According to a study by the Ministry of Planning in 1997, however, entitled Consideration of the possibility of mobilizing additional resources for essential social services , an analysis of the distribution of public expenditure showed that the proportion allocated to social expenditure was of the order of 30 per cent and to essential health services around 15 per cent.

Τhe Ministry of Health and Welfare, putting special emphasis on the role that volunteer, non profit, and non governmental organizations can play in the field of social care and health, and, in order to facilitate their co operation with the public sector, established the Department of Volunteerism and Accreditation of Operators, which belongs to the Directorate of Social Welfare and Solidarity, in November 2000.

The budget calls for a surtax on incomes to help pay for increased social expenditures.

5. Encourages all people to become more engaged in voluntary activities

And much of the additional spending needs be made by households, driven by a profound change in social attitudes to energy efficiency.

Jamaica has supported the creation of a national registry of volunteers, which is used to record and recognize volunteer contributions.

Health and social affairs represent a priority sector among the social sectors in the public investment programme (PIP) their share (8.4 per cent in 1999) is much higher than the share of current spending in the national operating budget.

Table 8

Biennial support budget

Personnel

ILO International Labour Organization

Expenses

Programme expenditure

Meetings and consultations

Reimbursements of expenditures

Actual expenditure exceeded budgeted expenditure by 0.5 per cent.

Insecurity can lead to increased military spending and result in shrinking opportunities, as investors and donors abandon unstable areas and local social and economic activities are curtailed.

Actual expenditure in field offices represents only a part of the total expenditure.

The International Association for Volunteer Effort organized international conferences in Seoul and Barcelona, Spain, in 2002 and 2004, respectively.

Let's share the expenses.

Let's share the expenses.

Expenditure analysis

E. Expenditure estimates

a Includes commitment authority in the amount of 49,950,000.

They must expand into other avenues of appeal public hearings, welfare lawsuits, enhanced media coverage, and other voluntary activities.

Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses

Expenditures Annual Programme Fund

Expenditures Supplementary Programme Fund

Direct programme assistance expenditure

military expenditures

(Actual outlays, current prices)

(A) Column 6, item 1.1.3, includes military retirements and pensions, retroactive retirements and pensions and scientific and technological research staff.

Instrument for standardized international reporting of

In the defense budget for 2005 the percentage of personnel expenses shall be lower than in 2004, but it is still high comparing to international standards

National currency and unit of measure Thousands of GEL

Instrument for standardized international reporting of military expenditures

National currency and unit of measure Ringitt Malaysia

National currency and unit of measure Thousands of New Zealand dollars

National currency and unit of measure millions of US dollars

Report on expenditures

A survey that was commissioned by the Bureau of the Minister of Population Affairs and conducted by the department of sociology and social policy of the University of Tartu on local government support to families with children showed that the greatest part of the support to families with children was taken up by expenses related to education (70 ).

Aware of the need to approach voluntary activities strategically as a means of enhancing resources, addressing global issues and improving the quality of life for everyone,

4. Support for voluntary activities does not imply support for government downsizing or for replacing paid employment.

A National Network of Organizations Promoting Volunteerism has been established in Japan, supported by the Government, volunteer involving organizations, the private sector and academia.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has carried out regional monitoring to gauge the extent to which there has been voluntary participation of stakeholders.