Nghe An speeds up settlement of outstanding projects

(Baonghean) - Settling investment capital for projects is an important task to neatly resolve documents and procedures to evaluate the effectiveness of investment capital from the state budget. In 2015, the Finance sector actively appraised and settled 392 projects, reducing costs after appraisal by 53,282 billion VND. However, there are still many districts with unsettled projects.

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The total number of projects, works, and construction items that were appraised and approved in 2015 was 392 projects, the proposed investment cost for approval was 3,268,202 million VND. After final settlement, the appraised and approved investment cost was 3,214,920 million VND, the savings after appraisal were 53,282 million VND, a reduction rate of 1.6%. Thus, the debt to be collected is 6.3 billion VND.

If the settlement work at the provincial level is quite good, at the district level, the number of unsettled projects is still high. According to the State Treasury's review data, there are currently 2,814 unsettled projects, mainly in the districts. Nghi Loc reported data (December 31, 2013) that 147 projects have not been settled, but the data after review is over 300 projects, Do Luong district reported that there were 44 unsettled projects, but after review there were 105, Qui Hop reported 149, after review there were 249 projects...

Mr. Nguyen Tien Dung, Vice Chairman of Nghi Loc District People's Committee said: "There are many reasons, including pressure from construction needs to serve national standard schools, medical stations, new rural projects, besides the contractor's capacity and the investor's responsibility. In the coming time, Nghi Loc District will organize a meeting with contractors and investors to review the data of backlogged projects, assign tasks to handle before June 2016, the district will establish a consulting team to settle investment capital, assign each member to urge and guide each commune to prepare documents to speed up the settlement progress".

Meanwhile, in some districts such as Tan Ky and Dien Chau, the settlement work is quite good. In 2015, Tan Ky settled 89 projects, the total value submitted by the investor for settlement approval was 60,000 million VND, the total approved settlement was 56,778 million VND, the difference decreased compared to the investor's submission was 3,222 billion VND. Currently, there are 39 completed projects put into use but the investor has not submitted to the competent authority for settlement approval, some such as the headquarters of the Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee of Ky Son commune, the project to upgrade the martyrs' cemetery of Nghia Hanh commune, the upgrading of the campus of Phu Son commune...

In Dien Chau, in 2015, although the capital allocation was still very difficult, the value of construction investment was estimated at 2,370 billion, an increase of 12.8% over the same period, reaching 96.9% of the plan. The disbursement rate of district budget capital in 2015 reached 82.3%. The district has put into use a number of key projects in the area such as flood avoidance and rescue routes for Dien Trung, Dien An, Dien Phu, Dien Loc and Dien Loi communes, Dien Chau district (phase 1); Road 205 from National Highway 7A to Dien Thap commune (phase 1); Repair and upgrade of Bau dam in Dien Phu commune, Dien Chau district; Establishment of a department to receive and return results according to the modern one-stop model at the People's Committee of Dien Chau district...). The district has appraised and approved the final settlement of completed projects for 43 works (including 4 backlogged works), the value of appraisal and approval/value submitted by the investor decreased by an average of 3.58%. The number of unsettled projects and works is 14, of which 12 works the investor has not submitted documents.

Assessing the capital settlement audit, Mr. Pham Chi Kien, Investment Department of the Department of Finance, said: The capital settlement audit results in 2015 at the provincial level achieved excellent results, due to the small number of staff and large investment capital, reaching 3,268,202 million VND, higher than in 2014. That result was thanks to the implementation of the "One-stop" mechanism and the ISO 9001-2000 quality management process. The audit of completed project settlements was carried out in accordance with Circular No. 04/2014 of the Ministry of Finance regulating the audit process for projects using state budget capital, so the audit and approval time was faster. Sectors and levels have strongly implemented the direction according to Directive No. 27/CT-TTg dated December 27, 2013 of the Prime Minister on strengthening and promoting the settlement of investment capital for completed projects using State capital. The number of dossiers submitted for appraisal and approval by investors has increased sharply compared to previous years. In 2015, the whole province has settled a number of projects with large total investment such as the drainage system for the Dien Chau district color area (total investment of 242 billion); construction of Lach Van storm shelter area, Dien Chau district (140 billion); bid packages under the Rural Transport Project of 3 Nghe An provinces; Central region comprehensive rural development project. ...

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In fact, the work of examining the project's investment capital is not simple. The staff must analyze and compare the implemented investment capital structure with the capital structure determined in the approved total investment capital. Check the reported data on the implementation of the annual investment capital plan with the approved plan. Compare the annual payment capital data of the investor and the payment agency. Check the adjustment of the increase or decrease of the project's investment capital that has been permitted by the competent authority compared with the prescribed regime and authority, comment and evaluate the compliance with the regulations on capital allocation, payment, management and use of all types of investment capital of the project.

However, the backlog of capital settlement in some districts is also due to the sense of responsibility and capacity of the staff in charge of settlement, in addition to the lack of coordination of many contractors, abandoning documents, works, and projects after receiving most of the capital.

Chau Lan