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The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling paragraphs 4 and 7(a) of the financial procedures for the Conference of the Parties, its subsidiary bodies and the secretariat,11Decision 15/CP.1, annex I.
Having considered the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019 submitted by the Executive Secretary,22FCCC/SBI/2017/4.
1.Approves the programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019, amounting to EUR 56,889,092 for the purposes specified in table 1;
2.Notes with appreciation the annual contribution of EUR 766,938 of the Host Government, which offsets planned expenditures;
3.Approves the staffing table (see table 2) for the programme budget;
4.Notes that the programme budget contains elements relating to the Convention and the Paris Agreement as well as to the Kyoto Protocol;
5.Adopts the indicative scale of contributions for 2018 and 2019 contained in the annex, covering 85 per cent of the indicative contributions specified in table 1;
6.Invites the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, at its thirteenth session, to endorse the elements of the recommended budget as it applies to the Kyoto Protocol;
7.Also invites the United Nations General Assembly to decide, at its seventy-second session, on the issue of meeting the conference services expenses from its regular budget as a continuation of existing practice;
8.Approves a contingency budget for conference services, amounting to EUR 9,651,400, to be added to the programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019 in the event that the United Nations General Assembly decides not to provide resources for these activities in the United Nations regular budget (see table 3);
9.Requests the Executive Secretary to report to the Subsidiary Body for Implementation on the implementation of matters referred to in paragraphs 7 and 8 above, as necessary;
10.Authorizes the Executive Secretary to make transfers between each of the appropriation lines set out in table 1, up to an aggregate limit of 15 per cent of total estimated expenditure for those appropriation lines, provided that a further limitation of up to minus 25 per cent of each such appropriation line shall apply, while ensuring no negative impacts on the activities under each programme;
11.Decides to maintain the level of the working capital reserve at 8.3 per cent of the estimated expenditure;
12.Invites all Parties to the Convention to note that contributions to the core budget are due on 1 January of each year in accordance with paragraph 8(b) of the financial procedures3 and to pay promptly and in full, for each of the years 2018 and 2019, the contributions required to finance expenditures approved in paragraph 1 above and any contributions required to finance the expenditures arising from the decision referred to in paragraph 8 above;3As footnote 1 above.
13.Takes note of the funding estimates for the Trust Fund for Participation in the UNFCCC Process specified by the Executive Secretary (see table 4);
14.Invites Parties to make contributions to the Trust Fund for Participation in the UNFCCC Process;
15.Takes note of the funding estimates for the Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities specified by the Executive Secretary (EUR 53,484,419 for the biennium 2018–2019) (see table 5);
16.Invites Parties to make contributions to the Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities with a view to enabling the implementation of mandated activities envisaged under the fund;
17.Requests the secretariat to continue to seek efficiencies, streamline administrative services, absorb work in order to save costs in the biennium 2018–2019 and to report thereon at the session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to be held in June 2019;
18.Also requests the secretariat to prepare and make available an annual report as outlined in document FCCC/SBI/2016/INF.14, paragraph 37, to be considered at each session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation following the closure of the preceding financial year, providing information on the secretariat’s activities in the preceding year, programme delivery highlights and financial performance;
19.Further requests the Executive Secretary to report to the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-fourth session (December 2018) on income and budget performance, taking into account guidance from Parties, and to propose any adjustments that might be needed to the programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019;
20.Requests, recalling paragraph 22 of decision 22/CP.21, in which the Executive Secretary was requested to include a zero nominal growth scenario in preparing future programme budget proposals, that such zero nominal growth budget scenarios be presented in the official budget documents in the same format and at the same level of detail as any other budget scenarios that the secretariat might provide.
Table 1 - Core budget for 2018–2019 by programme
2018(EUR)2019(EUR)Total(EUR)
A. Appropriations
Executive Direction and Managementa2 353 7452 353 7454 707 490
Implementation and climate action cluster
Mitigation, Data and Analysis7 956 0807 670 78015 626 860
Finance, Technology and Capacity-Building3 010 1803 010 1806 020 360
Adaptation2 677 5002 684 6005 362 100
Sustainable Development Mechanism439 740439 740879 480
Subtotal implementation and climate action cluster14 083 50013 805 30027 888 800
Intergovernmental affairs and secretariat operations cluster
Legal Affairs1 076 8001 076 8002 153 600
Conference Affairs Services1 699 0351 696 6203 395 655
Communications and Outreach1 715 6601 715 6603 431 320
Information and Communication Technology2 723 9002 723 9005 447 800
Administrative Servicesb
Secretariat-wide operating costsc1 644 0301 584 4333 228 463
Subtotal intergovernmental affairs and secretariat operations cluster 8 859 425  8 797 413  17 656 838
Total appropriations25 296 67024 956 45850 253 128
B. Programme support costs (overheads)d3 288 5673 244 3406 532 907
C. Adjustment to working capital reservee103 057103 057
Total (A + B + C)28 688 29428 200 79856 889 092
Income
Contribution from the Host Government766 938766 9381 533 876
Indicative contributions27 921 35627 433 86055 355 216
Total income28 688 29428 200 79856 889 092
a The appropriation for the Executive Direction and Management programme includes a provision for an annual grant of EUR 244,755 to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.b Administrative Services is funded from programme support costs (overheads).c Secretariat-wide operating costs are managed by Administrative Services.d Standard 13 per cent applied for administrative support.e In accordance with the financial procedures (decision 15/CP.1), the core budget is required to maintain a working capital reserve of 8.3 per cent (one month of operating requirements), amounting to EUR 2,372,575 in 2018, which will be maintained at that level in 2019.
Table 2 - Secretariat-wide staffing from the core budget
201720182019
Professional category and above
USG111
ASG111
D-2222
D-1777
P-5151515
P-4353535
P-3434343
P-2161616
Subtotal Professional category and above120120120
Subtotal General Service category53.553.553.5
Total173.5173.5173.5
Abbreviations: USG = Under-Secretary-General, ASG = Assistant Secretary-General, D = Director, P = Professional.
Table 3 - Resource requirements for the conference services contingency
2018 (EUR)2019 (EUR)2018–2019 (EUR)
Object of expenditure
Interpretationa1 175 3001 210 6002 385 900
Documentationb
Translation1 944 8002 003 1003 947 900
Reproduction and distribution668 300668 4001 336 700
Meetings services supportc249 000276 400525 400
Subtotal4 037 4004 158 5008 195 900
Programme support costs524 900540 6001 065 500
Working capital reserve378 70011 300390 000
Total4 941 0004 710 4009 651 400
a Includes salaries, travel and daily subsistence allowance for interpreters.b Includes all costs related to the processing of pre-, inand post-session documentation; translation costs include revision and typing of documents.c Includes salaries, travel and daily subsistence allowance for meetings services support staff and costs of shipment and telecommunications.
Table 4 - Resource requirements for the Trust Fund for Participation in the UNFCCC process in the biennium 2018–2019
Sessional options Estimated cost (EUR)
Option 1: Support for one delegate from each eligible Party to participate in a two-week session organized in Bonn, Germany1 017 582
Option 2: Support for one delegate from each eligible Party plus a second delegate from each of the least developed countries and each small island developing State to participate in a two-week session organized in Bonn1 561 042
Option 3: Support for two delegates from each eligible Party to participate in a two-week session organized in Bonn2 035 164
Option 4: Support for two delegates from each eligible Party plus a third delegate from each of the least developed countries and each small island developing State to participate in a two-week session organized in Poland2 880 338
Note: Report of the Conference of the Parties on its nineteenth session, paragraph 145 (FCCC/CP/2013/10): "At the resumed 10th meeting, the Executive Secretary requested that the following statement be reflected in the report of the session: ‘Since its inception, the secretariat has applied a consistent policy for the funding of representatives from developing country Parties across all relevant trust funds. In light of decisions taken in Cancun and Doha, it has been decided to adjust the policy as follows: representatives from developing country Parties designated by their respective regional groups to participate in meetings of the constituted bodies established under the Convention, and elected by parent bodies, will be eligible for funding under the Trust Fund for the UNFCCC Core Budget and the Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities’".
Table 5 - Resource requirements for the Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities in the biennium 2018–2019
Project No.Activities to be undertaken by the secretariatSupplementary requirements EUR
Support to implementation
Adaptation
1Promoting transparency and assessment of adaptation action, stakeholder engagement and outreach1 680 647
2Supporting national adaptation planning4 132 975
3Facilitating coherent adaptation action through the AC and the NWP2 391 607
4Addressing loss and damage associated with climate change impacts1 853 299
Nationally determined contributions/supporting implementation by Parties
5Supporting the implementation of activities relating to INDCs and NDCs2 358 089
6Organizing the technical dialogue on NDCs2 798 219
7Supporting and facilitating the work of the TEC and the implementation of the Paris Agreement on technology-related matters987 982
8Supporting the work of the PCCB and other capacity-building mandated activities, including the collaboration with relevant stakeholders within and outside the Convention388 833
9Providing support upon request to Parties to strengthen national climate change legislation90 400
10Supporting the implementation of the Paris Agreement through regional collaboration centres
11Supporting and catalysing climate finance implementation
12Implementing activities of the Support Unit of the NDC Partnershipa1 000 000
Measurement, reporting and verification/transparency regime
13Supporting activities relating to LULUCF: reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, enhancement of forest carbon sinks, and the role of sinks in future mitigation actions865 603
14Maintaining and enhancing UNFCCC reporting and information systems to enable Party submissions, delivery of data-based reports, operation of tools used in the MRV process, and the warehousing and management of GHG data2 446 347
15Strengthening the capacity of developing countries to participate in the MRV arrangements under the Convention and the transparency framework under the Paris Agreement733 442
16Supporting activities relating to training of experts for technical reviews of developed country Parties’ submissions and technical analysis of developing country Parties’ submissions, roster of experts and meeting of lead reviewers2 006 000
17Supporting the implementation of technical reviews of GHG inventories from Annex I Parties1 095 580
18Supporting the implementation of the work programme of the SCF and climate finance mandated activities1 516 799
19Supporting the tracking and transparency of support, including the preparation of the biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows192 100
20Supporting the implementation of the IAR process for developed country Parties and the ICA process for developing country Parties2 400 295
21Supporting the work of the CGE in assisting developing countries with the implementation of the MRV/transparency frameworks3 018 050
Infrastructure support to implementation
22Connecting stakeholders390 980
23Enhancing the value of UNFCCC data and reports for use by Parties846 370
Kyoto Protocol
24Supporting the activities of the Compliance Committee447 480
25Maintaining and enhancing the compilation and accounting database under the Kyoto Protocol238 859
26Supporting and optimizing the operation of joint implementation1 549 794
Catalysing climate action (Party and non-Party stakeholders)
27Boosting climate engagement via online media servicesb2 464 638
28Cross-cutting communications and events management of non-Party stakeholder/climate action agenda867 185
29Education and youth engagement – Action for Climate Empowerment538 106
30Momentum for Change – global awards for accelerated climate ambitionc2 753 833
31Strengthening the technical examination process on mitigation: supporting the implementation of pre-2020 mitigation-related activities stemming from decision 1/CP.21920 064
32Supporting climate actionb2 879 059
33Supporting stakeholder engagement in the UNFCCC process1 127 833
Supporting the UNFCCC process
34Supporting activities relating to the impact of the implementation of response measures909 300
35Assessing progress towards achieving the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement633 137
36Strengthening gender mainstreaming in climate change action and the UNFCCC process and the secretariat through coordination, collaboration, advocacy and capacity-building797 916
37Strengthening the science–policy interface323 180
38Supporting the intergovernmental negotiation processes on the development of modalities, procedures and guidelines for the transparency framework under the Paris Agreement450 870
Modernizing information and communication technology infrastructure
39Strengthening UNFCCC cyber security359 905
40Streamlining the production of UNFCCC documents678 000
41Providing virtual meeting/workshop participation to UNFCCC stakeholders787 610
42Providing a scalable, robust and secure cloud infrastructure for UNFCCC systems and data751 450
43Empowering stakeholders to work remotely570 650
44Developing internal communication tools241 933
Total53 484 419
Abbreviations: AC = Adaptation Committee, CGE = Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention, GHG = greenhouse gas, ICA = international consultation and analysis, IAR = international assessment and review, INDC = intended nationally determined contribution, LULUCF = land use, land-use change and forestry, MRV = measurement, reporting and verification, NDC = nationally determined contribution, NWP = Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, PCCB = Paris Committee on Capacity-building, SCF = Standing Committee on Finance, TEC = Technology Executive Committee.a This project is being implemented under the NDC Partnership for the period 2017–2018. Funding to cover the project’s activities in that period has already been made available to the secretariat.b A project for which approximately 75 per cent of funding will be sought from non-Party stakeholders.c A project for which up to 100 per cent of funding will be sought from non-Party stakeholders.
AnnexIndicative scale of contributions from Parties to the Convention for the biennium 2018–2019a
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PartyUnitedNations scale of assessments for 2018UNFCCCadjusted scale of assessments for 2018UNFCCC adjusted scale of assessments for 2019
Afghanistan0.0060.0060.006
Albania0.0080.0080.008
Algeria0.1610.1570.157
Andorra0.0060.0060.006
Angola0.0100.0100.010
Antigua and Barbuda0.0020.0020.002
Argentina0.8920.8700.870
Armenia0.0060.0060.006
Australia2.3372.2782.278
Austria0.7200.7020.702
Azerbaijan0.0600.0580.058
Bahamas0.0140.0140.014
Bahrain0.0440.0430.043
Bangladesh0.0100.0100.010
Barbados0.0070.0070.007
Belarus0.0560.0550.055
Belgium0.8850.8630.863
Belize0.0010.0010.001
Benin0.0030.0030.003
Bhutan0.0010.0010.001
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)0.0120.0120.012
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.0130.0130.013
Botswana0.0140.0140.014
Brazil3.8233.7273.727
Brunei Darussalam0.0290.0280.028
Bulgaria0.0450.0440.044
Burkina Faso0.0040.0040.004
Burundi0.0010.0010.001
Cabo Verde0.0010.0010.001
Cambodia0.0040.0040.004
Cameroon0.0100.0100.010
Canada2.9212.8482.848
Central African Republic0.0010.0010.001
Chad0.0050.0050.005
Chile0.3990.3890.389
China7.9217.7227.722
Colombia0.3220.3140.314
Comoros0.0010.0010.001
Congo0.0060.0060.006
Cook Islands0.0010.0010.001
Costa Rica0.0470.0460.046
Côte d’Ivoire0.0090.0090.009
Croatia0.0990.0970.097
Cuba0.0650.0630.063
Cyprus0.0430.0420.042
Czechia0.3440.3350.335
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea0.0050.0050.005
Democratic Republic of the Congo0.0080.0080.008
Denmark0.5840.5690.569
Djibouti0.0010.0010.001
Dominica0.0010.0010.001
Dominican Republic0.0460.0450.045
Ecuador0.0670.0650.065
Egypt0.1520.1480.148
El Salvador0.0140.0140.014
Equatorial Guinea0.0100.0100.010
Eritrea0.0010.0010.001
Estonia0.0380.0370.037
Ethiopia0.0100.0100.010
European Union2.5002.5002.500
Fiji0.0030.0030.003
Finland0.4560.4450.445
France4.8594.7374.737
Gabon0.0170.0170.017
Gambia0.0010.0010.001
Georgia0.0080.0080.008
Germany6.3896.2296.229
Ghana0.0160.0160.016
Greece0.4710.4590.459
Grenada0.0010.0010.001
Guatemala0.0280.0270.027
Guinea0.0020.0020.002
Guinea-Bissau0.0010.0010.001
Guyana0.0020.0020.002
Haiti0.0030.0030.003
Honduras0.0080.0080.008
Hungary0.1610.1570.157
Iceland0.0230.0220.022
India0.7370.7190.719
Indonesia0.5040.4910.491
Iran (Islamic Republic of)0.4710.4590.459
Iraq0.1290.1260.126
Ireland0.3350.3270.327
Israel0.4300.4190.419
Italy3.7483.6543.654
Jamaica0.0090.0090.009
Japan9.6809.4379.437
Jordan0.0200.0190.019
Kazakhstan0.1910.1860.186
Kenya0.0180.0180.018
Kiribati0.0010.0010.001
Kuwait0.2850.2780.278
Kyrgyzstan0.0020.0020.002
Lao People’s Democratic Republic0.0030.0030.003
Latvia0.0500.0490.049
Lebanon0.0460.0450.045
Lesotho0.0010.0010.001
Liberia0.0010.0010.001
Libya0.1250.1220.122
Liechtenstein0.0070.0070.007
Lithuania0.0720.0700.070
Luxembourg0.0640.0620.062
Madagascar0.0030.0030.003
Malawi0.0020.0020.002
Malaysia0.3220.3140.314
Maldives0.0020.0020.002
Mali0.0030.0030.003
Malta0.0160.0160.016
Marshall Islands0.0010.0010.001
Mauritania0.0020.0020.002
Mauritius0.0120.0120.012
Mexico1.4351.3991.399
Micronesia (Federated States of)0.0010.0010.001
Monaco0.0100.0100.010
Mongolia0.0050.0050.005
Montenegro0.0040.0040.004
Morocco0.0540.0530.053
Mozambique0.0040.0040.004
Myanmar0.0100.0100.010
Namibia0.0100.0100.010
Nauru0.0010.0010.001
Nepal0.0060.0060.006
Netherlands1.4821.4451.445
New Zealand0.2680.2610.261
Nicaragua0.0040.0040.004
Niger0.0020.0020.002
Nigeria0.2090.2040.204
Niue0.0010.0010.001
Norway0.8490.8280.828
Oman0.1130.1100.110
Pakistan0.0930.0910.091
Palau0.0010.0010.001
Panama0.0340.0330.033
Papua New Guinea0.0040.0040.004
Paraguay0.0140.0140.014
Peru0.1360.1330.133
Philippines0.1650.1610.161
Poland0.8410.8200.820
Portugal0.3920.3820.382
Qatar0.2690.2620.262
Republic of Korea2.0391.9881.988
Republic of Moldova0.0040.0040.004
Romania0.1840.1790.179
Russian Federation3.0883.0113.011
Rwanda0.0020.0020.002
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.0010.0010.001
Saint Lucia0.0010.0010.001
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.0010.0010.001
Samoa0.0010.0010.001
San Marino0.0030.0030.003
Sao Tome and Principe0.0010.0010.001
Saudi Arabia1.1461.1171.117
Senegal0.0050.0050.005
Serbia0.0320.0310.031
Seychelles0.0010.0010.001
Sierra Leone0.0010.0010.001
Singapore0.4470.4360.436
Slovakia0.1600.1560.156
Slovenia0.0840.0820.082
Solomon Islands0.0010.0010.001
Somalia0.0010.0010.001
South Africa0.3640.3550.355
South Sudan0.0030.0030.003
Spain2.4432.3822.382
Sri Lanka0.0310.0300.030
State of Palestine0.0070.0070.007
Sudan0.0100.0100.010
Suriname0.0060.0060.006
Swaziland0.0020.0020.002
Sweden0.9560.9320.932
Switzerland1.1401.1111.111
Syrian Arab Republic0.0240.0230.023
Tajikistan0.0040.0040.004
Thailand0.2910.2840.284
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia0.0070.0070.007
Timor-Leste0.0030.0030.003
Togo0.0010.0010.001
Tonga0.0010.0010.001
Trinidad and Tobago0.0340.0330.033
Tunisia0.0280.0270.027
Turkey1.0180.9920.992
Turkmenistan0.0260.0250.025
Tuvalu0.0010.0010.001
Uganda0.0090.0090.009
Ukraine0.1030.1000.100
United Arab Emirates0.6040.5890.589
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland4.4634.3514.351
United Republic of Tanzania0.0100.0100.010
United States of America22.00021.44821.448
Uruguay0.0790.0770.077
Uzbekistan0.0230.0220.022
Vanuatu0.0010.0010.001
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)0.5710.5570.557
Viet Nam0.0580.0570.057
Yemen0.0100.0100.010
Zambia0.0070.0070.007
Zimbabwe0.0040.0040.004
Total102.509100.000100.000
a Pursuant to decision 15/CP.1, annex I, paragraph 7(a), the UNFCCC scale of indicative contributions may be adjusted following the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations scale of assessments for the period 2019–2021.