Decision 84/6

Subsequently, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The document on the approved 2019, 2020 and 2021, and proposed 2022 budgets of the Fund Secretariat contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/84/8;
   2. That US $97,506 in expenditures not recorded in the final 2018 accounts had been reallocated to the 2019 budget;
   3. The return of US $1,646,463 (US $1,624,548 from the approved 2018 budget of the Fund Secretariat and US $21,915 from the approved 2018 budget for the monitoring and evaluation work programme) to the Multilateral Fund at the 84^th meeting;
2. To approve, as contained in Annex II to the present report:
   1. The upgrade of the posts of the Associate Database Officer (BL 1116) from P‑2 to P-3, the Team Assistant (BL 1309) from G-4 to G-5 and the Finance and Budget Assistant (BL 1312) from G-6 to G-7, with the corresponding change in titles starting in 2020;
   2. The proposed 2022 budget of the Fund Secretariat of US $7,949,630, based on the 2021 budget, including two meetings of the Executive Committee in Montreal and a 3 per cent increase in staff costs; and
3. To request the Fund Secretariat to continue monitoring its staff costs to assess the appropriate rate of increase for future years and to report back at the 86^th meeting, taking into account the Fund Secretariat’s expenses as presented in the final 2019 accounts.