"In its latest update to its PFM Strategy, MoPF stressed on the need for transparency of public financial management system, and encouraged the release of budgetary information to stakeholders and the public, referring inter alia to a budget in brief. The 2018 Education Budget Brief of Myanmar is a joint initiative of MoE and UNICEF, aiming at supporting the sector’s efforts to strengthen Public Financial Management (PFM), drawing a line between the sector’s budgetary decisions, its financial management and the results in education. The aim is to encourage transparency and accountability in the allocation and utilization of resources, with a view to strengthen the budgetary processes, and improve the service delivery outcomes. This initiative was encouraged by the recent scale-up of UNICEF Public Finance for Children (PF4C) in Myanmar. PF4C’s overarching goal is to contribute to the realization of children’s rights by supporting the best possible use of public budgets. For this purpose, UNICEF will engage with all relevant stakeholders, establish processes and deploy a number of tools – amongst which the Budget Brief was considered the most viable to initiate the work on education..."