Decision 93/6

The Executive Committee decided: 

1. To note: 
   1. The document on the revised 2023, 2024 and 2025 and proposed 2026 budgets of the Fund Secretariat contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/93/7; 
   2. The return, to the Multilateral Fund at the 93rd meeting, of US $51,558 from the approved 2022 budget of the Fund Secretariat; 
   3. The reallocation of funds between budget lines in the 2023 approved budget to absorb the recurrent additional non-staff costs, on the understanding that, if funding transfers exceeded the 20 per cent limit that was within the Chief Officer’s authority, the Secretariat would report back to the Executive Committee at its 94th meeting;  
2. To agree to include the following additional resources, totalling US $671,063, for the Secretariat in the revised budget for 2024 and thereafter: 
   1. Additional resources of US $62,800 for other personnel; 
   2. Additional resources of US $582,400 for meetings and travel costs; 
   3. Additional resources of US $25,863 for operational, equipment and supplies; 
3. To approve: 
   1. The revised 2024 budget of US $9,281,086, as contained in annex II to the present report, which included the additional resources referred to in subparagraph (b) above; 
   2. The revised 2025 budget of US $8,895,687, as contained in annex II to the present report, which included the additional resources referred to in subparagraph (b) above, noting that phase 3 of the knowledge management system had not been included therein; and 
   3. The proposed 2026 budget of US $9,056,985, as contained in annex II to the present report based on the 2025 revised budget, which included the additional resources referred to in subparagraph (b) above and a 3 per cent increase in staff costs.