Benin now has a new methodological guide for developing sectoral policies and strategies. This document, which introduces a new strategic framework format in line with the harmonized regional framework, will help avoid dichotomies between policies and budgets in the future. Its validation took place on Thursday, October 31, in Cotonou, during a workshop between stakeholders. The actors involved in the development of sectoral policies and strategies, including the Directorate General of Development Policies (Dgpd), were present.velopment Policies (Dgpd) and the General Directorate of Budget (Dgb) now have a new methodological guide for drafting these policies and strategies. The draft guide validated last Thursday at a workshop, will now avoid cases of dichotomies between policies and budgets, in order to meet the requirements of the organic law on finance laws. Specifically, this new guide, which was submitted to stakeholders for their consideration, integrates several cross-cutting themes, including climate change, gender and employment, results-based management and accountability. It also ensures a perfect fit between the strategies formulated and the budgetary framework adopted. In other words, explains Magloire Augustin Aguessy, Director General of Development Policies, the document establishes a new strategic framework format in line with the harmonized regional framework. Its drafting "has been the subject of a long participatory and inclusive process under the guidance of an international consultant ...", he explains. At the end of the roll, he continued, the new guide will be the major instrument governing planning in Benin until its next version. After recalling the reasons that led the government to update the methodological guide, Rufino d'Almeida noted that this updated document This updated document complements and enriches the old one, while emphasizing an inclusive and participatory administrative approach. "This guide takes into account the major phases of policy development and provides toolkits to guide the consideration of cross-cutting dimensions at all stages of the process, "said the Director of Cabinet of the Minister of Planning and Development.It should be noted that this revised methodological guide is an important tool for people (individuals and companies) responsible for the development of public policies and those responsible for operational activities within the various structures and institutions of the public administration. After its validation by experts, academics and senior managers, it will be appropriated by the actors, in a broader way, for the improvement of strategic choices and their implementation.