河野氏、全基金を見直し　ルール作成へ、行政レビュー終了

　政府は１２日、各省庁の予算や事業内容を検証する「秋の行政レビュー」を終えた。複数年度にわたる支出を可能にする国の基金について、河野太郎行政改革担当相は会合後の記者会見で、新たなルールを作成した上で全てを対象に見直しを進める考えを表明した。
　河野氏は「全ての基金について、横串を通した点検・見直しをしていきたい」と強調した。
　１２日のレビューでは、コロナ後に対応した中小企業の事業再構築を支援する経済産業省の基金を検証。参加した有識者から、廃止を含めて抜本的に見直すよう求める意見が出た。（2023/11/12-21:31）

The Japanese government will draw up rules to check and review state funds established to implement specific policy measures smoothly over years, administrative reform minister Taro Kono said Sunday.
   Kono made the remark after the end of a two-day autumn review session for government spending and projects from Saturday.
   State funds drew criticism from experts from outside the government who attended the session because large amounts of money remain unused at many of them.
   On Sunday, participants examined a fund to help small companies hit by the COVID-19 crisis reconstruct their operations. Some said that the fund under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry should be drastically reviewed or scrapped.
   "We'll report (the results of the review and the new rules) to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the government's next meeting on digital administrative and fiscal reform and start checking and reviewing state funds," Kono told a news conference.