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Minister of Finance  \nHon. Deputy Minister of Finance  \nThe Secretary to the President  \nThe Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service  \nThe Secretary to the Vice President  \nThe Director General, Human Resource Management Office (HRMO)  \nThe Commissioner General, National Revenue Authority (NRA)  \nThe Auditor General, Audit Service Sierra Leone  \nThe Chairman, Parliamentary Finance Committee  \nBUDGET CALL CIRCULAR FOR THE MTEF PERIOD FY2019-2021 I INTRODUCTION  \n1. In accordance with Section 31(1) of the Public Financial Management Act of 2016, I have the pleasure to transmit to you the Budget Call Circular that will guide the preparation of the 2019 budget and the two outer years (2020 and 2021) . It is particularly important that MDAs focus on operational activities for 2019 especially geared towards the completion of ongoing programmes and projects focused on the policies and programmes in the new direction. Good quality plans will have a positive impact on resource allocation and budget execution.  \n2. The purpose of this Circular therefore is to communicate:  \ni) guidelines to Budgetary Agencies in preparing their budget proposals;  \nii) indicative resource envelope and MDA expenditure ceilings for FY 2019 and the medium term;  \niii) Government’s priorities for FY 2019 in line with the Presidential Address delivered on the Occasion of State Opening of the First Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone which is  \ntranslated in the Fiscal Strategy Statement for 2019 - 2023 and underpinned by Executive Orders 1 and 2;  \niv) key policies and administrative issues for the preparation of strategic plans and expenditure estimates; and  \nv) the budget calendar for the 2019 budget preparation attached in Annex 7 of this Circular.  \n3. Consistent also with Section 33 (1) of the Public Financial Management Act 2016 , the Minister of Finance is required to submit the budget to Parliament for FY 2019 and its medium-term perspective on Friday, 26th October, 2018 to allow Parliament enough time for its scrutiny and ratification.  \n4. In line with the above, therefore, MDAs are required to submit their budget proposals and contribution to the Budget Speech, by 31st August, 2018. Consultative discussions on the 2018 budget will be held between 12th September and 10th October 2018 in Freetown.  \nII PROJECTED RESOURCE ENVELOPE FOR FY 2019  \n5. Total Revenue and Grants are projected to amount to Le 5.7 trillion (17.2 percent of GDP) in FY2019 . Domestic Revenue is projected at Le 5.5 trillion (16.0 percent of GDP) from an estimated Le 4.6 trillion (15.4 percent of GDP) in 2018.  \n6. Total expenditure and net lending is projected at Le 8.2 trillion (24.0 percent of GDP) from an estimated Le 7.4 trillion (24.5 percent of GDP) in 2018. Of the total expenditure and net lending, Goods and Services are projected at Le1.4 trillion, whilst Subsidies and Transfers are projected at Le1.1 trillion. The attached Recurrent Expenditure Ceilings in Annex I are based on the projected expenditure for Goods and Services, Subsidies and Transfers.  \nIII. BUDGET STRATEGY AND PRIORITIES FOR FY 2019  \n7. The Fiscal Year 2019 MTEF budget will be the first year of implementation of the Fiscal Strategy Statement (FSS) 2019-2023 which is anchored on the New Direction of the current administration as articulated in the the Presidential Address delivered on the Occasion of State Opening of the First Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone. To support the attainment of the outcomes in the Fiscal Strategy Statement 2019-2023, priority will be given to the following:  \ni) completion of ongoing projects in the Fiscal Strategy Statement 2019 - 2023. All MDAs are therefore advised not to submit budget estimates for new projects for programm","cbCaivL16ilWMvfB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivL16ilWMvfB","pdf",207060,"English","# Introduction\n## Purpose and submission timeline\n# Projected resource envelope for FY2019\n# Budget strategy and priorities for FY2019\n# Public financial management reforms","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the Budget Call Circular for FY2019-2021?\",\"answer\":\"The circular communicates guidelines for preparing budget proposals, indicative resource envelopes and expenditure ceilings, government priorities for FY2019, key policies and administrative issues, and the budget calendar attached as an annex.\"},{\"question\":\"What deadlines are required for MDAs to submit budget inputs?\",\"answer\":\"MDAs are required to submit budget proposals and contributions to the Budget Speech by 31st August 2018. 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