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Status Report and Way Forward
on Budget-related Actions
Presentation for EC/SOP
17/02/2016
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Two actions set by Cg-17
• EC to establish required mechanisms in order to review WMO
activities and Programmes and to consider additional
efficiencies and savings, re-scoping of activities and the use of
programme support costs associated with voluntary
contributions, as well as the associated risks and
opportunities.
• SG to include information on the costs of the WMO activities
and Programmes and the detail of costs by object of
expenditure in the budget proposals for the second biennium
(2018–2019) of the seventeenth financial period and the
eighteenth financial period (2020–2023).
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Towards an improved structure
for the WMO budgets
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Problem and root causes
Members do not receive the information they need,
because of:
• Excessive granularity of the present budget
structure;
• Disconnect between strategic planning and
budgeting
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Integrated planning and monitoring process
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What
How
Progress
Improved WMO
Programme Structure
Means
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Why use Programmes?
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• Are “known entities”
• Possess naturally some features allowing:
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cross-cutting collaboration;
planning and scheduling;
definition of deliverables and milestones;
resource allocation;
monitoring of progress.
• For these reasons, Programmes represent a
“common language”, in an integrated
planning and monitoring process
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WMO programmes
25
Programmes/Major Programmes
Initiatives, Frameworks, large projects
Number of programmes
20
15
10
5
0
1953
1955
1959
1963
1967
1971
1975
1979
1983
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
Congress Years
Cg-11 in 1991 - Major (“large “P) rogrammes and component (small “p) programmes
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WMO Programmes
REGULAR BUDGET 2016-2019 BY PROGRAMME ( Level 1)
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Level 1 Programme
World Weather Watch (WWW)
Regional Programme (RP)
Education and Training Programme (ETRP)
Hydrology and Water Resources Programme (HWRP)
World Climate Services Programme (WCSP)
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW)
World Weather Research Programme (WWRP)
Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS)
Agricultural Meteorological Programme (AgMP)
WMO Space Programme (WMOSP)
Tropical Cyclone Programme (TCP)
Disaster Risk Reduction Programme (DRRP)
Marine Meteorology and Oceanography Programme (MMOP)
Public Weather Services Programme (PWSP)
Aeronautical Meteorological Programme (AeMP)
Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
World Climate Programme (WCP)
Intergovernental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
WMO Programme for the Least Developed Countries (LDC)
Programme for WMO Small Island Developing States and Member Island Territories
Grand Total
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2016
8,325,004
5,445,275
3,976,157
2,703,700
2,089,275
1,937,600
1,472,919
1,355,079
1,269,300
1,171,175
1,085,388
1,202,175
993,998
837,850
918,005
918,916
620,275
592,750
415,725
89,000
37,419,564
2017
6,703,509
5,215,957
3,679,294
2,319,467
2,002,599
1,806,568
1,459,568
1,567,757
1,183,462
882,189
949,669
850,488
934,204
912,721
847,838
710,930
578,328
563,853
387,611
82,049
33,638,060
2018
7,422,186
5,312,923
3,741,365
2,230,891
1,910,970
1,806,568
1,371,707
1,241,063
1,136,844
1,105,959
1,014,833
925,078
934,204
790,604
773,875
912,126
578,328
563,853
387,611
82,049
34,243,038
2019
6,369,736
4,652,803
3,364,151
2,285,901
1,938,359
1,806,568
1,465,982
1,215,936
1,136,844
882,189
916,079
836,503
934,204
719,776
717,305
668,518
578,328
563,853
387,611
44,754
18,647
31,504,048
Total
28,820,434
20,626,958
14,760,967
9,539,959
7,941,204
7,357,304
5,770,176
5,379,835
4,726,450
4,041,512
3,965,969
3,814,244
3,796,610
3,260,950
3,257,022
3,210,490
2,355,260
2,284,310
1,578,559
297,852
18,647
136,804,710
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Cumul. %
21%
36%
47%
54%
60%
65%
69%
73%
77%
80%
83%
85%
88%
90%
93%
95%
97%
99%
100%
100%
100%
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Issues
• Too many programmes;
• Programmes are often seen as “departmental
activities”;
• Programmes are often defined in vague terms and
are more continuous activities rather than one-off;
• Insufficient monitoring of progress;
For the moment, these issues have been addressed
only by consolidating programmes within a multi-layer
structure.
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Proposed structure (1)
• 4 categories of «Major Activities»
– Foundation activities;
– Applications in specific areas of weather, climate and
hydrology;
– Governance;
– Administration.
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Proposed structure (2)
• 6 Themes
• Foundation activities:
– Observations & information systems
– Research
– Capacity development
• Applications:
– Meteorological applications
– Climate
– Hydrological applications
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Proposed structure (3)
• Level 1 Programmes (32)
• Level 2 Programmes
– Financed by RB (16)
– Financed by XB (…)
Budget information would normally be provided to
Members at Level 1 programmes.
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Objects of Expenditure
• Represent the «nature of cost»
• 6 Objects defined:
– Staff salaries and related expenditures
– Operating expenditure (e.g consultancy, ext.
services and supplies
– Capital expenditure
– Travel expenduiture
– Meeting costs
– Sources of income other than contributions
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Answers to questions raised at last
EC/SOP
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Allocation of expenditure to ERs
Attribution of expenditure to TCs
Resolution of multiple programme allocations
Best balance between simplicity and information
needs in defining Objects Of Expenditure
• Ensuring availability of information on Priorities
• Achieve best balance between technical
activities vs governance & administration
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Operational implementation
• Conceptual design is completed. However
before the model can be used operationally;
• Oracle ERP modification or plug-in is necessary;
• Operational implementation by 1/01/2018 seems
feasible, subject to identification of the
necessary funding.
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Mechanisms to review WMO activities and
Programmes
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Present situation
• Savings measures announced to Cg are being
implemented (reduced salary standard costs,
reduction of travel agency fees, EDMS started);
• Some additional saving opportunities are being
analysed (e.g. ASHI);
• Release of «blocked» reserve (1,5 MCHF) does
not seem necessary in 2016. SG is finalising
consultation with departments to apportion this
reduction.
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Proposed approach
Taking advantage of the improved budget
structure, initiate a systematic review of the various
parts of the WMO budget to:
• Streamline / focus list of WMO programmes;
• Ensure that possible duplications are resolved;
• Focus efforts and resources on most value
adding, high priority activities;
• Challenge efficiency of current arrangements.
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Next steps
WG members to provide feedback and comments
on:
• Improved budget structure
• Approach for review of WMO activities and
Programmes
to enable the Secretariat to prepare a document for
EC-68.
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