UNESCO. General Conference; 36th; 36 C/5: volume 1: Draft ...

presentation, the respective appropriation lines have been regrouped under a single chapter entitled
“Field office implementation of decentralized programmes” under Part II.A of the budget. The
various elements are however still shown as distinct budget lines in Annex I and in the corresponding
introductory tables of Part II.A (i.e. Field Management of decentralized programmes which pertains
to the posts of Directors, Heads of Offices and the staff of the Administrative units in the field;
Field office operating costs; and Field coordination at Headquarters which pertains to the staff and
operation costs of the Bureau of Field Coordination (BFC) at Headquarters).
(d)
Organization-wide knowledge management
As outlined in paragraph T004 above, a new appropriation line has been created under Part II.B
of the budget entitled “Organization-wide knowledge management” with a total budget provision
of $5.1 million to reinforce integrated management systems. This budget line comprises the posts
of the Chief information officer, support staff and the staff and activity budget of the Section for
Management Information Systems (MIS).
(e)
External relations and public information (ERI)
In an effort to enhance the Secretariat’s visibility and cooperation with its Member States and
partners, the Director-General decided to merge the Bureau of Public Information (BPI – Part II.B)
with the Sector for External Relations and Cooperation (ERC – Part III) to form a coherent
new body – the Sector for External Relations and Public Information (ERI) (DG/NOTE/10/34).
Consequently, a new appropriation line entitled External Relations and Public Information has
been created for ERI under Part II.B of the budget.
(f)
Part III – Corporate services
Part III of the Draft 36 C/5, has been renamed “Corporate services”, to better reflect the essence
of the services provided by its respective sectors/bureaux. Furthermore, the Draft 36 C/5 presents
the appropriation lines for Human resources management (HRM), Financial Management (BFM)
and Support services management at a more detailed level, which allows greater transparency and
visibility of the nature of the elements funded under these budget lines.
(g)
Bureau of Financial Management
In an effort to better respond to changing environments, improve the Organization’s financial
management operations and reinforce good practices, the Director-General decided to merge the
Bureau of the Comptroller (BOC), the major portion of the Bureau of the Budget (BB) and the
Administrative Unit of the Bureau of Field Coordination (BFC) under a newly created Bureau of
Financial Management (BFM) (DG/NOTE/10/31). In this regard, a new appropriation line was
created under Part III of the budget for BFM entitled “Financial Management”.
(h)
Part IV – Loan repayments for the renovation of the Headquarters
premises and the IBE Building
In previous C/5 documents the budgets for the loan repayments for the renovation of the
Headquarters premises and the IBE Building were included in the Chapters of the Sectors
functionally responsible for their administration (i.e. the Sector for Administration and the former
Bureau of the Comptroller (now merged within the Bureau of Financial Management), respectively)
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