Approved Work Programme and Budget for 2008 and Indicative budgets for 2009 and 2010, 18th SPREP meeting, 11-14 September, 2007, Apia, Samoa

Abstract

The presentation of programmes and budget details starts with a brief introduction to the relevant programme describing its content and focus and stating its goal. A list of staff and positions (filled, vacant and unfunded) falling under each programme is provided to give members an idea of the human resources available to that particular programme and needed for programme delivery to complement the financial resources provided. The programme details are then displayed under each of its component parts that are linked directly to the Strategic Programmes. These include the component Objective. Outputs, Activities planned for 2008 that would contribute to delivering the Outputs, the Verifiable Indicators for the Activities and in the last column, the budget figures. For added transparency, this is broken down into Personnel. Operating and Capital Costs with the likely sources of funding identified. In instances where programme funding is unsecured, its inclusion in the budget estimates, is based on the firm understanding that a programme proposal has already been negotiated with a donor(s) and a positive response received so that there is at least a 50/50 chance of having the funds available for use in 2008. For the total 2008 Work Programme and Budget, 95% of the funding is secured and 5% unsecured.