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Viewing cable 09TUNIS239, TUNISIA'S CENTRAL BUDGET: RESPONSE TO SFOAA

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09TUNIS239 2009-04-21 07:09 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Tunis 
VZCZCXRO4784
PP RUEHTRO
DE RUEHTU #0239 1110709
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 210709Z APR 09
FM AMEMBASSY TUNIS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6214
INFO RUCNMGH/MAGHREB COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHAD/AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI PRIORITY 0987
RUEHAS/AMEMBASSY ALGIERS PRIORITY 7735
RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO PRIORITY 1663
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 1478
RUEHNK/AMEMBASSY NOUAKCHOTT PRIORITY 1009
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 1956
RUEHRB/AMEMBASSY RABAT PRIORITY 8582
RUEHTRO/AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI PRIORITY 0285
RUEHCL/AMCONSUL CASABLANCA PRIORITY 0001
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC PRIORITY
 
UNCLAS TUNIS 000239 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EEB/IFD/OMA (JACOBY), NEA/RA, AND NEA/MAG 
(PATTERSON/HAYES) 
CASABLANCA FOR FCS (ORTIZ) 
CAIRO FOR FINANCIAL ATTACHE (SEVERENS) 
LONDON AND PARIS FOR NEA WATCHER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TS
SUBJECT: TUNISIA'S CENTRAL BUDGET: RESPONSE TO SFOAA 
SECTION 7088(C)(1) 
 
REF: A. STATE 28885 
     B. 08 TUNIS 237 
 
1. (U)  The Government of Tunisia will receive the following 
foreign assistance for FY09: US$ 10 million in Foreign 
Military Financing (FMF), and US$1.7 million in International 
Military Education and Training (IMET). 
 
2. (U)  The Government of Tunisia's national budget is 
publicly available and is published in the official gazette 
and on the internet.  It details both income and 
expenditures.  According to Tunisian law, the parliamentary 
debates on the annual budget are open to the public.  The 
Tunisian Court of Accountability -- the Tunisian counterpart 
to the US Government Accounting Office -- monitors and 
investigates the use of GOT funds. 
 
3. (U)  Tunisia's ranking on Transparency International's 
(TI) Corruption Index has dropped from 51 in 2006 to 62 in 
2008 (out of 180 countries) with a score of 4.4.  According 
to the TI Corruption Index scale, a score of ten indicates 
extremely little corruption and a score of zero very serious 
corruption.  There is no single GOT ministry or agency with a 
specific anti-corruption mandate, although the Court of 
Accountability may investigate allegations of corruption 
through the course of their normal reviews. 
Godec