NP-1/13.Programme budget for the biennium following the entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol

1.Decides that the financial rules and regulations and the decisions related to the administration of the budget, adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, be applied mutatis mutandis to the Nagoya Protocol;

2.Decides to set up the following trust funds for the Nagoya Protocol for a period of three years, beginning 1 January 2015 and ending 31 December 2017, and requests the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to seek the approval of the United Nations Environment Assembly for their establishment:

3.Approves a core programme budget (BYP) of US$ 290,200 for the year 2015 and of US$ 985,500 for the year 2016, for the purposes set out in table 1 below;

4.Approves the Secretariat staffing as set out in table 2 below;

5.Decides to adopt the Nagoya Protocol scale of assessment for the apportionment of the distinct costs among Parties to the Protocol for 2015 and 2016 set out in table 4 below and authorizes the Executive Secretary, in keeping with the financial rules, to adjust the list of Parties on receipt of notification from the depositary that a State has deposited an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession;

6.Authorizes the Executive Secretary, on an exceptional basis, to amend the 2016 scale to include all Parties for which the Protocol enters into force on or before 31 December 2015;

7.Decides also, in the light of the recommendation of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) in its report on the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to establish a working capital reserve for the core budget (BYP Trust Fund) that will build up to 7.5 per cent of approved biennial expenditure, including programme support costs by the 31 December 2016;

9.Authorizes the Executive Secretary to enter into commitments up to the level of the approved budget, drawing on available cash resources;

10.Also authorizes the Executive Secretary to transfer resources among the programmes between each of the main appropriation lines set out in table 1 below up to an aggregate of 15 per cent of the total programme budget, provided that a further limitation of up to a maximum of 25 per cent of each such appropriation line shall apply;

11.Invites all Parties to the Protocol to note that contributions to the core programme budget (BYP) are due on 1 January of the year in which these contributions have been budgeted for, and to pay them promptly, and urges Parties in a position to do so to pay by 1 December of the year 2014 for the calendar year 2015 and by 1 November 2015 for the calendar year 2016, the contributions set out in table 4, as adjusted in accordance with paragraph 6, and, in this regard, requests that Parties be notified of the amount of their contributions for 2016 by 15 October 2015;

12.Takes note of the funding estimates in table 3 for activities under the Protocol to be financed from the Special Voluntary Trust Fund (BEP) for Additional Voluntary Contributions in Support of Approved Activities for the biennium 2015-2016, as specified by the Executive Secretary;

13.Urges Parties and invites all States not Parties to the Protocol, as well as governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and other sources, to contribute to the trust fund for the Protocol (BEP) to enable the Secretariat to implement approved activities in a timely manner;

14.Takes note of decision XII/32 making available funds from the merged Special Voluntary Trust Funds (BZ and BI) to also facilitate the participation of Parties in meetings related to the Nagoya Protocol and agrees, in view of the decision to hold the ordinary meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols concurrently, to use these funds to facilitate the participation of developing country Parties, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, as well as Parties with economies in transition;

15.Reaffirms the importance of full and effective participation of the developing country Parties, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, as well as Parties with economies in transition, in the meetings of the Convention and its Protocols and, in this context, requests the Executive Secretary to take into account the relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties and the meetings of the Parties to its Protocols on concurrent meetings and improving the efficiencies of the structures and processes of the Convention and its Protocols; ²⁴

16.Requests the Secretariat to remind Parties of the need to contribute to the Special Voluntary Trust Fund (BZ) at least six months prior to the ordinary meetings of the Convention and its Protocols;

17.Requests the Executive Secretary to prepare and submit a programme budget for the distinct costs of Secretariat services and the work programme of the Protocol for the biennium 2017-2018 to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol at its second meeting, based on two alternatives:

18.Requests the Executive Secretary to include, in the scenarios, proposals on a pro rata division between the Convention and its two Protocols of the shared operative costs following discussions on the implementation of the Functional Review of the Secretariat;

19.Also requests the Executive Secretary to report on income and budget performance, unspent balances and the status of surplus as well as any adjustments made to the Protocol budget for the biennium 2015-2016 and to provide to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol all financial information regarding the budget for the Convention on Biological Diversity at the same time as it is provided to Parties to the Convention.