Major Programme H Indirect Costs

Programme support costs 66 21

Programme F.4 Field Operating Costs

Programme F.4 Field Operating Costs 90

(t) Special account for programme support costs

(i) Special Account for Programme Support Costs

Special account for programme support costs 84.5

a Excludes programme support costs amounting to 164 million.

a Excludes programme support costs amounting to 164 million.

Total expenditures amounted to 5 million, including 4.7 million for programme costs and 0.3 million for indirect support costs.

Programme H.1 Contribution to shared services and other indirect costs

Programme I.1 Contribution to Shared Services and other Indirect Costs 108

Recovery charges cover the costs for programme support and management and administration.

The discrepancy indicated by the Board relates to the programme support costs.

Major Programme I, finally, includes only one programme related to UNIDO's contribution to shared services and other indirect costs.

More complex data retrieval and processing requirements could result in ground segment costs of up to 50 per cent of total programme costs.

General description The Programme collects the indirect costs and provides a transparent way of identifying these costs and monitoring their development over time.

Also, the financial efficiency of the organization improved, resulting in a respectable 9 1 ratio of programme delivery costs to staff support costs.

(b) Effectively deliver programme goals and contribute to the reduction of transaction costs

In 2003, the United Nations regular budget met 39.5 per cent of management and administration costs and 13 per cent of programme support costs.

In 2003, the United Nations regular budget met 39.5 per cent of management and administration costs and 13 per cent of programme support costs.

Owing to the separate major programme for indirect costs, the resource requirements of the various programmes do not show a large component under operating costs .

(i) Reimbursement for programme support costs is provided for in respect of extrabudgetary technical cooperation activities.

An outstanding question is the extent to which cost recovery should also make a contribution to the basic administrative costs of the organization and to some part of the programme support costs that cannot be clearly attributed to any specific programme activity.

In this regard, the Committee notes that in addition to support costs, there are programme costs, with the line between them often being vague and the latter including an element of support costs that is not always clearly disclosed.

Major Programme I identifies and shows separately all indirect costs and common services in which UNIDO participates.

(b) Systematically charging the 13 per cent of programme support costs (overhead) to programmes grants whenever possible.

The two phases of the security enhancements programme represent additional financing requirements for UNIDO under Programme H.1 Contribution to shared services and other indirect costs.

(c) Total revised estimated expenditure for 2005 is 4,427,400, including a provision of 201,200 for programme support costs.

Table 2.2 2006 and 2007 proposed budget breakdown by general costs and outputs in the programme of work

It should be noted that costs for administrative and operational services (AOS) are now included in programme expenditure.

Seven per cent of all contributions to the supplementary programme budget are transferred to the Annual Programme Fund to cover administrative costs in support of the supplementary programmes.

One of the key issues underlying discussions on funding is how best to finance the three basic categories of expenditures programme expenses programme support costs and administrative expenses.

Excluding MMP and MCSP recurrent costs of 4.3 million which are funded by the operations of the programme itself.

Excluding MMP and MCSP recurrent costs of 4.8 million which are funded by the operations of the programme itself.

The costs of the cooperative management programme, based on the elements described in annex I, amount to USD 160,335,200.

The costs of the programme could also change depending on the number of years it is to be operated.

Launch costs represent a large portion of total programme costs (generally over 25 per cent) and satellite mass and size must therefore be constrained to take full advantage of low cost launch opportunities.

Accordingly, relevant adjustments are made in all tables in the present report by transferring the posts and a minimum of operational costs to infrastructure and the substantive activities costs to the programme budget.

UNICEF continues to encourage thematic other resources to reduce transaction costs and make more resources available for direct programme assistance.

The KOICA Grant assists candidates from developing countries in covering the costs incurred in participating in the Tribunal's internship programme.

The Almaty Programme of Action recognized that excessive transit transport costs posed a major barrier to access to foreign markets.

The exceptions are Major Programme B (General Management), which shows a modest increase by some 84,510 caused by the strengthening of Programme B.2 (Comptroller General, Internal Audit and Evaluation Services) and Major Programme I (Indirect Costs), which incorporates the total increase of 1,550,100 under security related expenses, partly compensated by reductions in other indirect costs and hence growing by 1,208,611.

Assuming that ground segment costs tend to average 25 per cent of total programme costs, it is clearly important to identify potential savings in the ground segment in concert with those of the space segment.

As indicated in paragraph 6 above, all efforts need to be undertaken to reduce support costs in favour of programme activities.