Decision 95/5

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The document on the revised 2025, 2026 and proposed 2027 budgets of the Fund Secretariat contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/95/7;
   2. The return, to the Multilateral Fund at the 95th meeting, of US $350,542, comprising US $296,045 from the approved 2023 budget of the Fund Secretariat and US $54,497 from the monitoring and evaluation work programme;
2. To agree to include the following additional resources for the Secretariat:
   1. For the knowledge management system, US $680,000 in 2025, US $200,000 in 2026 and US $100,000 in 2027;
   2. For the upgrade of the existing P2 Associate Administrative Officer position to P3 level, US $86,567 in 2025 and in the following years with a cumulative 3 per cent inflation rate as of 2026;
3. To approve, as contained in annex II to the present report:
   1. The revised 2025 budget of US $9,670,045 related to the additional resources referred to in sub-paragraph (b) above;
   2. The revised 2026 budget of US $9,354,175 related to the additional resources referred to in sub-paragraph (b) above; and
   3. The proposed 2027 budget of US $9,423,228 based on the additional resources referred to in sub-paragraph (b) above; and a 3 per cent increase in staff costs on the basis of the 2026 revised budget.