Briefing to UNFPA on UNHCR Operations Geneva 07 February 2007

UNHCR at a Glance Number of Countries Number of Offices Staff members Staff in field 5,607 (84%) Ratio of staff to people of concern Number of NGOs as IPs States party to 1951 Convention & 1967 Protocol ,689 5,607 (84%) 1:3,

UNHCR Structure HQ – Geneva (Departments & Divisions) Regional- and Country Offices (Representation) Sub-Offices Field Office Antennae Office & Field Units

Divisions & Departments at HQ Executive Direction and Management Department of International Protection Department Operations (DOS & Bureaux) Division of External Relations (incl. Donor Relations & Resource Mobilisation, NGO Liaison Unit etc.) Division of Human Resource Management Division of Information Systems and Telecommunications

Bureaux Africa Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Central Asia & South East Asia (CASWA) Asia & Pacific Europe Americas

UNHCR Refugees and IDPs

UNHCR refugees and IDPs

Total Financial Requirements 2006 US$1,145,297, US$1,056,181,530

Funding > 98% Voluntary contributions Bi-annual budgeting from 2008/09 Annual accounting and reporting

Country Report Country Operations Plan ORB sets the Global Budget Mid-Year Review Excom approves Budget Joint Strategic Planning Exercise GLOBAL REPORT Funding Projections Informal consultation with Donors Mid-Year Financial Report Donor Mission GLOBAL APPEAL Standing Committee Executive Committee Pledging Conference DEC NOV OCT SEP August Review AUG JUL JUN MAY APR MAR FEB JAN GOVERNANCE MEETINGS DRRM UNHCR PROGRAMME CYCLE Global Resource Allocation – the Calendar August Review

Programme Structure A Country Operation consists of one or more programmes A Programme is established for each distinct beneficiary population or common theme A Project is established for each type of operation (EM/CM/RP/LS/RE) within the Programme Each Project is developed around a Hierarchy of Objectives (Goal(s) - Objectives - Outputs) A Sub-Project is a part of a project undertaken by an implementing partner in a single currency

Implementation UNHCR Host Government Implementing Partner (IP) Operational Partners

Global Strategic Objectives Global objectives are determined each year and operations are planned in order to achieve them fully or partially.

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CYCLE ASSESSMENT DESIGN RESOURCE ALLOCATION IMPLEMENTATION COORDINATION MONITORING CONTROL REPORTING EVALUATION

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