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

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Draft resolution for Strategic planning,
programme monitoring and budget preparation
The General Conference
1. Authorizes the Director-General:
(a)
to implement the plan of action in order to:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
prepare the Organization’s biennial Programme and Budget (37 C/5) in its entirety
in line with the guidance provided by the governing bodies, the Director-General’s
directives and on the basis of the principles of results-based planning and programming,
transparency, efficiency and rationalization;
monitor the implementation of the Medium-Term Strategy (34 C/4) through the biennial
Programme and Budget documents, and prepare a draft Medium-Term Strategy (37 C/4)
for consideration by the Executive Board and the General Conference;
analyse work plans from all Secretariat units to ensure conformity with the decisions of
the governing bodies concerning document 36 C/5, the Director-General’s directives
and the requirements of results-based programming, management, monitoring and
reporting (RBM);
monitor the implementation of the approved programme and its work plans through
regular reviews to assess progress towards the expected results, and report thereon
periodically to the governing bodies in the context of the statutory reports;
participate in, provide input and assist programme sectors and field offices in
contributing substantively to United Nations inter-agency processes concerned with the
United Nations reform and programme issues at the global, regional and country levels,
in particular the Chief Executive Board and its subsidiary bodies, and strengthen staff
capacities in this regard;
pursue the implementation of the Director-General’s Extrabudgetary Action Plan by:
• programming activities for extrabudgetary support through the Complementary
Additional Programme (CAP) corresponding to the priorities of the regular
programme of the Approved 36 C/5;
• implementing and refining, as needed, the Organizations’ resource mobilization
strategy with a wider recourse to thematic funding approaches;
• further developing and coordinating the implementation of public/private sector
partnerships;
• developing innovative financing approaches for sector-specific activities; and
• strengthening the implementation and monitoring of extrabudgetary activities,
especially through capacity-building of staff members;
(vii) provide backstopping for the intersectoral platforms as a whole and serve as the lead for
the intersectoral platform on “Promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence”;
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