1. Financial Management SRC and CCF Unite and deliver effective support for countries Nasser Shammout

2. What is the Support to the RC fund? Comes from UNDPs core budget Fixed to $16 million per year Carries fund code 04500/donor code 00012 Covers basic RCO needs SRC

3. What is the Country Coordination Fund? Comes from donors, based on funding proposal submitted by DOCO in January Not fixed, variable CCF funds carry codes 68000 to 68076 / different donor codes respectively Supplements SRC and special country needs CCF

4. Total annual resources for coordination average about $40 million-$45 million.

5. Global expenditures of SRC and CCF funds are between $20-30 million yearly. Fiscal Year (US$)

6. 2009 Allocations

7. Funding Process DOCO issues funding advance allocations – December RCAR Submissions (RCO)/Review (DOCO) – March/April Second/Final Allocation made – April/May Special considerations (3 rd allocations) – June onward

8. Country budget allocations are determined using the following criteria: 1)Coordination Officer (NOC/L3 level) 2)UNDAF Rollout 3)Expenditure rate of previous year 4)Work plan quality 5)# of Non-Resident Agencies 6)Multi-country coverage - Criteria will be reviewed in 2009 for 2010 onwards

9. Coordination funds can be used to support staff capacity and basic operating expenses.

10. Coordination funds can NOT be used for: SG or senior officials visits RC or UNCT travel (except for coordination purposes – e.g. UNCT retreats) Rent, premises maintenance, security plans

11. Coordination funds can NOT be used for: Equipment over $15k per year Hospitality Local surveys (DSA-, salary-, etc.)

12. Cost Recovery on Coordination Funding General Management Support (GMS) Implementation Support Services (ISS)

13. Useful Points on Coordination Funds Unused funds in a given year cannot be carried over into the year after UNDPs financial rules and regulations apply Expenditure rate is a criteria for future allocations Allocations come in form of Authorized Spending Limit (ASL) with specific fund/donor

14. Useful Points on Coordination Funds ASLs applied to local Atlas projects (using same fund/donor) Monitoring of expenditure & of correct use of fund/donor is important No financial reporting to DOCO required

15. Useful Atlas Reports for Monitoring

16. Guidance is on the UNDG website.

17. Focal point in DOCO on financial matters: Nasser Shammout Management Advisor Tel: (+1) 212-906-5562 nasser.shammout@undg.org