Budget performance 1986

Onchocerclasis Control Programme ln West Afrlca Programme de Lutte contre l'Onchocettose en Afrique de I'Ouest. JOINT PROGRAMME COMMTTTEE Office of the Chairman JOINT PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Seventh session Accra -12 December 1 JPC .CCP COMITE CONJOINT DU PROGRAMMEBureau du Pr6sident JPC7.4(A) ORIGINAL: ENGLISH November 1tB6 Total Bafance ( deflcit ) (1 Provisional item 10 BUDGET PERFORMANCE 1986 As a consequence of factors beyond its control, the Programnre recognized in early November that the budget for 1p86, approved by the Joint Programme Committee atits sixth session, would be inadequate to meet its needs through to the end of 1986. An approach was made to the CSA which agreed, in accordance with the authori.zationgiven it by the JPC, to the all-ocation of an additional US $2.1 million to meet rhe anticipated expenditure as detailed in the following tab1e, the estimated deficienc-v being US $2 283 732. Budget approved Disbursements at 31 October t9B6 Estimated expenditure & unliquidated obligations Personnel Services Consultants Operational Travel Research Contracts Aerial Operations Operating Costs Insecticides Supplies Fellowships and Training Meetings SUB-TOTAL Buildings Furniture Vehicles Equipment 14 6 (477 t 02L 369 (2 023 (13 (1 307 320 599 4Bo ) 935 396 237 ) 210 ) (27o oi9) 74 939 2 757 723) 3 6 83 oB9 618 ooo (64 110) 6 330 760 922 3 675 4 360 2 L5O 2 400 540 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 105 000 435 ooo 6 486 350 483 955 703 949 7 952 593 2 657 B4o 7 478 427 4 q7 492 328 315 277 028 z&o 495 L 3o3 947 26L 725 217 452 2 799 BB7 68o zz5 352 783 385 745 224 895 158 o5o 79 566 7 790 307 745 680 915 401 4 t52 4Bo 3 338 065 1 7Bo 604 4 423 237 553 27O 375 078 360 061 21, 677 OOO 18 566 448 j 867 675 24 434 tz3 235 000 137 000 618 ooo 545 000 229 548 53 971 23o 695 169 o4o 378 4t5 398 588 53 917 609 110 23 272 OOOTOTAL 19 080 602 15 130 25 '7?) 2 732 JPC7.4 (A) page 2 General Comments A factor affecting the budget generally has been the depreciation in the rate of exchange between the CFA franc and the US Dol1ar; approximately 5Ol of all Programme expenditure is being incurred in CFA francs - or directly influenced by its value - in order to meet such commitments as salaries of professional and general service staff, Iocal1y-procured supplies, equipment, utilities and some contractual services. The exchange rate used in the 1986 budget estimates was 450 CFA to one US Dol1ar; this reduced progressively during the year to 332 CFA to one US Do1lar (mid-November1985). A second factor was the increase in general service salaries in all countries in the Programme area and, third, an increased purchase of larvicides due to the appearance of resistance. Detailed Comments As explained above the main reason for the deficiency is to be found in the Personnel Services component (US $1 460 307). This results from the need for a readjustment in Iocal salary scales (US $770 000) and from currency fluctuations in relation to the US Do1lar (US $1 755 307) offset by savings resulting from delays in recruitment (US $1 065 000). Another reason for the deficiency is related to the flexible way in which the operations have to be maintained and supported. This is reflected in a need for additional Insecticides where purchases exceeded the budget approved by US $2 O23 237, essentially to deal" with the emergence of resistance to temephos in the vector at a number of sites in the savanna area. In order to reduce the deficiency a certain number of savings was effected by more rational use of operating costs and by postponing the replacement of items ofFurniture and of Vehicles. This can be clearly seen in the above table under the three relevant items. The impact of the dollar fluctuation to other currencies was also felt in thelevel of funds provided in Ioca1 currency to various institutes and in the Programme area for research and aquatic monitoring contracts to study resistance and hydrology and to investigate the behaviour of the different tarvicides in the rivers, resultedin a deficiency of US $477 480 under Research Contracts. In response to a desire expressed by JPC for more training, the Programme received substantially more requests for Fellowships than originally earmarked in the budget as shown in the above table Under Aerial Operations it was possibte to effect a considerable economy due to a greater rationalization of the use of the aircraft fteet and the fact that operations were not implemented in the liestern extension area to the fu11 extent envisaged at the time the 1986 budget was formulated and approved. Various other relatively minor readjustments of expenditure compared with the budget were effected during the execution of the Programme, such as Consultants, Operational Travel, 0perating Costs , Supplies, Equipment, Meetings and the cost of a new hangar under the heading of Buildings.