Decisions on the 12th item on the agenda: Reports of the Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee; First report: Financial questions

Record of decisions |

Programme and Budget for 2006–07: Regular budget account

The Governing Body decided to delegate its authority under article 16 of the Financial Regulations by requesting the Director-General to submit proposals for any necessary transfers within the 2006–07 expenditure budget to the Chairperson for his approval, prior to the closing of the biennial accounts, subject to confirmation of such approval by the Governing Body at its 301st Session (March 2008).
(GB.300/12/1, paragraph 16.)

Voluntary contributions and gifts

The Governing Body took note of this part of the report. (GB.300/12/1, paragraphs 17–21.)

Financial questions relating to the International Institute for Labour Studies

(a) Programme and Budget for 2008–09

(b) Authorization to accept contributions and gifts

The Governing Body endorsed the programme and approved the budget for the International Institute for Labour Studies for 2008–09 as set out in document GB.300/PFA/3/1. (GB.300/12(Add. & Corr.), paragraph 7.)

Proposed 2008–09 budgets for extra-budgetary accounts

(a) International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS)

The Governing Body approved the proposed 2008–09 income and expenditure budget for the CIS extra-budgetary account, as set out in detail in the appendix to document GB.300/PFA/4/1. (GB.300/12/1, paragraph 33.)

(b) Inter-American Research and Documentation Centre on Vocational Training (ILO/CINTERFOR)

The Governing Body approved the income and expenditure estimates for 2008–09 of the ILO/CINTERFOR extra-budgetary account, as set out in Appendix I of document GB.300/PFA/4/2. (GB.300/12/1, paragraph 44.)

Establishment of an Independent Oversight Advisory Committee

The Governing Body:

(a) approved the establishment of an Independent Oversight Advisory Committee (IOAC) on a trial basis for a period of four years in accordance with the terms of reference appended, as amended, to the report;

(b) decided that the Director-General be requested to commission a review of the IOAC to be conducted during its third year of operation and to report to the Governing Body thereon; and

(c) decided that the Director-General, in concert with the Officers of the Governing Body, be requested to propose candidates for membership of the IOAC for consideration by the Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee.

(GB.300/12/1, paragraph 63.)

International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC–ILO), Turin

(a) Documents submitted to the 69th Session of the Board of the Centre (Turin,
29–30 October 2007)

(b) Report of the 69th Session of the Board of the Centre

The Governing Body took note of these parts of the report. (GB.300/12/1, paragraphs 64–68.)

(c) Report of the Working Party on the International Training Centre, Turin

The Governing Body:

(a) endorsed the broad strategy defined by the Working Party as summarized in document GB.300/PFA/6/3;

(b) requested the Office to put in place with the ITC–ILO the necessary arrangements for this strategy to be implemented as mentioned under (a), (b) and (c) in paragraph 4 of document GB.300/PFA/6/3;

(c) requested the Director of the Centre to initiate a resource mobilization strategy for the ITC–ILO, in close coordination with the ILO, especially the Department of Partnerships and Development Cooperation (PARDEV).

(GB.300/12/1, paragraph 78.)

Report of the Building Subcommittee

The Governing Body took note of this part of the report. (GB.300/12(Add. & Corr.), paragraphs 8–15.)

Report of the Information and Communications Technology Subcommittee

The Governing Body took note of this part of the report. (GB.300/12(Add. & Corr.), paragraphs 16–21.)

Results-based management (RBM)

(a) Progress report and review of the programming cycle

The Governing Body:

(a) endorsed the steps proposed to implement the strategy for RBM in the ILO presented in this paper, account being taken of the views expressed by the members of the Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee during the discussion of this item of its agenda;

(b) requested the Director-General to submit a six-year Strategic Policy Framework in November 2008 following inter-sessional tripartite consultations and tripartite discussions at the March 2008 Governing Body and 2008 International Labour Conference, and taking into account the proposals contained in this paper.

(GB.300/12/1, paragraph 105.)

(b) Knowledge strategy

The Governing Body endorsed the results-based, knowledge-sharing strategy presented in document GB.300/PFA/9/2, account being taken of the views expressed by the members of the Committee during the discussion of this item of its agenda. (GB.300/12/1, paragraph 131.)

Programme and Budget for 2008–09: Technical meetings reserve

The Governing Body decided that the following meetings are to be financed by the technical meeting reserve for 2008–09: Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the right to organise and bargain collectively in the 21st Century, and Business Responses to the Demographic Challenge, and that a decision regarding the additional two meetings be deferred to the next session of the Governing Body, pending further information and discussion. (GB.300/12/1, paragraph 153.)

Regular Budget Supplementary Account (RBSA)

The Governing Body took note of this part of the report. (GB.300/12/1, paragraphs 154–168.)

Progress report on the review of the field structure

The Governing Body took note of this part of the report. (GB.300/12/1, paragraphs 169–191.)

Evaluations

(a) Annual Evaluation Report 2006

The Governing Body took note of the report on the evaluation policy and strategy. It also noted the follow-up to evaluation reports presented to the Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee in 2006. Furthermore, it urged the Office to implement immediately measures to strengthen and benefit from its evaluation function, including the prompt establishment and implementation of a policy on follow-up to evaluations and of a system for tracking management response to recommendations emerging from evaluations. (GB.300/12/1, paragraph 209.)

(c) Independent evaluation of the ILO country programme for Argentina: 2001–06

The Governing Body requested the Director-General to take into consideration the findings and recommendations outlined in documents GB.300/PFA/13/3 and GB.300/PFA/13/3(Add.), together with the deliberations of the Committee, for continuing support to Argentina through the ILO’s Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP). (GB.300/12/1, paragraph 226.)

(d) Independent evaluation of the ILO’s country programme of support to
Ukraine: 2000–06

The Governing Body requested the Director-General to take into consideration the findings and recommendations outlined in documents GB.300/PFA/13/4 and GB.300/PFA/13/4(Corr.), together with the deliberations of the Committee, for continuing support to Ukraine through the ILO’s Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP). (GB.300/12/1, paragraph 235.)

Matters relating to the Joint Inspection Unit: Reports of the JIU

The Governing Body took note of this part of the report. (GB.300/12/1, paragraphs 236–241.)

Other financial questions

Financial arrangements for the funding of the ILO Liaison Officer in Yangon

The Governing Body approved the additional cost of operating the Liaison Office in Yangon in 2008–09, estimated at US$554,200, and decided that it is to be financed in the first instance from fund raising of extra-budgetary resources or, failing that, from savings in Part I of the budget or, failing that, through Part II. (GB.300/12/1, paragraph 245.)