PEMPAL Financing Options. Group 2 Bern, Switzerland July 14, 2016

Proposed Options to Close PEMPAL Financing Gap: Feasibility   Options IACOP BCOP TCOP 1 PEMPAL to finance one participant, with member country co-financing other participants 2 Member countries to finance certain events. E.g. annual Plenaries or Cross COP events planned for FY19 and FY22 could be financed in part or in half by member countries (e.g. donors to finance one participant per country per COP, and member countries to finance the other participant); 3 Identify additional financing from in-kind and other donors facilitating COPs 4 Move to virtual operations (i.e. greater use of VCs); 5 Charge a fee for external use of some knowledge products; 6 Charge a fee for attending major COP events; 7 Design a schedule of financing dinners at certain face-to-face events so that each country pays for at least one dinner or cultural event throughout the period of the Strategy. 8 Prepare host country contribution packages from minimum level when: а) a member country pays for the dinner and/or cultural event, to b) a member country pays for the event in full, while providing certain incentives (e.g. a gold award for full financing with a plaque and a small award ceremony).

Additional Proposals Member countries to partly cover attendance costs (certain expenses) Broaden the donor base, including PEMPAL member countries. Establish a working group. Reduce the number of face-of-face events Joint events with other organizations (joint BCOP-OECD event) Charge a fee for learning courses