Table 2.2.6 Projected cost of assisting national focal points

Table 2.2.2 Projected cost of preparing for and conducting meetings of the Conference of the Parties

Table 2.2.3 Projected cost of preparing for and conducting meetings of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee

Table 2.2.4 Projected cost of providing support for activities requested by the Conference of the Parties

It involves comparing the total expected cost of each option against the total expected benefits, to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs, and by how much.

Table 2.2.8 Projected cost of operating the clearing house mechanism for information on POPs

Governments should carefully evaluate direct and opportunity costs, as well as projected benefits, before entering negotiations on the process. Creating and maintaining a favourable climate for investment is essential.

Table 2.2.9 Projected cost of support to other activities related to Convention implementation (e.g., cooperation with other secretariats and intergovernmental organizations)

The net regular budget estimates for the biennium 2006 2007 of 144,892,544 represent a 0.4 per cent increase of resources over that of 2004 2005, when compared using the same cost levels.

The Administrator believes that maintaining the current balance is fully justified in view of the fact that costs in respect of field and inter agency security measures are projected to increase.

The Government of Japan continued to face the challenge of dealing with an enormous amount of public debt, and he drew attention to the unintended consequences of collective decisions for increases in expenditures adopted by the Committee.

Using a more realistic approach, and including monitoring and administration costs, the outlay for governments will still be less than half of the economic benefits.

However, the Court was still facing a number of challenges, in particular the sharp decrease in anticipated voluntary contributions for 2005 and beyond and the predicted rise in security costs owing to the drawdown of all troops from UNAMSIL by December 2005.

Table 2.2.5 Projected cost of supporting the development and updating of guidance or guidelines (e.g., for developing national implementation plans for the Convention, for best available techniques and best environmental practices, etc.)

The expected savings on an aggregate basis are US 1.2 billion over 10 years, although it was admitted that the cost analysis part was not an easy one.

The slight decrease in projected income is due to the new UNFPA cost recovery, approved by the Executive Board in January 2005.

A number of major donors believe that the discipline of loan repayment sharpens the focus on the costs benefits of prospective projects, and provides an incentive to ensure that funds are used effectively.

A combination of defective growth models, rising longevity, and unanticipated increases in costs (such as health care in America) have caused these longer term liabilities to explode.

Expected accomplishments

a National General Service staff.

Resource requirements

The main factor contributing to the variance of 43,156,000 under this heading is the increased requirements in respect of the full deployment of 15,814 contingent personnel, compared to their phased deployment during the 2004 05 period.

Mandate change in scale scope of mandate

The reduced requirements are primarily attributable to the introduction of contractual arrangements for door to door river cargo transportation and the resulting reduced requirements for escorting pushers.

Management reduced inputs and additional outputs

Administrative offices

Unpredictable Russia

Supply Section

Communications and Information Technology Section

Mandate change in scale scope of mandate

Logistical support distribution network for elections

(b) Expected accomplishments

(b) Expected accomplishments

The Advisory Committee notes from the report (see A 60 550 Corr.2) that the estimated costs and projected schedules for each evaluated strategy as compared to the approved approach are as follows

(b) Under Indicators of achievement

Expected accomplishments and indicators of achievement

Table 3 Income Expenditure Forecast 2005

The expected accomplishments will be

Expected results will be

Table 2.2.7 Projected cost of supporting training and capacity building activities (e.g., facilitating assistance to the Parties, particularly developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition, on request, in the implementation of the Convention)

The funder makes a deal with whoever is responsible for the health care costs upfront investment in exchange for continued payment of the 1 billion yearly baseline, with the funder to keep the future savings against originally predicted costs.

The expected foreign aid 1.9 trillion.

(a) Under Expected accomplishments

Expected accomplishments of the Secretariat would include

Objectives and possible outcomes of the meeting