1. Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary FAO Programme Approach and Project Tools in Europe and Central Asia PWB and MTP Planning Raimund Jehle and Peter Vandor 24 March 2010

2. Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary Strategic Objective Preparation PWP 2010 -2011 preparation in May 2009 Participation in the formulation of ORs Creation of URs, Scope and Indicators by the Dos in consultation with the SO team leader Distribution of HR and NST Resources against URs in the DO Mapping out the Extrabudgetary resources

3. Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary

7. Preparation of the Workplan Provisional Allocation provided in December 2009 as planning tool Planning process in 6 Steps to be implemented: – Distribution of staffing costs according to UR – Validation of URs – Development of Product and Services/Activities – Calculation of estimated planned costs – Review of financial feasibility – Peer Review at DO and HQ level

8. Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary Validation of URs and description of the UR

9. Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary

11. Problems in the workplanning Consolidation of URs across units/divisions difficult due to the provision of resources to URs at the beginning of the year to avoid loosing resources Difficulties in clearly mapping extrabudgetary resources

12. Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary Overall Constraints Uneven communication between Strategic Teams and regional focal points Uneven level of mastering RBM planning tools by professional staff High percentage of errors in planning process identified during quality control but after allocation of financial resources Uncertainties related to partial contributions to URs by separate entities