improvement
According to the government, they had already included part of the developments in the 2011-budget, in particular those of education. With an unchanged policy, the demographic developments will lead to a decrease of the education budget. However, this decrease was only partially included because part of the existing space as a result of the demographic developments, has been reserved for policy intensifying." According to the government, this boils down to an implicit investment in the quality improvement of the education. "This quality of the education is understood to mean quality in broader sense, whereby teaching material and adequate housing must be heaped together under quality" according to the government in the MvT with the 2011-budget.
According to the government, the long-range figures from the budget must be viewed within the framework of the current process of the various investigation courses, which were started within the sectors education, public health and justice. The investigation into the remaining policy fields has not started yet. According to the government, the investigation process must yield usable revenues, which will subsequently be used to draw up the long-range estimations of the country’s expenditures.
In the MvT, the government also emphasizes the extra economies and efficiency improvements that could be realized with the joining of official apparatus’ from the former island territory Curaçao and the former country the Netherlands Antilles into one official apparatus.
"In due course, this joining and investigation will lead to an efficiency-overtake, by which initially the almost constant burdens will be followed by economies in the long term," the government remarked.
According to the government, they had already included part of the developments in the 2011-budget, in particular those of education. With an unchanged policy, the demographic developments will lead to a decrease of the education budget. However, this decrease was only partially included because part of the existing space as a result of the demographic developments, has been reserved for policy intensifying." According to the government, this boils down to an implicit investment in the quality improvement of the education. "This quality of the education is understood to mean quality in broader sense, whereby teaching material and adequate housing must be heaped together under quality" according to the government in the MvT with the 2011-budget. According to the government, the long-range figures from the budget must be viewed within the framework of the current process of the various investigation courses, which were started within the sectors education, public health and justice. The investigation into the remaining policy fields has not started yet. According to the government, the investigation process must yield usable revenues, which will subsequently be used to draw up the long-range estimations of the country’s expenditures.In the MvT, the government also emphasizes the extra economies and efficiency improvements that could be realized with the joining of official apparatus’ from the former island territory Curaçao and the former country the Netherlands Antilles into one official apparatus."In due course, this joining and investigation will lead to an efficiency-overtake, by which initially the almost constant burdens will be followed by economies in the long term," the government remarked.
The former Board of Governors consisting of PAR, FOL and PNP had drawn up the budget. The current coalition promised to submit a budget during the first quarter next year. This budget will meet the views of the MFK, PS and MAN parties.
The draft, which was forwarded to the States earlier this week, reckons with recent comments from the Council financial supervision (Cft) and the Advisory Council (RvA). The budget departs from a surplus of fifty million guilders on the normal service (revenues minus expenditures), but as on the other hand there is a deficit of 40 million on the capital service (calculations of interest, red.), the budget is balanced. In that, the budget complies with Cft-guidelines.
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