Common staff costs 804.3

4. Common staff costs 804 300

(c) Report on common staff costs (SPLOS 127)

Costs for common support services are estimated at 10,400.

Furthermore, the reductions under common staff costs reflect both the realized vacancy rates described above and the lower than budgeted actual rate of common staff costs ( 5,526,400).

Cyprus and Malta also contribute to the common costs of the operation.

Cyprus and Malta also contribute to the common costs of the operation.

Cyprus and Malta also contribute to the common costs of this operation.

Common staff costs were lower than in 2002 for reasons of lower staff turnover.

Methodologies used to calculate costs Staff costs Salary and common staff costs The standard costs (in United States dollars) applied in determining staff costs in the proposed budget are based on actual salary costs for the first three months of 2005, and adjusted for step increments in 2006 2007.

The higher requirement under common staff costs is attributable to service and family allowances being charged to common staff costs but budgeted under international staff salaries, combined with a higher percentage of international staff holding 100 series appointments.

Regarding cost benefits, experience had proven that common premises, common services and joint offices had resulted in lower transaction costs and allowed greater development impact.

Regarding cost benefits, experience had proven that common premises, common services and joint offices had resulted in lower transaction costs and allowed greater development impact.

The associated costs for meeting servicing, interpretation and post session documentation are estimated at 53,200, and costs for common support services are expected to be about 5,200.

The amount of 6,282,800 provides for the salaries, common staff costs and staff assessment for 45 continuing posts.

The amount of 1,636,500 provides for the salaries, common staff costs and staff assessment for 10 continuing posts.

Forcing common standards means that Europe will fall further behind as member states shuffle their costs onto their neighbours.

The new measures introduced into the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) would reduce transit costs considerably.

First, with respect to the new United Nations Campus, the various United Nations organizations are expected to bear additional operating costs, largely relating to higher utility costs and shared common costs, resulting in part from new United Nations wide security directives.

Salaries and common staff costs of international staff are net of staff assessment and are based on standard costs for United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization (UNTSO) which is applicable to Cyprus.

There is currently common funding for certain shared costs, such as headquarters, with contributions linked to the member states GDPs.

Revisions to standard salary costs, common staff costs and vacancy rates are based on actual experience by category and level for the Vienna duty station and each of the four regions of operation.

The decrease under this heading is caused by the combined effect of reductions in salaries ( 1,215,300) and common staff costs ( 5,526,400).

Common staff costs have been estimated at 83 per cent of the net salary, including provision for hazardous duty station allowance.

WFP's share of common services programme costs in 2004 was US 132,000, including its portion of the cost of two common services adviser posts established for the Eastern Southern Africa region and West Africa.

The countervailing force is leadership that explains the benefits and costs of different options, and unites people around common goals and sensible approaches.

This year support was also provided to fund rehabilitation costs of common premises in Armenia, Bhutan, Cape Verde and Nepal totalling US 143,000.

Further, the issue of investigating ways to ensure a common methodology for calculating indirect costs is on the work plan for the UNDG.

The eurozone s southern European members must reduce their wage costs to claw back the competitiveness that they have lost since adopting the common currency.

The amount of 1,075,000 provides for the salaries, common staff costs and staff assessment for five continuing posts and one additional post (P 3).

The amount of 338,300 provides for the salaries, common staff costs and staff assessment for two new posts (1 P 5, 1 P 4).

Secretariat wide operational costs cover acquisition of furniture and equipment, printing, staff training and contributions to common services of the United Nations in Bonn.

The amount of 3,921,600 provides for general temporary assistance, common staff costs, staff assessment and mission subsistence allowance, when applicable, for the 25 additional positions.

Within this increasingly complex environment, UNICEF will pursue funding strategies that support common approaches to reducing transaction costs, streamlining operational processes and producing measurable results.

A provision of 3,050,800 has been made to cover their salaries and common staff costs, taking into account a vacancy rate of 10 per cent.

UNICEF is encouraging its offices to participate in and provide leadership to common services as a way to save administrative costs at the field level.

(c) Consider sharing a set of similar core indicators across the United Nations common system in order to facilitate benchmarking in terms of deliverables and costs

As previously reported by the Board, UNOPS was unable to provide it with a breakdown of common staff costs amounting to 15.2 million, and the Board was unable to obtain assurance regarding 81 per cent of its sample pertaining to separation costs.

When tax evasion is extremely common, taxpayers are likely to experience high transaction and psychological costs in resorting to tax auditors to enforce the issuing of receipts.

The additional requirements were attributable mainly to higher than budgeted actual average payments for salaries and common staff costs to local staff during the 12 month period.

Meeting servicing and interpretation would, however, be provided at an estimated cost of 44,800, and associated costs for common support services are expected to be about 10,400.

The amount of 2,088,800 provides for the salaries, common staff costs and staff assessment for seven continuing posts and one additional post at the P 3 level.

The amount of 800,500 provides for the salaries, common staff costs and staff assessment for three continuing posts, including reclassification of the post of Chief of Operations.

The amount of 895,500 provides for the salaries, common staff costs and staff assessment for three continuing posts and one new post at the P 4 level.

Meeting servicing and interpretation will, however, be provided at an estimated cost of 44,800, and associated costs for common support services are expected to be about 10,400.