Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EXECUTIVE BOARD EB146/35 Add.1 146th session 28 January 2020 Provisional agenda item 22.2 Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of decisions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board Decision: Engagement with non-State actors: non-State actors in official relations with WHO A. Link to the approved Programme budget 2020–2021 1. Output(s) in the approved Programme budget 2020–2021 to which this draft decision would contribute if adopted: Output 4.2.1. Leadership, governance and external relations enhanced to implement GPW 13 and drive impact in an aligned manner at the country level, on the basis of strategic communications and in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals in the context of United Nations reform. Output 4.2.2. The Secretariat operates in an accountable, transparent, compliant and risk management-driven manner including through organizational learning and a culture of evaluation. 2. Short justification for considering the draft decision, if there is no link to the results as indicated in the approved Programme budget 2020–2021: Not applicable. 3. Any additional Secretariat work during the biennium 2020–2021 that cannot be covered by the approved Programme budget 2020–2021: Not applicable. 4. Estimated time frame (in years or months) to implement the decision: Official relations with non-State actors is a standing agenda item of the first annual session of the Executive Board. Each year one third of non-State actors are reviewed and, where applicable, renewed for a three-year period based on an agreed workplan and new entities are admitted for official relations with WHO. B. Resource implications for the Secretariat for implementation of the decision 1. Total resource requirements to implement the decision, in US$ millions: Resources associated with interactions with non-State actors in official relations are part of the regular planning cycle and are not calculated separately. 2.a. Estimated resource requirements already planned for in the approved Programme budget 2020–2021, in US$ millions: Not applicable. 2.b. Estimated resource requirements in addition to those already planned for in the approved Programme budget 2020–2021, in US$ millions: Not applicable. EB146/35 Add.1 2 3. Estimated resource requirements to be considered for the proposed programme budget for 2022–2023, in US$ millions: Not applicable. 4. Estimated resource requirements to be considered for the proposed programme budgets of future bienniums, in US$ millions: To be reassessed based on evaluation of the Framework of Engagement with Non-State Actors. 5. Level of available resources to fund the implementation of the decision in the current biennium, in US$ millions – Resources available to fund the decision in the current biennium: Not applicable. – Remaining financing gap in the current biennium: Not applicable. – Estimated resources, not yet available, if any, which would help to close the financing gap in the current biennium: Not applicable. GPW 13: Thirteenth General Programme of Work, 2019–2023. = = =