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FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA

The ILO's technical cooperation programme, 1998-99

Appendices

Appendix I

Expenditure on ILO technical cooperation programmes, 1996-98
(excluding administrative expenditure)
(in $'000)

A. By source of funding
Source of funds	1996		1997		1998		1998/97 % change
	$	% share	$	% share	$	% share
Regular budget (RBTC)	6 958	7.1%	17 749	16.4%	7 487	8.0%	-57.8%
UNDP (1)	23 531	24.0%	31 225	28.8%	24 592	26.2%	-21.2%
Trust Funds (2) and Multi-bi (3)	61 059	62.2%	54 023	49.9%	57 179	61.0%	5.8%
UNFPA (4)	6 619	6.7%	5 366	5.0%	4 484	4.8%	-16.4%
Total	98 167	100.0%	108 363	100.0%	93 742	100.0%	-13.5%
(1) Including projects in which the ILO acts as an associated agency. ($6,682,465 for 1996, $7,855,449 for 1997)     Excluding STS projects: ($1,391,615 for 1996 and $1,247,214 for 1997).and $6,680,836 for 1998).     Including SPPD projects: ($1,899,592 for 1996, $2,283,057 for 1997 and $1,992,743 for 1998).     Excluding STS projects: ($1,391,615 for 1996, $1,247,214 for 1997 and $852,815 for 1998).
(2) Including (a) funds deposited by beneficiary governments; (b) reimbursable expenditure under programmes such as UNEP, UNICEF, UNHCR, etc; (c) development banks.
(3) Multi-bilateral programmes, including associate expert programmes.
(4) United Nations Fund for Population Activities.
B. By geographical region
Region	1996		1997		1998		1998/97
	$	% share	$	% share	$	% share	% change
Africa	36 749	37.4%	42 077	38.8%	35 357	37.7%	-16.0%
Asia and the Pacific (1)	24 733	25.2%	23 500	21.7%	19 339	20.6%	-17.7%
Latin America and the Caribbean	10 162	10.4%	13 280	12.3%	12 727	13.6%	-4.2%
Arab States Middle East	2 625	2.7%	4 083	3.8%	2 341	2.5%	-42.7%
Europe (2)	6 072	6.2%	6 804	6.3%	5 238	5.6%	-23.0%
Interregional and global	17 827	18.2%	18 619	17.2%	18 739	20.0%	0.6%
Total	98 167	100.0%	108 363	100.0%	93 742	100.0%	-13.5%
(1) Including Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
(2) Including Israel.

C. By delivery rate within field of activity (extra-budgetary funding only)
Field of activity	1997			1998			1998/97 Delivery rate % +/-
	Alloc.	Expend.	% delivery rate	Alloc.	Expend.	% delivery rate
International labour standards	1 793	1 302	72.6%	1 509	996	66.0%	-9.1%
Employment and training	34 889	19 237	55.1%	22 197	13 148	59.2%	7.4%
Enterprise and cooperative development	35 764	21 977	61.5%	31 653	20 301	64.1%	4.4%
Industrial relations and labour admin.	7 103	3 684	51.9%	7 450	3 936	52.8%	1.9%
Working conditions and environment	21 616	11 239	52.0%	25 624	12 391	48.4%	-7.0%
Sectoral activities	3 059	939	30.7%	1 635	909	55.6%	81.2%
Social security	4 377	1 606	36.7%	4 535	2 958	65.2%	77.7%
Bureau of statistics	750	389	51.9%	760	323	42.5%	-18.1%
Development policies	36 163	20 556	56.8%	31 828	18 557	58.3%	2.6%
Institute	72	42	57.9%	45	35	77.1%	33.3%
Employers' activities	4 460	1 329	29.8%	3 604	884	24.5%	-17.7%
Workers' activities	7 968	4 048	50.8%	10 585	5 436	51.4%	1.1%
Miscellaneous (1)	5 739	4 265	74.3%	9 200	6 382	69.4%	-6.7%
TOTAL	163 754	90 614	55.3%	150 624	86 255	57.3%	3.5%
(1) See footnote to Appendix III (2).

Appendix II

Analysis of ILO technical cooperation expenditure
by type of assistance/input, 1997-98
(excluding administrative expenditure)
(in $'000)
 

Type of assistance/input	1997		1998		1998/97 % change
	$	% share	$	% share
Experts	32 217	29.7%	29 710	31.7%	-7.8%
Other personnel (1)	28 693	26.5%	25 048	26.7%	-12.7%
Training (2)	22 686	20.9%	16 016	17.1%	-29.4%
Equipment	8 378	7.7%	6 477	6.9%	-22.7%
Subcontracting	9 260	8.5%	11 386	12.1%	23.0%
Miscellaneous	7 131	6.6%	5 106	5.4%	-28.4%
Total	108 363	100.0%	93 742	100.0%	-13.5%
(1) National experts, external collaborators, locally recruited project staff, United Nations Volunteers and other staff costs.
(2) Comprising mainly fellowships, seminars and in-service training.

Appendix III

Analysis of ILO technical cooperation expenditure in 1998,
by field of activity and source of funds
(excluding administrative expenditure)
(in $'000)
 

Field of activity	Expenditure				Total 1998	Corresponding total for 1997	1998/97 % change
	Regular budget	UNDP	UNFPA	Trust funds and multi-bi
Programme
International labour standards
Departmental management	270			185	456	884	-48.4%
Application of standards	4			267	271	644	-57.9%
Freedom of association	62				62	149	-58.2%
Equality and human rights	19			544	563	789	-28.7%
Labour law information	1			0	1	3	-64.9%
Subtotal	357			996	1 352	2 468	-45.2%
Employment and training
Departmental management	1 319	619		532	2 469	4 856	-49.2%
Vocational rehabilitation	43	782		1 722	2 547	3 370	-24.4%
Technical cooperation	38	6 924		2 569	9 531	16 407	-41.9%
Subtotal	1 400	8 326		4 822	14 548	24 632	-40.9%
Enterprise and cooperative development
Departmental management	528	1 023		1 123	2 673	2 648	1.0%
Entrepreneurship and management development	159	5 588		6 299	12 046	11 640	3.5%
Cooperatives	8	1 995		4 252	6 255	9 037	-30.8%
Hotel and tourism	13			21	34	120	-71.3%
Subtotal	707	8 606		11 695	21 009	23 445	-10.4%
Industrial relations and labour administration
Departmental management	613	24			637	878	-27.4%
Labour law and labour relations	51	112		1 839	2 001	1 925	4.0%
Labour administration	49	26		1 936	2 011	2 110	-4.7%
Subtotal	713	161		3 775	4 649	4 913	-5.4%
Working conditions and environment
Departmental management (1)	461			10 581	11 042	9 759	13.1%
Occupational safety and health				1 024	1 024	1 259	-18.7%
Conditions of work and welfare facilities	4			449	453	425	6.6%
Safety and health information				337	337	418	-19.3%
PIACT	304				304	1 243	-75.5%
Subtotal	769	0		12 391	13 160	13 104	0.4%
Sectoral activities
Departmental management	64				64	149	-57.2%
Industrial activities	22			407	429	614	-30.1%
Maritime industries	62			502	564	611	-7.6%
Salaried employees	39				39	98	-60.5%
Subtotal	187	0		909	1 096	1 472	-25.5%
Social security	328	937	104	1 916	3 286	2 242	46.5%
Bureau of Statistics	106	257		67	429	565	-23.9%
Development policies	163	5 706	4 380	8 471	18 720	21 227	-11.8%
Institute				35	35	144	-75.7%
Employers' activities	843			884	1 726	2 640	-34.6%
Workers' activities	1 813	3		5 433	7 249	7 082	2.4%
Miscellaneous (2)	101	597		5 785	6 483	4 430	46.4%
Total ILO technical cooperation programmes in 1998	7 487	24 592	4 484	57 179	93 742		-13.5%
Total ILO technical cooperation programmes in 1997	17 749	31 225	5 366	54 023		108 363
(1) Mostly incurred by IPEC.
(2) Includes projects administered by regional offices, MDTs, etc., in various technical fields.

Appendix IV

Breakdown, by country and area, of expenditure on
ILO technical cooperation in 1998 ⁽¹⁾
(excluding administrative expenditure)
(in $'000)

⁽¹⁾ Not including administrative expenses. Negative figures (in brackets) indicate previous year adjustments. 
 

Country or territory	Regular budget	UNDP (executing agency)	UNDP (associated agency)	UNFPA	Trust Funds	TOTAL
Africa
Regional	1 151	397	75		5 515	7 138
Algeria	4		62			66
Angola	1	2 006			132	2 139
Benin	13	0	168		149	329
Botswana	21			151		171
Burkina Faso	22	5			103	130
Burundi				114		114
Cameroon	26	111				137
Cape Verde	50					50
Central African Republic	1	11				12
Chad	4	820	154			978
Comoros	1	522		128		650
Congo	11	8				19
Côte d'Ivoire	45	15	113		226	399
Djibouti	10					10
Egypt	85				673	758
Equatorial Guinea	0					0
Eritrea	7				23	30
Ethiopia	85				1 784	1 868
Gabon	33	33				66
Gambia	23	44	237			304
Ghana	108					108
Guinea	20	78		23	118	238
Kenya	27	526	2		230	784
Lesotho	5	280			220	505
Liberia	7	842				849
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya		190				190
Madagascar	20	357	570	336	1 079	2 361
Malawi	47	62	6	233		348
Mali	57	74	271		194	595
Mauritania	20	13	127		101	261
Mauritius	13		69			82
Morocco	21	3			144	169
Mozambique	35	1 586	132	2	67	1 822
Namibia	1			215	311	527
Niger	6	14	460		620	1 099
Nigeria	58		87			146
Rwanda		46				46
Sao Tome and Principe	8		29			36
Senegal	74	2			270	346
Seychelles	31					31
Sierra Leone		35			405	439
Somalia		122				122
South Africa	20	318			2 394	2 732
Sudan	76	525	20		873	1 494
Swaziland	18				2	20
Tanzania, United Republic of	55	170	46		1 287	1 559
Togo	13	199				212
Tunisia	21	35				56
Uganda	22				655	677
Zaire	12	986				998
Zambia	32	18	188		391	628
Zimbabwe	22				485	507
Total	2 437	10 452	2 815	1 202	18 450	35 357
Asia and the Pacific
Regional	527	58	-0		3 193	3 778
Bangladesh	69			171	1 031	1 271
Bhutan		7				7
Cambodia	1	3 076	1 391		706	5 174
China	71		23			94
Fiji	51	93		14	70	228
India	119		123		926	1 169
Indonesia	79	56			260	395
Kiribati			19			19
Korea, Republic of	38					38
Lao People's Democratic Repub.	28	21	289		88	425
Malaysia	37		24			61
Maldives		3				3
Mongolia	70					70
Nepal	53		128		664	846
Pakistan	153	23		36	1 242	1 454
Papua New Guinea	13	793	0	159		966
Philippines	68	259	62		963	1 352
Singapore	5					5
Solomon Islands	2	-0				2
Sri Lanka	56		313		74	442
Thailand	31				886	916
Tonga			1			1
Viet-Nam	27		102		493	623
Total	1 499	4 391	2 473	380	10 596	19 339
Latin America and the Caribbean
Regional	748	-15	78	1	6 851	7 662
Antigua	5					5
Argentina	18				60	78
Barbados	27					27
Belize	4					4
Bolivia	24	12	15			51
Brazil	87	8			473	568
Caribbean Islands	64				103	166
Chile	66				96	162
Colombia	52	207	12		195	465
Costa Rica	33				156	188
Cuba	27	20				47
Dominica					11	11
Dominican Republic	19					19
Ecuador	29	254				284
El Salvador	16	24				41
Grenada	2					2
Guatemala	19	1		48	56	125
Guyana	2					2
Haiti	19	5	264	104	169	562
Honduras	20				561	581
Jamaica	7					7
Mexico	141					141
Nicaragua	20				440	460
Panama	13				66	79
Paraguay	16					16
Peru	98	48			340	486
Saint Helena		0				0
Saint Lucia	4					4
Suriname	5	2				7
Trinidad and Tobago	6				216	222
Uruguay	22				191	213
Venezuela	18	23				41
Total	1 631	590	368	153	9 985	12 727
Arab States, Middle East
Regional including Occupied Arab
Territories	374	-8			1 185	1 552
Bahrain	4		41			45
Iraq		78				78
Jordan	19					19
Kuwait	7	-0			19	25
Lebanon	37	68			2	107
Qatar		0				0
Syrian Arab Republic	21	100				120
United Arab Emirates	2	15				17
Yemen	10	146	222			378
Total	473	398	263	0	1 206	2 341
Europe
Regional (including EEC)	156				875	1 031
Albania	3	0	24		234	261
Armenia	5	66				71
Azerbaijan	11		4		21	36
Baltic States		5				5
Belarus	0	34	5		49	89
Belgium					43	43
Bosnia-Herzegovina	8	725	2		551	1 286
Bulgaria	12	297	234			543
Croatia			303			303
Cyprus					3	3
Czech Republic		20				20
Estonia	5	17				22
France	4					4
Georgia		113	70			183
Hungary	4	33				37
Israel	12					12
Kazakhstan					75	75
Latvia	23	29				52
Lithuania	7	7				15
Macedonia	6					6
Moldova, Republic of	4	66				70
Poland	8					8
Romania	31					31
Russian Federation	128	4	9		186	328
Slovakia		30				30
Spain	2				13	15
Tajikistan			20			20
Turkey	10	3			225	238
Ukraine	40	105	10			154
Uzbekistan		247				247
Total	482	1 802	680	0	2 275	5 238
Interregional	965	279	82	2 748	14 666	18,739
Total	7 487	17 911	6 681	4 484	57 179	93 742

Appendix V

ILO technical cooperation activities in the LDCs, 1996-98:
Expenditure by geographical region and by source of funding
(excluding administrative expenditure)
(in $'000)

	UNDP			ILO regular budget			Multi-bi and trust funds			UNFPA			Total
	1996	1997	1998	1996	1997	1998	1996	1997	1998	1996	1997	1998	1996	1997	1998
Africa	8 650	13 606	10 038	786	1 413	638	8 581	6 947	8 294	2 124	1 326	836	20 141	23 292	19 806
Latin America and the Caribbean	479	527	269	16	19	19	2	9	169			104	497	555	562
Asia and the Pacific	5 763	6 063	4 934	101	180	153	3 746	2 770	2 489	190	237	171	9 800	9 250	7 747
Arab States, Middle East	343	523	368	14	44	10							357	566	378
Total	15 235	20 719	15 609	917	1 655	820	12 329	9 726	10 952	2 313	1 563	1 111	30 795	33 663	28 492
ILO global expenditure	23 531	31 225	24 592	6 958	17 749	7 487	61 059	54 023	57 179	6 619	5 366	4 484	98 167	108 363	93 742
Share of LDCs (%)	64.7	66.4	63.5	13.2	9.3	11.0	20.2	18.0	19.2	34.9	29.1	24.8	31.4	31.1	30.4%
The least developed countries in each region are as follows:
Africa:	Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Dem. Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Latin America and the Caribbean:	Haiti.
Asia and the Pacific:	Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Western Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
Arab States, Middle East:	Yemen.

Appendix VI

Nationality of experts*

Number of experts on assignment on 31 December 1997
and on 31 December 1998

(By nationality, associate experts in brackets)
 

Nationality**	Number				Nationality	Number
	31.12.97		31.12.98			31.12.97		31.12.98
Argentina	1				Luxembourg		(1)		(1)
Australia	9		5		Korea, Rep. of	3		3	(1)
Austria	1				Mali	1		1
Azerbaijan			1		Mongolia				(1)
Bangladesh	2		1		Myanmar	2		2
Belgium	11	(12)	9	(10)	Panama	1
Benin	1	(1)	2		Netherlands	12	(48)	16	(35)
Brazil	1		2		Nepal	1		1
Cameroon	1		4		New Zealand			1
Canada	9		8		Niger			1
China	1	(1)	2		Nigeria	4		5
Colombia	2		2		Norway	4	(6)	6	(4)
Congo	2				Pakistan	2		2
Côte d'Ivoire	1		1		Peru	4		4
Dem. Rep. of the Congo			1		Philippines	4		4
Denmark	5	(14)	6	(13)	Portugal	2		2
Egypt	1				Senegal	1	(1)	1	(1)
Ethiopia	1		1		Spain	7	(4)	8	(3)
Finland	2	(1)	2	(1)	Sri Lanka	1	(1)	2
France	10	(2)	7	(2)	Sweden	5	(3)	2	(2)
Germany	9	(14)	8	(7)	Switzerland			1	(1)
Ghana	3		3		Thailand	2		1
Greece	1				Tunisia			1
India	4		2		Turkey	1		1
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	2		2		Uganda			1
Ireland	1		1		United Kingdom	15		11
Israel	1		2		United States	5		8
Italy	6	(4)	12	(5)	Viet Nam	1		1
Jamaica	1		1		Zimbabwe	2		2
Japan	3	(3)	3	(5)
Lebanon	1		2		Total	173	(116)	178	(92)
						289		270
						1997		1998
		Experts
		Number of women experts				32	(63)	48	(51)
		Developed countries				112		120
		Developing countries (and stateless)				61		58
		Total				173		178
* Excluding consultants recruited under external collaboration contracts. ** English alphabetical order.

Appendix VII

International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin:
Number of participants by area of training, 1998
 

	Number of participants	%	Participant/ days	%
International labour standards and human rights	274	4.4	3 792	5.8
SME development	1 363	21.7	11 526	17.5
Employers' activities	78	1.2	808	1.2
Procurement management	188	3	4 296	6.5
Social security	139	2.2	1 602	2.4
Workers' activities	243	3.9	6 533	9.9
Employment and labour market	1 433	22.8	11 833	18
Labour relations and labour administration	341	5.4	2 440	3.7
Public sector management	138	2.2	2 170	3.3
Training systems and institutions	661	10.5	6 856	10.4
Training technology and methodology	337	5.4	4 057	6.2
Working conditions/occupational safety and health	43	0.7	510	0.8
Management of development	31	0.5	515	0.8
UN Staff College project	834	13.3	5 325	8.1
Other	179	2.8	3 550	5.4
Total	6 282	100	65 813	100

Appendix VIII

International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin

(a) Geographical distribution of training activities, 1998
 

	Africa	1 427
	Americas	703
	Asia and the Pacific	1 195
	European Union	1 287
	Europe (other)	541
	Middle East	679
	International civil servants	691
	Total	6,523

(b) Distribution of training activities by type of activity, 1998

	No. of courses	No. of participants	No. of participant/days
Group training	303	6 282	65 813
•On campus	183	3 339	43 148
•In the field	120	2 943	22 665
Individual training	-	241	4 749
Total	303	6 523	70 562

Appendix IX

Comparative analysis of sources of funds for the Turin Centre, 1997-98
 

Sources of funds	1997		1998
	$	% share	$	% share
ILO Regular Budget	3 806 469	17.5%	2 700 537	11.9%
ILO (various)	631 660	2.9%	281 011	1.2%
UNDP/ILO	1 533 106	7.0%	782 638	3.5%
UNDP	992 083	4.6%	457 871	2.0%
Other United Nations institutions	1 878 502	8.6%	1 589 812	7.0%
European Union	1 825 464	8.4%	3 929 196	17.4%
World Bank	411 127	1.9%	811 144	3.6%
Italy (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)	4 380 965	20.1%	4 193 753	18.5%
Italy (Others + Ministry of Labour)	1 290 141	5.9%	1 056 535	4.7%
Other bilateral donors	2 079 010	9.6%	3 969 715	17.5%
Trust Funds	1 908 409	8.8%	1 181 422	5.2%
Others	1 013 186	4.7%	1 692 249	7.5%
TOTAL	21 750 122	100.0%	22 645 883	100.0%
Source: Director's Report on the Turin Centre's Activities in 1997 and 1998