Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs

Ministry Vision

To support and promote geographic and demographic steadfastness in Jerusalem, towards strengthening and reinforcing the concept of Jerusalem as the capital of an independent Palestinian state and solidifying the Palestinian identity in Jerusalem, to contribute to state-building and ending the occupation.

Mission

To provide support for Jerusalemite citizens in economic, legal and social aspects, to reinforce their steadfastness and preserve the Palestinian, Arab identity of the city.

Ministry active programs
  • Supporting the geographic and human steadfastness of Jerusalemites  
  • Administrative program
Strategic Goals

One: Reinforcing the Palestinian national identity

Two: Reinforcing the steadfastness of Jerusalemites in Jerusalem

Three: Preservation of Jerusalem (its people, structures and place)

Four: Strengthening, building and sustaining institutions

Five:  Reinforcing the recruitment of funds and building alliances

FAQ

Citizen Budget

a simplified document of the general budget of the Ministry of Education. Expressed in numbers, figures, and graphs, it summarizes the key expenditure policies, approaches and priorities of the Ministry for the upcoming year. The budget enables citizens to become familiarized with the distribution of expenses among different programs and items in the education sector and consequently, to monitor governmental expenditures on education.

Operational costs

the necessary expenditures for the operation of the public institution, i.e. the Ministry (Electricity, water, fuel, travel, etc.)

Developmental expenditures

are expenditures which have a nature that is different from current expenditures in terms of their useful life and the return from expenditures and are financed by the PA budget and donors.

Capital expenditures

what the government [Ministry] spends on the possession of capital assets (buildings, land, equipment, vehicles, etc.)

Procurement services

The Ministry procures certain services (insurance, cleaning, maintenance, etc.) from a private institution in exchange for money, whereby the private institution provides the required services according to agreed conditions.

Current expenditures

This includes salaries and wages, raises, operational and referral expenditures of the ministry, public institutions and the other executive bodies of the State of Palestine

Gender-responsive budget

A gender-responsive budget is considered a tool for financial planning with economic and social dimensions, which helps the government to integrate gender in the preparation and implementation of the public budget. This is to ensure that available financial resources are allocated in a just manner and aimed at eradicating discrimination on the basis of gender in regards to government services and in a way that meets the specific needs of men, women, girls, boys and marginalized social sectors.

Citizen budgets for the ministry during previous years

Year Capital Expenditures Capital Expenditures percent Developmental Budget Developmental Budget percent Operational Expenditures Operational Expenditures percent Social Assistance Benefits Social Assistance Benefits percent Total Yearly Budget
2024 50,000 0.10% 21,250,000 32.40% 1,275,349 1.90% 65,579,456
2023 120,000 0.10% 25,000,000 28.50% 2,091,956 2.40% 87,588,819

Chart of the citizen's budget during previous years

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