The Minister of Education, Slavica Đukić Dejanović, stated that the introduction of the SPIRI system into education will give the Ministry of Finance and the Treasury complete insight into how the budgetary funds allocated for education are functioning. She highlighted that the system provides an excellent overview of how finances are managed from the very beginning.
“The significance of the system lies in how the accounting of higher education institutions and all other levels of education will be integrated into a system for monitoring public finances, forecasting, planning, distributing money, and reporting in a more efficient and simpler manner,” she said in an interview with Tanjug. She also added that this will help ease the technical and administrative difficulties that those working in the education system’s administration often complain about.
“It will make their work easier because it offers an excellent view of how finances are managed,” the Minister of Education stated.
The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance agreed on Monday that a preparatory period for implementing the SPIRI information system for higher education institutions will last until June 30, 2025, with its application beginning on July 1, 2025.
Slavica Đukić Dejanović emphasized the need for higher education institutions to be adequately prepared for using this system.
She also noted that the SPIRI system will provide greater financial security and ease of operation for higher education institutions.
The Budget System Law had previously stipulated that starting from January 1 of the next year, institutions of primary, secondary, and higher education should be integrated into the budget execution system of Serbia.
Currently, secondary education institutions and student services are already included in the system, and primary education institutions will be integrated starting January 1 of the upcoming year.
The SPIRI system for preparation, execution, accounting, and reporting is an information system that uniquely supports all activities of the Ministry of Finance and the Treasury Administration related to Serbia’s budget. It simplifies the working process and enables efficient management of the public financial system.
The system includes indirect beneficiaries from the Ministry of Education, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Sports, Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veterans, and Social Affairs, Ministry of Culture, and the Administration for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions.
It also includes direct beneficiaries of Serbia’s budget funds and judicial authorities.
