The Office for the Audit of Institutions in the FBiH gave an opinion with the reserve of the Federal Ministry of Physical Planning by 2024. year, with numerous criticisms in the account of inefficient public funds, non-transparent distribution of transfers and multi-annual systemic problems.
The largest complaints relates to the unuspentability of the Energy Efficiency Fund – 7.75 million KM was spent only 24%, which caused the absence of planned savings of almost 686,000 KM. Nevertheless, the Ministry did not audit the operational plan, but continues to plan funds according to the same document.
The fact that the FBiH spatial plan is from 2008-2028 is special attention., Worth 5.8 million KM, withdrawn from the parliamentary procedure because ten years have not been considered, while the outdated plan from the Serbian 1981-2000 period.
“We note that the failure to the plan has multiple consequences for the development and improvement of the Spatial Planning of the FBiH, and that the invested budget funds from the previous period of 5,808,374 KM did not result in the expected effects”, warn from the audit office.
Also, the FBiH Concessions are working with an invalid mandate since 2012. year, with only two of the legally prescribed seven members. The Law on Concessions is not harmonized with other regulations, so the revenues of concessions in 2024 were only 83,000 KM.
“In addition to the responsibility for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements, the Minister is responsible for ensuring that the regulations governing and confirming that the establishment of established goals, and the economically, efficient and effective functioning of the financial management and control system,” auditors.
The audit revealed irregularities in payments of special salary supplements, as well as incorrect employees’ working hours in the Federal Ministry of Physical Planning. It was also stated that individual jobs are, representing regular tasks from systematization, performed through the work contract – which is contrary to applicable regulations.
The auditors gave clear recommendations:
Payments of special placement supplements should be performed exclusively in justified cases and a clearly defined period, in accordance with the Labor Law.
Records on employee work must be conducted in accordance with the Ordinance on the content and manner of keeping records of workers and other persons engaged at work, in order to ensure the legality and precision of data.
These recommendations are part of a broad call for the establishment of a legal, transparent and responsible human resource management system in the Ministry.
Irregularities in the evaluation of projects for the allocation of liquid and capital transfers were used: Although more recent than 2023 were available.
The Commissions were formed and paid without evidence that they worked outside the working hours, and for individual payments, taxes and contributions because the existing treasury application does not support it.
Despite recommendations from previous years, the Ministry has not yet established a functional internal audit unit, and many recommendations from 2023. years were unrealized.
The auditors provided 13 recommendations, most of which were repeated from the previous report, pointing to the chronic absence of systemic reforms in this Federal Ministry, writes Akta.
