Information for donors
UNODC Budget
For the biennium 2006-2007, UNODC's consolidated budget amounts to US$283 million. The lion's share of the UNODC budget, i.e. US$250 million or 88 per cent, is funded from voluntary contributions. Only US$33 million or 12 per cent is provided through the UN regular budget.
The projected voluntary contribution of US$250 million consists of US$218 million in earmarked funding (US$158m for drugs; US$60m for crime) and US$32 million in unearmarked or general purpose funding (US$28m for drugs; US$4m for crime).
Resource Mobilisation
In 2006, actual voluntary contributions for both drugs and crime programmes were pledged to an amount of US$150.7 million which represents an increase of 25.5 per cent compared to last year (2005:US$120.1m). The high increase in overall funding levels recorded in 2005 (30%) was, thus, almost repeated in 2006.
The distribution of the funding was as follows:
- Earmarked or special purpose (SP) funding - US$136.4 million (90.5%)
- Un-earmarked or general purpose (GP) funding - US$14.3 million (9.5%
In terms of type of activity, the funding distribution was as follows:
- Drugs Programme - US$120.2 million
- Crime Fund - US$30.5 million
Notwithstanding the sustained higher levels of funding, un-earmarked or general purpose funding to meet the costs of UNODC's core infrastructure is steadily declining. In 2006, through increased cost-savings and efficiency measures, UNODC considerably decreased its operating expenditures (US$15.0m) compared to the previous year (2005: US$17.9m), however the key challenge remains to achieve a better mix of GP and SP funding.
Donor Trends
UNODC significantly intensified its cooperation with the major donors and the emerging and national donors. Thirteen informal major donor meetings were held during 2006 on a number of important issues involving policy, funding and operational priorities. Also, annual meetings with the emerging and national donors were instituted. They focus on the new UNODC strategy as well as the income and expenditure situation of UNODC.
In 2006, UNODC was able to achieve a further diversification of its resource base. The major donor group ( Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, European Commission (EC), Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and the USA) provided about sixty-three per cent of all voluntary contributions (2005: 83 %), the emerging and national donor group about thirty-two per cent (2005: 11%), while others accounted for about six per cent.
Particularly noteworthy were increased pledges from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Mexico, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland, Qatar, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFIP and UNFPA, Drosos Foundation (Switzerland), NATO Russian Council and the World Bank.
Key institutional support for general purpose funding came from Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the USA which, together, contributed 84 per cent of the un-earmarked funding. Brazil, Colombia and Mexico provided significant cost-sharing for the local support budget.
Partnership Development
UNODC held consultations with the European Commission and various international financial institutions, namely the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). In addition, a new dialogue was established with the private sector. While the focus and nature of each relationship is specific, the overall aim of UNODC is to strengthen its partnerships at both the policy and operational levels and to leverage its know-how, resources and operational capacity.