EXECUTIVE BOARD 136th session Agenda item 11.3
EB136/CONF./11 Rev.1 2 February 2015
Strategic budget space allocation Draft decision proposed by the Secretariat
The Executive Board, having considered the report on strategic budget space allocation1 and the report by the Working Group on Strategic Budget Space Allocation,2 (1) welcomed the report of the Working Group on the Strategic Budget Space Allocation and expressed its appreciation to the members of the Working Group for their diligence in developing a methodology in an objective and timely manner; (2) (3) endorsed the guiding principles recommended by the Working Group; requested the Director-General, with respect to the Proposed programme budget 2016–2017: (a) to apply the recommendations of the Working Group with regards to operational segments 2 (provision of global and regional goods), 3 (management and administration) and 4 (response to emergency events, such as outbreak and crisis response); (b) to propose, in consultation with the Global Policy Group (GPG), an allocation of budget space for operational segment 1 (technical cooperation at country level), by applying the guiding principles of the new methodology, the three pillars for the preparation of the 2016–2017 Programme budget (bottom-up approach, realistic costing of outputs and clear roles and responsibilities across the three levels of the Organization) as requested in decision WHA66(9), and taking into account the needs of various regions and comments made by the 136th session of the Executive Board; (4) requested the Working Group on Strategic Budget Space Allocation to continue its work to further develop operational segment 1 (technical cooperation at country level) taking into consideration the issues raised during the 136th session of the Executive Board with regards to the proposed methodology, the choice of appropriate indicators and availability of data, and written comments submitted by Member States to the Secretariat by 28 February 2015, and report to the Programme Budget Administration Committee Executive Board at its 137th Twenty-second session in May 2015. = = =
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Document EB136/35. Document EB136/35, Annex.