REGIONAL COMMITTEE Sixty-second Session Kathmandu, Nepal 7–10 September 2009
Provisional Agenda item 7.1 SEA/RC62/3 17 July 2009
MATTERS RELATING TO PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME BUDGET PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT: 2006-2007 The summary report on Programme Budget 2006-2007: Performance Assessment (Document: A61/19) was submitted to the Sixty-first World Health Assembly in 2008. This report was subsequently reviewed by the Eighth Meeting of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board (PBAC) in Geneva, in May 2008. The PBAC welcomed the summary of the performance assessment report for the Programme Budget 2006-2007 and looked forward to reviewing the full version, revised in the light of the Regional Committee’s comments. The PBAC requested that the full version of the report be discussed at the next session of the respective regional committees in 2008, and be considered by the Executive Board at its 124th session in January 2009. The summary report (A61/19) and the full version of the Programme Budget Performance Assessment report were submitted to the First Meeting of the Subcommittee on Policy and Programme Development and Management (SPPDM) and the Sixty-first session of the Regional Committee in 2008 for their review and consideration. Subsequently, the report was also submitted to the 124th session of the Executive Board and the Sixty-second World Health Assembly for noting. The attached paper was submitted to the Second Meeting of the Subcommittee on Policy and Programme Development and Management (SPPDM), held in New Delhi on 3 July 2009. The SPPDM noted that the full report of the Programme Budget Performance Assessment 2006-2007 was submitted and noted by the Sixty-second World Health Assembly in May 2009. The working paper is now submitted to the Sixty-second Session of the Regional Committee for noting.
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Background 1. The summary report on Programme Budget 2006-2007: Performance Assessment (Document: A61/19) was submitted to the Sixty-first World Health Assembly. This report was reviewed by the Eighth Meeting of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee (PBAC) of the Executive Board in Geneva, 15-16 May 2008. 2. The PBAC welcomed the summary of the performance assessment report for Programme Budget 2006-2007 and looked forward to reviewing the full version revised in the light of regional committees’ comments. 3. The PBAC requested that the full version of the report be discussed by regional committees. The views of regional committees were considered by the Executive Board at its 124th session in January 2009. 4. The report, issued separately as document PBPA/2006-2007, was noted and appreciated by both the regional committees and the Executive Board. 5. This report was submitted to the Sixty-second World Health Assembly for noting.
Regional perspectives 6. The Programme Budget Performance Assessment-2006-2007 Summary Report (A61/19) and the full version of the report were submitted to the First Meeting of the Sub-committee on Policy and Programme Development and Management (SPPDM), held in New Delhi on 4 July 2008 for its review and comments. 7. The SPPDM made the following recommendations on this subject: (1) (2) (3) Training in programme management should be conducted for both Member States and staff of WHO country offices for improving the quality of implementation. Communication between WHO and Member States on matters related to programme planning and management should be improved. Experiences gained from the previous biennium should be documented and incorporated into the programme plans for the next biennium.
8. The full version of Programme Budget Performance Assessment for 2006-2007 was submitted to the sixty-first session of the Regional Committee for its consideration. 9. In addition to the Organization-wide Programme Budget Performance Assessment, the Regional Committee also reviewed the financial and technical aspects of implementation of the 2006-2007 Programme Budget in the South-East Asia Region. Lessons learnt and actions required for each area of work were considered during the implementation of the current biennium programme budget, including the need to readjust the workplans if required. 10. The Regional Committee noted the importance of programme management in improving the performance and quality of results of the WHO collaborative programme. It recognized that programme management had become more complex because of the integrated budget and the
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increasing dependence on donor funding. In this regard, there was an urgent need to strengthen the institutional and staff capacity of both ministries of health and WHO at the country level to plan, manage and implement country programmes. The Committee urged WHO to strengthen programme management training for both Member States and WHO country offices for improving the quality of implementation. 11. The programme budget performance assessment for the current biennium (2008-2009) is scheduled to be conducted in the last quarter of 2009.
Action by SPPDM 12. The SPPDM is requested to note the report.