Financial Risk:
High
Score:
33/100
24
25/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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Senegal disposes of its decommissioned military equipment through sale, donation or destruction, depending on the condition and age of the equipment. Military equipment in…
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In the event of cessation of assets, information on equipment put up for sale is made available to the public, but not all information…
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No information about the financial results of asset disposals is made public on the budget execution reports nor in supreme audit reports. [1][2]
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25
67/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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The audit body responsible for the scrutiny of asset disposals is the Court of Auditors or Cour des Comptes in French, which is the…
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The audit bodies for asset disposals are independent and not influenced by the executive [1] . The audits carried out by the Cour des…
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Under the previous regime, several audit reports were delayed before publication by decision of the President of the Republic but with the new authorities,…
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26
0/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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The percentage of secret items is not revealed to the public. The overall budget of the Ministry of the Armed Forces is publicly known…
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27
0/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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Information on the budget and the acquisition of top-secret military equipment by the army is not made available to the defence and security committee…
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28
0/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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Nor the Parliament or the Defence and Security Committee receive audit reports on the defence and security sector. [1] Security issues are bruogh forward…
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Parliament plays no role in reviewing defence audit reports due to classification and access limitations so this indicator is marked Not Applicable. The legislators…
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29
33/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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Military expenditure outside the budget is authorised by law within the framework of general or extended exceptions. These expenses are well controlled, even if…
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All off-budget military expenditure is recorded in the respective budgets, even if it is not declared when the budget is voted. As a reminder,…
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Off-budget military spending is occasional, but not a widespread phenomenon. A whole year can go by without any off-budget expenditure. It’s only in cases…
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There is no legislation or implementing guidelines that clearly stipulate access to information for the defence sector.[1] There have been plans to adopt a…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. The protection of national defence information is subject to a strict legal regime. It…
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The public is rarely able to access information from the defence sector. There is no legislation guiding information request for the defence sector. In…
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31
100/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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In Senegal, defence and security institutions do not owned commercial businesses, but depend entirely on public funding from the state either it is the…
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National defence and security institutions do not hold beneficial ownership of commercial enterprises, as this is prohibited by the Law n°1963/21 of February 5,…
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32
100/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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It is challenging to determine if a military-owned business is subject to independent scrutiny, as there is no legislative identification concerning businesses owned by…
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There are no officially recognised and legally constituted companies belonging to military institutions in Senegal so this indicator is marked Not Applicable. [1] [2]
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33
NEI/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
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77
0/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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Just as the budget is voted without debate in the National Assembly, the Ministry’s annual expenditure report is not made available to the public…
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In Senegal, no information on actual spending is published in the budget execution quarterly reports. [1] However some information is included in the Court…
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The report of on budget execution for the 2022 fiscal year was only published in 2024, i.e. more than two years later. [1]
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Disscrepancies between the published budget and actual expenditure are not explained. [1] [2] [3] .
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0
NA/100
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Asset Disposals
Q24
NA/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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Q25
NA/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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Q26
NA/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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Q27
NA/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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Q28
NA/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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Q29
NA/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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Q30
NA/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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Q31
NA/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
View QuestionMilitary-owned Businesses
Q32
NA/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
View QuestionIllegal Private Enterprise
Q33
NA/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
View QuestionActual Military Spending
Q77
NA/100