Guidelines for Monitoring and Addressing Improvement Aspects Derived from Evaluations of Public Policies, Budget Programs, and Federal Resources Transferred from the Federal Public Administration

DOF: 11/06/2025

GUIDELINES for the monitoring and attention to aspects susceptible to improvement derived from evaluations carried out on public policies, budget programs, and federal resources transferred from the Federal Public Administration

At the margin, a seal with the National Coat of Arms, which says: United Mexican States.- Treasury.- Ministry of Finance and Public Credit.

JUAN ARMANDO RODRÍGUEZ LARA, Head of the Unit for Policy and Strategy for Results, pursuant to

articles 134, first and second paragraphs of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States; 31, sections

XIX and XXIII of the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration; 3, second and third paragraphs, 6, first paragraph, 7, 25,

section III, 45, first paragraph, 78, 85, section I, 110, fourth paragraph, section VI, and 111 of the Federal Budget and

Fiscal Responsibility Law; 10, section VIII and 303 of the Regulations of the Federal Budget and Fiscal Responsibility

Law; 22, sections I, II, VII, XI, XIII, XVIII and XXIX of the Internal Regulations of the Ministry of Finance and Public

Credit; as well as in items 1, 2, 3, sections III and XXX, 37 to 41, and the fifth transitory of the General Guidelines

applicable to the management for results of federal public resources, published on April 29, 2025 in the Federal Official

Gazette, and

CONSIDERING

That in accordance with article 134 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, the economic

resources available to the Federation, the federal entities, the municipalities, and the territorial demarcations of

Mexico City, must be administered with efficiency, effectiveness, economy, transparency, and honesty to satisfy the

objectives to which they are destined, and that the results of the exercise of said resources must be evaluated by the

technical bodies established, with the aim of promoting that economic resources are assigned in the

respective budgets in the terms described;

That in terms of article 31, sections XIX and XXIII of the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration, the

Ministry of Finance and Public Credit has the authority to coordinate the evaluation that allows knowing the results

of the application of federal public resources, as well as to monitor compliance with the obligations derived from the

budget cycle;

That in accordance with the Federal Budget and Fiscal Responsibility Law and its Regulations, the evaluation

of performance must be carried out through the verification of the degree of compliance with objectives and goals, based on

strategic and management indicators that allow knowing the results of the application of federal public

resources, and on the other hand, the public bodies in charge of the performance evaluation must follow up on the

attention to the recommendations resulting from the evaluations;

That in accordance with article 22, sections I and VII of the Internal Regulations of the Ministry of Finance and Public

Credit, it corresponds to the Unit for Policy and Strategy for Results of the Undersecretariat of Expenditures to coordinate and follow

up on the Performance Evaluation System referred to in the Federal Budget and Fiscal Responsibility

Law, as well as to establish the necessary legal provisions for its operation in the programs, projects, and

actions of the Federal Public Administration.

That on April 29, 2025, the General Guidelines applicable to the

management for results of federal public resources were published in the Federal Official

Gazette, which have as their object to establish the bases for the operation of

Results-Based Budgeting and the Performance Evaluation System, as part of the comprehensive strategy for

the performance of institutional processes oriented to results, with the aim of generating public value;

That in accordance with the aforementioned General Guidelines, the attention to recommendations by the

Dependencies and Entities, as well as by coordinating instances, has as its objective to improve the quality of spending,

efficient the use of resources, the execution of their processes which will result in the improvement of the quality of goods and

public services destined for the population;

That the monitoring and attention to said recommendations must be carried out in accordance with the mechanism that, for such

effect, is issued by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, through the Unit for Policy and Strategy for Results, therefore it has been decided to issue the following:

GUIDELINES FOR THE MONITORING AND ATTENTION TO THE ASPECTS SUSCEPTIBLE TO IMPROVEMENT

DERIVED FROM EVALUATIONS CARRIED OUT ON PUBLIC POLICIES, BUDGET PROGRAMS AND

FEDERAL RESOURCES TRANSFERRED FROM THE FEDERAL

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.

CHAPTER I

OBJECTIVE

1.

These Guidelines aim to promote that the attention to recommendations derived from

evaluations contributes to the improvement of the budget cycle, especially in decision-making to

strengthen the processes of planning, programming, and budgeting, as well as improving the execution and

operation of Public Policies, Budget Programs, and Transferred Federal Resources,

prioritizing the fulfillment of goals and objectives in the current fiscal year and/or in subsequent ones.

To this end, they establish the provisions for the monitoring and attention to recommendations derived from the

evaluations applied to Public Policies, Budget Programs, and Transferred Federal Resources as

part of the continuous improvement in their execution, within the framework of the Federal Annual Evaluation Program.

CHAPTER II

SCOPE OF APPLICATION

2.

These Guidelines are mandatory for the Dependencies and Entities of the FPA and Subnational Governments, the

latter with respect to Transferred Federal Resources through Federal Contribution Funds,

subsidies, or agreements that they exercise for the operation of Public Policies and Programs, in terms of the Federal

Annual Evaluation Program.

CHAPTER III

DEFINITIONS

3.

The definitions provided in article 2 of the Federal Budget and Fiscal Responsibility Law, in

article 2 of its Regulations, as well as in item 3 of the General Guidelines applicable to the management of

results of federal public resources, published on April 29, 2025 in the Federal Official Gazette

will be applicable to these Guidelines. Additionally, it will be understood by:

I.

AE: the evaluation area, unit, or administrative area external to the operation of Public Policies and

Budget Programs with authority in the Dependencies and Entities of the FPA to coordinate the

contracting, operation, supervision, and monitoring of evaluations and their results, their quality and

regulatory compliance, as well as responsible for sending the evaluation results to the corresponding

instances;

II.

ASM: the commitments established by the Dependencies and Entities that derive from the analysis of the

recommendations and the findings identified in the evaluations whose attention contributes to the improvement of

their Public Policies and the Budget Programs of the FPA;

III.

Commitments: the activities assumed by the Dependencies and Entities of the FPA, as well as by the

Subnational Governments in the framework of the attention to an ASM, which have objectives, actors

responsible for their attention, deadlines, and verification documents defined, their compliance is of a mandatory nature for the improvement of the performance of the evaluated Public Policy, Budget Program, or Transferred Federal Resources;

IV.

Verification Documents: objective, verifiable, and pertinent evidence that supports the

fulfillment of the commitments that make up an ASM, and allow verifying their progress or conclusion;

V.

Subnational Governments: the federal entities, municipalities, and territorial demarcations of the

Mexico City;

VI.

Finding: an assertion based on empirical evidence identified by the external evaluator instance, which

describes a condition, situation, or observed behavior during the analysis carried out in the evaluation

and that can contribute to the improvement of the evaluated Public Policy, Budget Program, or Transferred Federal Resources;

VII.

Coordinating Instances: the Dependencies and Entities of the FPA coordinating the

FCF responsible for establishing the distribution of the resources corresponding to the

Federal Contributions, in terms of the applicable provisions;

VIII.

General Guidelines GpR: the General Guidelines applicable to the Management for Results of

Federal Public Resources;

IX.

Work Plan: the document through which the commitments assumed for the attention of

the ASM are defined, the report of their progress and conclusion. This document includes the determination of the actors

that will participate in the programming of the commitments to be made to remedy the identified problem,

their execution deadlines, as well as the expected results and the verification documents;

X.

Recommendations: the

concrete action proposals made by the External Evaluator Instance,

based on the findings identified during an evaluation process, with the objective of correcting

deficiencies or strengthening institutional capacities, and

XI.

UR: the responsible unit, defined as the administrative area of the Dependencies and Entities of the

FPA obliged to account for the human, material, and financial resources it administers to contribute to the fulfillment of the objectives of the Budget Programs included in the

authorized programmatic structure.

CHAPTER IV

SUBSCRIPTION OF ASMs

4.

For the subscription of ASMs, the AEs will call upon the URs in charge of the execution of the Public Policies or

Budget Programs that were evaluated, as well as any other area it deems necessary, with the

purpose of establishing the corresponding commitments for the attention to the recommendations derived from the

final evaluation reports, which will have the character of ASMs.

5.

In the case of evaluations of Transferred Federal Resources, the Coordinating Instances will organize

with the Subnational Governments, in order to establish the corresponding commitments for the attention to

the recommendations derived from the final evaluation reports, which will have the character of ASMs.

6.

The AEs and URs, as well as the Coordinating Instances and the Subnational Governments, must consider that the

Recommendations contained in the final evaluation reports are part of an ASM, therefore their

attention is mandatory. This, in terms of items 37 and 38 of the General Guidelines GpR.

7.

For the establishment of commitments for the attention to ASMs, the AEs and URs, as well as the

Coordinating Instances and the Subnational Governments, must comply with the following elements:

i.

Define the concrete actions they formally assume to attend to the ASMs.

ii.

Set the objectives that justify and guide the actions for the achievement of the expected result.

iii.

Specify the responsible parties and involved actors who intervene in the execution of the commitments.

iv.

Determine the execution deadlines (start date and conclusion of the commitment).

v.

Establish the expected result, which will be understood as the concrete manifestation of the change

that is sought to be obtained with the implementation of the commitment.

vi.

Define the verification documents that will demonstrate the fulfillment of the commitments.

8.

For the classification of ASMs, the AEs and URs, as well as the Coordinating Instances and the Subnational

Governments will adhere to the following criteria:

a)

According to the type of actors involved, identifying their participation based on their attributes

for the execution of the commitments in correspondence with the following:

i.

Institutional: those whose attention requires the intervention of one or more areas of the

Dependency and/or Entity for their solution;

ii.

Interinstitutional: those that for their attention must have the participation of more

than one Dependency or Entity, and

iii.

Intergovernmental:

those that require the participation of Subnational Governments,

given the concurrence of attributes.

b)

According to the levels of priority of attention according to their impact on the achievement of the results of

the Public Policy, Budget Program, or Transferred Federal Resources, according to the following:

i.

High: require immediate attention because they have a relevant impact on the results

of the Public Policy, Budget Program, or Transferred Federal Resources;

ii.

Medium: although they do not represent an immediate critical risk, they must be addressed to prevent

future problems of the Public Policy, Budget Program, or Transferred Federal

Resources, and

iii.

Low: have a lesser impact and their attention is not urgent since they do not affect in a

relevant manner the operation of the Public Policy, Budget Program, or Transferred Federal

Resources.

c)

According to the topic to be improved in the Public Policy, Budget Program, or Transferred Federal

Resources, based on the following options:

i.

Training: Addresses specific training and learning needs of the personnel

responsible for the Public Policy, Budget Program, or Transferred Federal Resources,

as well as promotes teaching through the generation of didactic material and delivery of

courses and workshops;

ii.

Dissemination: Fosters exercises of information dissemination in citizen language and/or in

open data;

iii.

Methodology: Promotes the creation or updating of methodological documents;

iv.

Regulatory: Considers the update, review, alignment, and/or issuance of specific

regulations, such as guidelines, agreements, operating rules, organization manuals/procedures;

v.

Operation: Promotes adjustments in the processes carried out by the areas through the

implementation and/or updating of tools that improve their operation, such as

satisfaction surveys, information systems, or the establishment of coordination

strategies, among others;

vi.

Planning: Promotes the use of tools to identify priorities, define objectives,

strategies, and actions to undertake to facilitate strategic decision-making,

such as: strategic programs/plans, annual work plans/programs, and

vii.

Programming: Refers to the relevance of making programmatic modifications such as mergers

or splits.

9.

To carry out what is stated in items 7 and 8 of these Guidelines, the AEs, as well as the

Coordinating Instances, must subscribe the document called Work Plan, which will be presented in

electronic format.

CHAPTER V

MONITORING AND CONCLUSION OF ASMs

10.

According to the dates established in the Work Plan, the AEs, as well as the Coordinating Instances

will report the progress in the attention to the ASMs using said instrument, accompanied by the verification documents that certify it.

11.

When reporting the conclusion of an ASM, the AEs and the Coordinating Instances must attach the verification documents

that certify the fulfillment of each commitment as evidence.

12.

The maximum deadline for the conclusion of ASMs must be December 31 of the fiscal year immediately

following that in which the evaluation that generated the recommendations was carried out.

CHAPTER VI

DEADLINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THE WORK PLAN

13.

The AEs, as well as the Coordinating Instances, will send to the UPER the Work Plan that supports the

execution of the actions for the attention to the ASMs, according to the following schedule:

Work Plan

Period

Submission Deadlines

Subscription

last business day of February

Progress to 2nd Quarter

March - June

last business day of June

Progress to 3rd Quarter

July - September

last business day of September

Conclusion

October - December

last business day of December

14.

In the case where the evaluations mandated in the Federal Annual Evaluation Program are concluded in the same

fiscal year of their start, after sending the final evaluation report to the UPER, the AEs and the Coordinating

Instances must carry out the subscription of the ASMs immediately, adjusting to the schedule

established in item 12 for the monitoring and conclusion of the same.

15.

The previously established schedule does not limit the reporting of early conclusion of the ASMs. Therefore, the AEs

and the Coordinating Instances may inform about their termination in the period of their final attention.

16.

For the case of ASMs derived from complementary evaluations, the UPER will determine from the delivery of the

final report, the deadlines for their subscription, monitoring, and attention.

CHAPTER VII

MONITORING OF THE WORK PLAN

17.

The UPER will follow up on the submission and reporting of the Work Plan by the AEs and the Coordinating

Instances, according to the schedule established in item 13 of these Guidelines.

18.

The UPER will analyze and validate the content of the Work Plan, issuing in its case, the observations

corresponding, which must be attended to by the AEs in coordination with the URs, as well as by the

Coordinating Instances, together with the Subnational Governments.

19.

The UPER will review the verification documents of the commitments that attend to the ASMs sent by the AEs and

the Coordinating Instances. If necessary, it may request additional information to certify the

progress or conclusion of the ASMs.

20.

The UPER will determine the cases in which the ASMs derived from the evaluations of Public Policies and of Transferred Federal Resources,

can extend their conclusion deadline by up to two years from their subscription.

21.

In case the provisions established in these Guidelines are not observed, the UPER may, in terms of the applicable legal provisions and according to the scope of its attributes, determine the

proceeding actions and, if applicable, may request the intervention of the respective control and audit bodies.

22.

The UPER will determine, administer, and communicate the means or information systems for the subscription, monitoring, and attention to the ASMs, whose use will be mandatory for the Dependencies and Entities

that make up the FPA, as well as for the Subnational Governments.

23.

The UPER will interpret these Guidelines and resolve cases not foreseen in them.

24.

The UPER, in accordance with its attributes, will periodically verify that the improvements implemented from the

attention to the ASMs meet the expected results for the optimal development of the budget cycle.

CHAPTER VIII

RESULTS REPORT

25.

The UPER will issue a report regarding the ASMs concluded in the immediately preceding fiscal year. This report

will contain the description of the recommendations derived from the evaluations that received attention, as well as

the improvements observed in the budget cycle as a result of their implementation.

26.

The UPER will make known the report provided for in the previous item, through the Budget Transparency Portal at the close of the immediately preceding fiscal year.

CHAPTER IX

DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON ASMs

27.

The AEs and URs, as well as the Coordinating Instances and the Subnational Governments must make known through

their Internet pages, the information about the subscribed Work Plan, in the same site where the

evaluations are located, no later than 10 business days after its submission to the UPER.

28.

The UPER will make known through the Budget Transparency Portal, the information about the subscription,

the monitoring, and the conclusion of the ASMs.

TRANSITORY CLAUSES

FIRST: These Guidelines will enter into force on the next business day following their publication in the Federal Official

Gazette and will be published in the Budget Transparency Portal of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit.

SECOND: The "Mechanism for the monitoring of aspects susceptible to improvement derived from reports

and evaluations of budget programs of the Federal Public Administration", issued on March 8, 2011, is repealed.

Likewise, all administrative provisions that contravene what is established in these

Guidelines are left without effect.

THIRD: The AEs or the Coordinating Instances with evaluations scheduled in the Federal Annual Evaluation

Program 2024 and prior that concluded or will conclude the evaluation process in 2025 and that from it derive

recommendations to be addressed, will carry out the subscription of the ASMs in accordance with these Guidelines. For these

cases, the deadlines for monitoring and conclusion of the ASMs will be determined by the UPER.

FOURTH: The UPER

determines what is appropriate for the case of

the ASMs that are pending subscription and

in the process of attention, derived from evaluations coordinated by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit and by the

National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy, which will be communicated by official letter.

Mexico City, June 5, 2025. - Head of the Unit for Policy and Strategy for Results, M.A. Juan

Armando Rodríguez Lara. - Signature.

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