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Employee salaries, allowances and benefits
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1000
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The 2019 and 2020 costs have been increased by the United Nations mandatory 2 per cent over the revised 2018 costs to allow for inflation. The 2019 and 2020 costs also include the costs of a United Nations Volunteer to support the work of the Secretariat at an estimated cost of $70,000 per year.
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Consultants
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1200
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The 2019 and 2020 costs for consultants remain constant at the level of the 2018 revised budget.
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Meeting costs
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1321
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Open-ended Working Group meetings
The figure for 2019 represents the estimated meeting cost for the meeting to be held in Bangkok. The 2020 cost are kept steady at the 2019 level. The meeting is tentatively scheduled to be held in Montreal, Canada, however the costs are yet to be determined, therefore, kept at the same level as for 2019.
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1322
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Preparatory meetings and Meetings of the Parties:
The full cost of the Thirty-First Meeting of the Parties in the proposed budget for 2019 will be supplemented by an additional voluntary contribution by the host country, the Government of Italy, of 200,000 euros. For 2020, for the joint meeting of the Conference of the Parties and the Meeting of the Parties, the amount is based on the assumption that the meeting will be hosted by a Government. In addition, the contribution of $252,000 from the Vienna Convention Trust Fund, will be deducted from the cost of the meeting. This amount may be allocated for other activities in 2020.
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1324
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One Bureau meeting is scheduled for each of the years, 2019 and 2020, with provision for interpretation and document translation into appropriate languages, depending on the membership of the Bureau. The budget amounts remain at the same level as the revised 2018 amount due to the uncertainty in the interpretation requirements. Moreover, the contribution of $20,000 from the Vienna Convention Trust Fund will be deducted from the cost of the meeting in 2020. This amount may be allocated for other activities in 2020.
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1325
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The proposed budgets for Implementation Committee meetings in 2019 and 2020 includes the cost of two meetings, one held back to back with the Open‑ended Working Group Meeting and one held back to back with the Meeting of the Parties. The budget amounts are kept at the same level as the revised 2018 level due to the uncertainty in the interpretation requirements.
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1326
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The hospitality costs cover receptions at the meetings of the Open-ended Working Group and the meetings of the parties. The costs for 2019 and 2020 remain constant at the 2018 revised level.
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Travel of Article 5 participants
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3300
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The participation of representatives of parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 in various Montreal Protocol meetings is budgeted at $5,000 per representative per meeting which is an average cost used for budgeting purposes. The standard cost of $5,000 is calculated using the most appropriate and advantageous economy-class fare and United Nations daily subsistence allowances.
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3301
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The costs of travel of experts of Article 5 parties to the assessment panel meetings for 2019 and 2020 remain constant at the revised 2018 level.
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3302
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The costs of travel of participants from Article 5 parties for the meetings of the parties in 2019 and 2020 remain constant at the revised 2018 level.
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3303
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The costs of travel of participants from Article 5 parties for the Open-ended Working Group meetings for 2019 and 2020 remain constant at the revised 2018 level.
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3304
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Includes the cost of travel of Article 5 Bureau members to the Bureau meeting and to the Meeting of the Parties
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3305
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Includes the cost of travel of Article 5 Implementation Committee members to the Implementation Committee meeting and the Open-ended Working Group meeting in mid‑year; and to the Implementation Committee meeting and the Meeting of the Parties near-end of the year.
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Travel on official business
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1600
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The budgets include travel of Secretariat officers in connection with the meetings of the Montreal Protocol and other relevant meetings such as the meetings of the Ozone Officers under the regional networks of the OzonAction Programme to provide substantive support, meetings of importance to the ongoing work of the Secretariat to implement the decisions and requests of the parties.
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1601
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Travel of staff on official business for 2019 and 2020 are decreased by $15,000 from the revised 2018 level.
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1602
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The costs of travel of conference services staff for 2019 and 2020 remain constant at the revised 2018 level.
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Other operating costs:
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4100-5400
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The section includes expendable equipment, non-expendable equipment, rental of office premises, operation and maintenance of equipment, reporting costs, sundry, public awareness and communication.
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4100
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The expendable equipment costs include the costs of office computer software licences, stationary, office supplies and consumables. The costs for 2019 remains constant at the revised 2018 level, and for 2020 the amount has been reduced by $10,000.
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4200
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The non-expendable equipment costs include the costs of computers, peripheral equipment and furniture. The costs for 2019 remains constant at the revised 2018 level, and for 2020 the amount has been reduced by $10,859.
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4300
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The rental cost for the Secretariat’s offices in Nairobi was corrected in 2018 after the reallocation and a reassessment of the office space in 2018. The cost for 2019 and 2020 remain constant at the revised 2018 level.
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5100
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For the operation and maintenance of equipment, the costs include the service level agreements for copy machines, IT support provided by the United Nations Office at Nairobi. The cost for 2019 and 2020 remain constant at the revised 2018 level.
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5200
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The reporting costs include reporting on the Montreal Protocol by IISD and editing and translation of non-meeting documents
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5300
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In 2019 and 2020 the sundry costs include: (1) telecommunication costs ($10,000); (2) freight costs ($10,000); and (3) training costs ($10,000). The costs for the International Ozone Day celebrations of $10,000 which has usually been included under sundries in the past have been reallocated to the new budget line 5401 “Public awareness and communications”. The costs for 2019 have been kept at the level of the revised 2018 budget and the costs for 2020 have been reduced by $10,000.
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5401
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A new budget line 5401 is established from 2019. The costs for 2019 include the following activities: International Ozone Day celebrations ($10,000); visual materials ($20,000); enhancement of registration system and maintenance, website fixes in the back-end of the website and enhancement of the site ($90,000); software for website and associated costs ($27,816); and hosting of website ($10,000). The enhancement of the registration system involves taking ownership of the current registration system that belongs to the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and enhancing the system to suit the needs of the Ozone Secretariat.
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