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8. Financing and budgeting
of the Secretariat
and of meetings of
the Conference of the
Parties
8.1 Implementation of
the costed programme of
work for 2010-2011
Cop16 Doc. 8.1
• The Secretariat’s costed programme of work is the
budget for CITES activities paid from the CITES Trust
Fund and/or external funds.
• Both the costed programme of work and Trust Fund
expenditures are approved by the CoP.
• Provides (Annexes 1-8) the costed programmes of
work for 2010 and 2011, information on Trust Fund
expenditures and contributions, and status of the
Trust Fund.
• Requests the Parties to accept the expenditures
incurred and approve the costed programmes of work
for 2010 and 2011.
• SSN notes with concern that total Trust Fund expenditures
in 2011, including program support costs, exceeded the
US$5.28 million budget by 4.38% (US$5.51 million was
spent).
8.2 Implementation of
the costed programme of
work for 2012
Cop16 Doc. 8.2
• See Background/current status for CoP16 Doc. 8.1.
• Reports that Trust Fund expenditure for 2012 is estimated
at US$5.77 million, which is 97% of the budget
of US$5.98 million.
• SSN notes with concern that this document does not
include an analysis of translation costs, as requested
bySC62 (SC62 Sum. 9 (Rev. 1)). SSN urges Parties to
request verbal submission of this information at CoP16,
and to discuss allocation of sufficient translation funds for
the remainder of the 2012-2013 biennium.
8.3 Budgetary proposals
for 2014 to 2016
CoP16 Doc. 8.3
• RC 15.1 on Financing and the costed programme of
work for the Secretariat for the biennium 2012-2013
is due to expire.
• Notes that SC62 endorsed the new format of the
budget for 2014-2016.
• Provides a “zero real growth budget scenario” and a
“zero nominal growth budget scenario” (Annexes 1
and 2), as instructed by SC62.
• Provides a draft Resolution on Financing and the
costed programme of work for the Secretariat for the
triennium 2014-2016 with revised terms of reference
for the CITES Trust Fund (Annex 3) that will replace RC
15.1; draft also describes the Global Environmental
Fund (GEF) as a financing mechanism.
• Requests Parties to take into consideration its zero
real growth budget scenario when approving the
budget for the triennium 2014-2016.
SUPPORT IN PART / OPPOSE IN PART
• SSN recommends that Parties support the draft Resolution.
• SSN recommends that Parties ensure that priority ranking
of the following activities be changed to Low, as they
are not key to implementation and enforcement of the
Convention:
• D5 Coordination and promotion of international cooperation
and synergies, including participation in
meetings of relevant bodies (IPBES, EMG, BLG, etc.)
[proposed Medium];
• D6 Review of Resolutions, bilateral cooperations and multilateral
measures [proposed Medium; proposed increase
from US$18,417 in 2011 to US$50,000 in 2014];
• D9 Assistance and guidance in addressing livelihood
impacts [proposed Medium];
• E7 Development of CITES e-learning (Virtual College)
[previously Low, proposed High];
• E6 Assistance in the development of e-permitting systems
that adhere to international open standards [proposed
Medium]; and
Continued