|
Cost category
|
Budget line
|
Notes
|
|
Employee salaries, allowances and benefits
|
1100
|
The estimate under this category has been increased by 2 per cent over the approved 2020 budget to allow for inflation.
The cost of a United Nations Volunteer, to support the work of the Secretariat, have been included.
|
|
Consultants
|
1200
|
The estimate for consultants remains at the level of the approved 2020 budget.
|
|
Meeting costs
|
1300
|
This category includes the costs of venue; editing and translation of the documents; and interpretation during the meeting. Conference services staff time and travel costs belong to this category.
|
|
1321
|
Open‑ended Working Group meetings:
The estimates for the forty-third meeting of the Open‑ended Working Group are based on: (a) the quote for the venue received from the conference services office at the headquarters of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, in Bangkok, where the meeting is scheduled to take place from 12 to 16 July 2021; and (b) the quote for the documentation received from the Division of Conference Services of the United Nations Office at Nairobi.
|
|
1322
|
Preparatory meetings and Meetings of the Parties:
The estimate for the Thirty‑Third Meeting of the Parties has been increased by 4 per cent ($19,690) over prior years to allow for inflation. In addition, while the meeting will be held jointly with the second part of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the hosting arrangements are not known at the time of preparing and approving the budget. The costs will be complemented by funds from the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention, under which a budget of $252,000 has been approved for the combined meeting.
|
|
1323
|
Communications and meeting costs for the assessment panels, associated technical options committees and subsidiary bodies are maintained at the level of the 2020 approved amount.
|
|
1324
|
The estimate for the Bureau meeting includes provision for interpretation and document translation into the appropriate languages, depending on the membership of the Bureau. The budget amount is kept at the same level as the 2020 amount due to the uncertainty in the translation and interpretation requirements.
|
|
1325
|
The proposed budget for Implementation Committee meetings in 2021 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 amount is kept at the same level as the 2020 amount due to the uncertainty in the interpretation requirements.
|
|
5401
|
The hospitality cost covers receptions at the meeting of the Open‑ended Working Group and the Meeting of the Parties and has been maintained at the 2020 approved amount.
|
|
Travel of Article 5 participants
|
3300
|
The participation of representatives of parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 and countries with economies in transition in various Montreal Protocol meetings is budgeted at $5,000 per representative per meeting calculated on economy class fare using the most direct and economical route and United Nations daily subsistence allowances.
|
|
3301
|
The cost of travel by experts to meetings of the assessment panels is kept at the level of the approved 2020 amount.
|
|
3302
|
The cost of travel by representatives from Article 5 parties and countries with economies in transition to the Thirty‑Third Meeting of the Parties is kept at the level of the approved 2020 amount.
|
|
3303
|
The cost of travel by representatives from Article 5 parties and countries with economies in transition to the forty-third meeting of the Open‑ended Working Group meeting is kept at the level of the approved 2020 amount.
|
|
3304
|
Includes the cost of travel of Article 5 Bureau members to the Bureau meeting and to the Meeting of the Parties, kept at the level of the approved 2020 amount.
|
|
3305
|
Includes the cost of travel of Article 5 Implementation Committee members to participate in the sixty-sixth and sixty-seventh committee meetings to be held back to back with the forty-third meeting of the Open‑ended Working Group and the Thirty‑Third Meeting of the Parties respectively. The budget has been kept at the level of the approved 2020 amount.
|
|
Travel on official business
|
1600
|
The budget includes travel of Secretariat staff to organize and/or participate in 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 for meetings of importance to the ongoing work of the Secretariat to implement the decisions and requests of the parties.
|
|
1601 - 1602
|
Budget for 1601 reduced by $15,000 from the approved amount for 2020 and for 1602 maintained at the level of the 2020 approved amount.
|
|
Other operating costs
|
4100 - 5300
|
The category includes expendable/non-expendable equipment, rental of office premises, operation and maintenance of equipment, reporting costs, sundry costs, public awareness and communication.
|
|
4100
|
The budget includes the costs of software licences, stationery, office supplies and consumables. The cost has been maintained at the level of the 2020 approved amount.
|
|
4200
|
This budget line provides for the costs of computers, peripherals and furniture. The cost has been maintained at the level of the 2020 approved amount.
|
|
4300
|
The rental cost for the Secretariat’s offices in Nairobi is increased to provide for inflation and to cater for any unforeseen requirements to maintain social distancing as a result of the pandemic.
|
|
5100
|
For the operation and maintenance of equipment, the budget includes the service-level agreements for printers and photocopying machines, IT support provided by the United Nations Office at Nairobi and insurance of equipment. The cost is at the same level as 2020.
|
|
5200
|
The reporting costs include: (i) reporting and coverage by the International Institute for Sustainable Development at the forty-third meeting of the Open‑ended Working Group and the Thirty‑Third Meeting of the Parties; (ii) assessment panels’ reports; (iii) ad hoc translation and editing of documents not related to meetings; and (iv) publications. The cost has been increased by $5,000 over the approved 2020 amount.
|
|
5300
|
Sundry costs include: (i) telecommunication costs; (ii) freight costs; and (iii) training costs. The amount has been reduced by $5,000 below the approved 2020 amount.
|
|
Public awareness and communication
|
5201
|
Includes (i) website and webtools maintenance and hosting; (ii) awareness-raising campaigns; (iii) visual materials; (iv) International Ozone Day.
|
|
Additional activities funded by cash balance
|
5407
|
A temporary Website Officer at P-3 level employed to undertake the work of digital enhancement. The cost has been maintained at the level of the 2020 approved amount.
|
|
1328
|
Includes (i) meeting costs for convening the additional meetings on the replenishment of the Multilateral Fund; (ii) participation costs for representatives of Article 5 parties in the additional meetings.
|