Decision 91/6

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The document on the revised 2023, 2024 and proposed 2025 budget of the Fund Secretariat contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/91/7;
   2. The return, to the Multilateral Fund at the 91^st meeting, of US $1,491,964 from the approved 2021 budget of the Fund Secretariat;
2. To agree to include the following in the revised budget:
   1. Two staff positions at P-4 level, each in the amount of US $247,700 in 2023, and thereafter subject to a 3 per cent inflation rate;
   2. Travel and daily subsistence allowance for the attendance of one additional Article 5 delegate at Executive Committee meetings, in the amount of US $7,700 in 2023 and thereafter, in line with decision XXXIV/17 of the Parties, while noting that the related budget would be returned to the Fund in the year when the Article 5 party in question was a member of the Executive Committee;
   3. The development of a knowledge management system, in the amount of US $358,000 in 2023 and US $542,000 in 2024;
   4. Support related to the United Nations Umoja management system, in the amount of US $115,000 in 2023 and US $60,000 in 2024 and thereafter;
3. To approve the proposed format being used in the revised 2023, 2024 and approved 2025 budgets contained in Annex III to the present report, for the presentation of the budget of the Fund Secretariat;
4. To approve also:
   1. The revised 2023 budget of US $8,645,326, as contained in Annex III to the present report, based on the 2022 actual staff costs, including the projected overrun of US $290,000; a 3 per cent increase in staff costs; and US $976,100 of related costs arising from the additional requirements referred to in subparagraph (b) above;
   2. The revised 2024 budget of US $8,610,023, as contained in Annex III to the present report, based on the 2023 revised budget, excluding the 2022 projected overrun; a 3 per cent increase in staff costs; and US $1,119,962 of related costs arising from the additional requirements referred to in subparagraph (b) above; and
   3. The proposed 2025 budget of US $8,224,624, as contained in Annex III to the present report, based on the 2024 revised budget; a 3 per cent increase in staff costs; and US $593,269 of related costs arising from the additional requirements referred to in subparagraph (b) above, noting that phase 3 of the development of the knowledge management system had not been included therein.