• Follow-up the adoption of the Draft General Budget Law for the fiscal year 2023, whereas the was published in the Official Gazette on 28/2/2023 issue No. (5846). It should be noted here that the Draft Government Units Budgets Law has been abolished and the government units listed therein have been incorporated into the General Budget Law in accordance with the amendments to the Article. (112) of the Constitution, as well as new changes reflected in the documents of the General Budget Law for the fiscal year 2023, including the preparation of the draft law at the sector level to enhance oversight, follow-up and transparency in the budget preparation and implementation process and in line with developments at the technical and legislative levels; Work has also been undertaken to further strengthen the general budget's response to climate change and gender needs, including women, children and persons with disabilities with a focus on identifying sectoral priorities and their expected outcomes as a road map for the implementation of sectoral and national objectives in order to improve public services for citizens and thus reflect positively on their standard of living.
• Preparation of the draft general budget law for fiscal year 2024, taking into account the allocation of funds for the Executive Program for Economic Modernization Vision (2023-2025) and the Executive Program for the Public Sector Modernization Map (2023-2025).

• Follow up the preparation of the Draft Manpower Bylaw for the year 2023.It has been approved as per Bylaw No. (49) for 2023- Draft Manpower Bylaw for Ministries, Departments and Government Units for the fiscal year 2023, and it has been published in the Official Gazette on 31/8/2023 Issue No. (5879).
• Initiate the preparation of the Draft Manpower Bylaw for Ministries, Departments and Government Units for the year 2024, in conjunction with the preparation of the Draft General Budget Law for 2024.

Follow up the implementation of the General Budget Law through applying its provisions and the provisions of Budget Organic Law No. (13) for the year 2021, issue the general and special financial orders, financial transfers, virements, financial commitment vouchers, and transfer of custody, and follow up and study the financial positions. In addition, Complying with the instructions of circular No. (5) of 2023 for the implementation of the General Budget Law for the fiscal year 2023.

The General Budget Department prepared quarterly reports on the General Finance performance during 2023, including the assessment of the General Finance Performance during 2023 compared to 2022.

Coordinate with government ministries, departments and units to respond to the recommendations of the Finance Committee of the Lower House and the recommendations of the Finance and Economic Committee of the Upper House on the draft General Budget Law for the fiscal year 2023 through a matrix prepared for this purpose, and provide both the Lower House and the Upper House with a copy thereof.

The Government is keen to include in the annual General Budget Law the necessary financial allocations for ministries, departments and government units that promote human rights in the Kingdom, which are represented by the right to security, social protection, health, education, recreation and other rights of all groups of society, including persons with disabilities. In preparation of the draft general budget law for fiscal year 2024, all ministries, departments and government units have been directed to take into account and strengthen the promotion of human rights by reviewing their legislation and implementing the recommendations contained in national and international human rights reports, consistent with national priorities. The financial appropriations allocated under the General Budget Law of 2024 for social protection, public order and public safety affairs, education, health and economic affairs amounted approximately 2.3 billion dinars, 1.7 billion dinars, 1.4 billion dinars, 1.3 billion dinars and 0.7 billion dinars respectively in order to a safe social, economic and healthy environment.

In view of the importance of gender-responsive budgeting in assisting the Government in implementing commitments, recommendations and plans related to the gender response, and in view of the role of the General Budget Department in monitoring financial allocations for gender needs, including women, children, youth, older persons and persons with disabilities The Department continued to promote the application of the gender-responsive and child-friendly budgeting approach in cooperation with its partners, in particular the Public Finance Reform and Management Project (PFMA) funded by USAID, The Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW) and (UN-Women) through participation in workshops and training courses aimed at building the capacity of the Department's staff and staff of relevant ministries, departments and government units. 

In continuation of the Department’s efforts to study the application of gender classification (Gender Classifier) or equivalent, done in cooperation with (UN-Women) and the Jordanian National Committee for Women's Affairs (JNCW) see some international experiences in coding (Education) Gender allocations in budget (Budget Tagging), and pilot application of coding process was conducted at four leading ministries (Education, Health, Labor, Political and Parliamentary Affairs) in preparation for its application to all ministries and government departments in the event that the necessary procedures, models and programs for the coding process are finalized. 

In addition, Circular No. (16) of 2023 was included to prepare the Draft General Budget Law for fiscal year 2024, requesting government ministries, departments and units to take into account gender, including women, children and sex. (Male/female) when determining and reversing performance indicators associated with their strategic plans (gender sensitive indicators) on the strategy and/or related programs and projects, ensuring that government ministries, departments and units integrate the concept of gender into their budgets, as well as identifying gender priorities and expected outcomes of those priorities and related programs. 

With a view to assisting ministries and government departments to integrate the concept of gender into their annual budget projects by incorporating the gender needs of projects, activities and services into them and familiarizing them with the necessary steps, it has been done in cooperation with UN-Women (UN-Women) and the Jordanian National Committee for Women's Affairs (JNCW) prepare the Gender Responsive Budget Manual 2023 and publish it on the JNCW website, including steps and procedures to assess, analyze and disaggregate gender, identify gaps and monitor allocations to address those gaps.

Follow-up on the requirements for achieving the programs of international reform institutions to support the general budget. In 2023, several of the Gulf Cooperation Council's financial and technical support programs were pursued; International Monetary Fund, European Union, World Bank, American Government and European Union and the Italian Government, the French Development Agency and other international actors. Grants and Loans Matrix for 2023, which shows the financial implications of grants and loans programs, has been prepared for the General Budget Law for the 2024 fiscal year within the various sectors' budgets.

• Participation in the 2023 Open Budget questionnaire (OBI) conducted by the International Budget Partnership Organization (IBP) in Washington, a working group of stakeholders was formed in the General Budget Department and the Ministry of Finance and the Office of Accounting to review the different lines of the questionnaire and make observations on the preliminary results of the evaluation; Final results of the questionnaire are expected in May 2024 It should be noted that Jordan received a 61 percent result in the results of the previous questionnaire, which took place in 2021, and its results were released in 2022, Jordan ranked first in the Middle East and North Africa region. and ranked 32nd of the 120 countries participating in the survey for 2021, This is due to continued development and improvement of financial transparency procedures.
• Issuance of the document "Citizen's Guide to the General Budget for Fiscal Year 2023", with the aim of strengthening channels of communication and ensuring mutual trust between citizens and the Government, and promoting informed participation in public budgetary matters. The document reflects the Department's commitment to enhancing transparency about the size and structure of State revenues and expenditures in addition to strengthening the communication frameworks between the Department on the one hand and the Jordanian citizen on the other hand and enabling it to access as much information and data as possible on the budget as would enable it to identify the amount of financial allocations to the economic sectors and public services that directly affect its daily life, Thus, citizens' full understanding of public sources of funds is achieved, expenditure is directed and accountability is strengthened.
• In order to ensure greater transparency in the process of preparing the general budget of the State, the draft general budget law for the fiscal year 2024 has been published on the Department's website so that everyone can access it and make observations about it.
• In order to meet the human right to know and in conformity with the Access to Information Right Law No. (47) of 2007, the Department provided direct services to researchers, academics and journalists and answered their questions.
• Holding Public awareness sessions on the role of the budget and its legislative frameworks, the sessions held at the University of Jordan included the introduction of attendees to the General Budget stages and implementation tools; A series of sensitization sessions was held for governorate councils on the preparation and approval of governorate budgets. The purpose of these meetings is to enhance the councils' capacity to approve and monitor the implementation of their capital budgets; In addition, an awareness-raising session was held for school students to familiarize them with the general budget cycle and citizens' role and contribution.

The General Budget Department has decided to continue efforts aimed at promoting the approach of financial decentralization by reviewing the criteria and foundations for determining the roofs of the governorates' budgets and updating the statistical data of the approved bases and standards issued by the official authorities for the exercise of justice and achieving transparency when setting the ceiling for the total capital governorates and distributing it among the governorates In addition, a decentralization unit has been established in the Department to follow up on the preparation and approval of projects for the capital governorates' budgets, monitor their implementation and prepare the necessary reports thereon.

The Department also participated in awareness-raising workshops for governorate councils organized by the Ministry of Local Administration on the preparation and approval of governorate budgets, which were aimed at increasing the capacities of governorate councils to approve and monitor the implementation of capital governorates' budgets.

Preparation of the eighteenth annual report for 2022. The report presents the strategy of the General Budget Department, the role of the Department in the preparation and implementation of the General Budget of the State, the services it provides, the volume of financial allocations it makes and the national objectives it seeks to achieve in order to promote financial sustainability. It also highlights the achievements of the General Budget Department during 2022 and its future aspirations for the coming years.

Translation of the General Budget Law for the fiscal year 2023 into English and its publication on the Department's website, and initiation of the translation of Draft General Budget Law for the fiscal year 2024, in order to ensure that the General Budget Department get its foreign partners informed of the content of the law.

• Update Oracle database and computerized systems to a new version of Oracle (12c) and connect systems on cloud computing.
• Follow up and supervise technically the introduction and issuance of the General Budget Law data in Arabic and English.
• Use of new software to promulgate the General Budget Law by new sectors and structure.
• Follow up and supervise technically the introduction and issuance of the data of the system of configurations for ministries, departments and government units.
• Follow-up and supervision of the application of the job description and classification of the system of government ministries, departments and units.
• Issuance of reports on the Draft General Budget Law for the purposes of the debates of the Parliament and the Supreme Administration.
• Provide the directorates of the Department with any data and tables relevant to the nature of the Department’s work.
• Participation in the preparation of the final account of government units in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance.
• Continue to provide technical support to the Department's staff through the maintenance of major servers, computers, networks and accessories and follow-up technical support to GFMIS users.
• Upgrade the efficiency of computers operating in the circuit by upgrading the internal storage unit (SSD).
• Contribute to the study of the needs of ministries and government departments for computers and their accessories by participating in the procurement committee for computers in the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship.
• Provide all information security and confidentiality requirements and protect them through application (firewall, antivirus, complex password policy, control of authority determination on systems and network)
• Follow-up and develop the Department's external website.
• Technical monitoring and supervision of budget execution processes (financial orders, remittances, transfers, financial positions).
• Upload budget data on Excel file for GFMIS project purposes.
• Upload manpower data on Excel file for the purposes of the HR system in the Service and Public Administration Commission.
• Follow-up and develop the following systems technically: (Follow-up on expenditure of governorates' budgets and government units, personnel and salaries, Takaful account, archiving, procurement and supplies, vehicle tracking, questionnaires, invoices for cellular).
• Establishment and development of a new special system (leaves and departures).
• Establishment and development of a new system (working hours control).

• Prepare the annual supervisory action plan and submit it to His Excellency the Minister of Finance in due course.
• Review the financial audit procedures manual.
• Prepare monthly monitoring reports and annual report and submit them to His Excellency the Minister of Finance as appropriate.
• Submit reports of supervisory visits to His Excellency the Director General and address performance deviations and follow-up correction, if any.
• Conduct sudden supervisory visits to all departments of the Directorate of Financial and Administrative Affairs and indicate errors in the event of their existence and the time of correction thereof.
• Prepare the annual completion plan and performance measurement indicators for the Internal Control Unit.

• Representing the Department in the Sharjah Public Finance Award by preparing and submitting the Department's participation application and requesting the participation of the Assistant Director General for Administrative and Financial Affairs.
• Preparation of the application for participation of the Director-General of the Distinguished Secretary-General/Director-General Second Cycle (2023/2024)/ King Abdullah II Award for Excellence.
• Rooting the culture of excellence in the department by holding training workshops for all employees over five days on the standards of Jordanian new government excellence.
• Supervising the preparation of the work plan for the award of the Distinguished Change Team of the General Budget Department and contributing to the coordination of the files of employees participating in the Distinguished Employee Award.
• Holding a bazaar with a view to provide a financial source to support the implementation of community responsibility activities, including the purchase of mobile medical seats such as a gift from the Department's staff to government hospitals.
• Contribute to the provision of technical specifications until the rehabilitation of the Department's premises for the employment of persons with disabilities until they are implemented when financial allocation is available.
• Contribute to the preparation and revision of the annual work plans of the Department's directorates and units to ensure that they are in line with strategic and operational objectives, in coordination with the relevant organizational units of the Department, including strategic performance indicators, operational performance indicators and potential risks.
• Preparation of reports on the progress of the strategic plan and annual work plans, including the results of measuring performance indicators, the completion rates of each directorate and unit in the Department, and appropriate recommendations and their circulation to the staff.
• The Department's annual surveys include measuring the satisfaction of employees, service recipients, partners and suppliers, evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of working systems, measuring satisfaction with the efficiency and sequences of computers and assessing the security and protection of information policy, in order to investigate their needs, determine their level of satisfaction, strengths and weaknesses, and identify opportunities for improvement to work on them on an ongoing basis, thereby achieving the requirements and expectations of service recipients, partners and employees.
• Manage and follow up complaints, observations and queries of service recipients and provide responses to them in coordination with those concerned as quickly as possible through a platform at your government service.
• Provide responses to opinion letters on the strategic plans of ministries and government departments and measure partners' satisfaction.