28B.16 Responsibility for programme planning and budgeting rests with the Programme Planning and Budget Division.

Programme planning, budget and accounts

Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts

Subprogramme 2 Programme planning, budget and accounts

Subprogramme 2 Programme planning, budget and accounts

(b) Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts

For planning, UNHCR implements its annual programme budget, based on country operations plans and headquarters plans.

Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts Organizational structure and post distribution for the biennium 2006 2007

It was noted that community identified project planning processes needed to be synchronized with the Government's planning budget cycle.

In preparing the budget for the biennium 2004 2005, the Tribunal discussed with the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts the modalities of funding mechanisms which would cater for such liabilities.

The United Nations budget process is on its way to assuming a more logical structure, with significant benefits for strategic planning.

1.50 As was the case for the previous two biennia, the budget preparation has been guided by planning and budgeting assumptions.

28B.11 The Assistant Secretary General, Controller, is responsible for all the activities of the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts and supervises five organizational entities, namely, the Programme Planning and Budget Division, the Peacekeeping Financing Division, the Accounts Division, the Treasury and the Contributions Service.

For programme managers, the budget website continued to play a key role in ensuring the availability of key planning and budgetary data.

His delegation therefore wondered what role the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts was supposed to play in guiding and coordinating the budget process.

Chief Budget Analyst and Head of Tax Policy Revenue Unit, Ministry of Finance and National Planning.

The Director ad interim of the Office of the Programme Planning and Budget Division made additional comments.

The proposal for UNHCR to move to a biennium budget, starting with the biennium 2008 2009, will mean that UNHCR will need to revise its planning processes this move will enable UNHCR to modify its Manual to ensure greater consistency between its own internal planning processes in the preparation of its biennium budget and its input to the Section of the UN biennium budget dealing with UNHCR.

A gender perspective was being integrated into the formulation and budget planning process for all social programmes, in support of achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

The Chief of the Common Services Unit, Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts, read out a statement of the programme budget implications of the revised draft decision.

The recommendation is implemented, as the outstanding substantive progress reports for 2004 and 2005 for fund ZNB have been submitted to the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts.

The Chief of the Political, Legal, and Humanitarian Service of the Office of Programme Planning and Budget Division replied

(b) Conference services, administration and oversight (regular budget) organization of and follow up on meetings strategic planning and initiatives.

The focus is on the main developments that have shaped the years of the current biennium and on factors that have influenced planning for the proposed budget for 2006 2007.

In the context of the development of the academic programme and budget for the biennium 2006 2007, UNU will develop specific indicators as part of project planning.

The budget support has primarily served to strengthen the capacity of staff in the Ministry of Planning and Finance, line ministries and districts, particularly in the areas of planning and financial management.

28B.7 The overall level of resources for the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts under the regular budget amounts to 29,090,100 before recosting, reflecting a net decrease of 370,000, or 1.3 per cent, from the revised appropriation for the biennium 2004 2005.

The issues were raised and discussed in meetings held with the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts during 2004.

OIOS will seek to achieve that objective within existing resources, in collaboration with the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts, pending the approval of the 2006 2007 proposed programme budget.

In order to do proper planning for Council missions, it was suggested that they be funded through a standing budget, rather than through last minute ad hoc appeals.

28B.5 During the biennium 2006 2007, the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts will focus on further refining results based budgeting and results based management, including improvements in budget presentation.

The Director ad interim of the Programme Planning and Budget Division introduced the report of the Secretary General (A 60 421).

28B.8 As in prior years, part of the budget of the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts will be financed from extrabudgetary resources derived from programme support income received as reimbursement for the services provided by the central administration for extrabudgetary activities, funds and programmes.

The regional commissions participated actively in the 11 thematic clusters of the Committee that were established for the planning and coordination of activities included in the proposed programme budget.

The planning and budgetary processes were aligned and simplified through the use of the same results based budgeting logical framework for both the budget and the biennial programme plan.

As at 31 December 2004, the physical inventory for non expendable property of the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts no longer contained any items of nil value.

The Chief of the Political, Legal and Humanitarian Service of the Office of Programme Planning and Budget Division replied to questions raised.

The existence of these detailed strategic planning documents greatly facilitated the preparation of the programme and budget document in line with RBM principles.

The Department of Economic and Social Affairs currently administers IMDIS in collaboration with OIOS and the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts.

The lower requirements result from the fact that the Mission is planning to enter into a service contract for its interpretation and translation needs, while the budget for 2004 05 provided for the hiring of local language assistants.

Recalling also the Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation,

It encouraged UNHCR to continue to support needs based programme planning, while taking into account in the budget the realities of likely resource levels.

The Tribunal has consulted the Accounts Division of the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts, and the financial statements have been amended accordingly.

A workshop on gender sensitive planning was held for officers responsible for local planning administrations in order to find ways to integrate gender considerations into local planning.

For objectives and indicators, there was no clear link between the four or two year strategic planning document (A 55 6 Rev.1, A 57 6 Rev.1 and Corr.1, A 59 6 Rev.1) and the more detailed annual programme budget (see A AC.96 992 for the 2005 budget).