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Draft General Budget

of the European Commission

for the financial year 2015

Working Document Part IX

Funding to International organisations

COM(2014) 300 − June 2014

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Draft General Budget

of the European Commission

for the Financial Year 2015

Working Document Part IX

Funding to International organisations

COM(2014) 300 June 2014

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Draft Budget Working Documents

The 2015 Draft Budget is accompanied by eleven ‘Working Documents’, as follows:

Part I: Programme Statements of operational expenditure

Working Document I contains Programme Statements, which constitute the main instrument for

justifying the operational appropriations requested by the Commission in the Draft Budget. These

Statements are coherent with the corresponding legal bases and provide details on the resources which

are dedicated to each spending Programme.

Each Statement has the same structure and includes numerical data related to the Programme, EU added

value and contribution to the Europe 2020 Strategy (Headline targets, Flagship initiatives) as well as

mainstreaming of climate change, general objective(s) accompanied by impact indicators and targets,

specific objectives supported by result indicators and targets, and expenditure related outputs, all this

classified according to the MFF Headings.

Part II: Commission Human Resources

Working Document II

presents information on human resources, both for the establishment plans and for

external personnel, across all headings of the multiannual financial framework.

Part III: Bodies set up by the European Union and having legal personality and Public-private

partnership

Working Document III presents detailed information relating to all decentralised agencies, executive

agencies and Public-Private Partnerships (joint undertakings and joint technology initiatives), with a

transparent presentation of revenue, expenditure and staff levels of various Union bodies, pursuant to

Articles 208 and 209 of the Financial Regulation.

Part IV: Pilot projects and preparatory actions

Working Document IV presents information on all pilot projects and preparatory actions which have

budget appropriations (commitments and/or payments) in the 2014 Draft Budget, pursuant to

Article 38(3)(c) of the Financial Regulation.

Part V: Budget implementation and assigned revenue

Working Document V presents the budget implementation forecast for 2013, information on assigned

revenue implementation in 2013, and a progress report on outstanding commitments (RAL) and

managing potentially abnormal RAL (PAR) for 2012.

Part VI: Administrative expenditure under Heading 5

This document encompasses administrative expenditure under all budgets to be implemented by the

Commission in accordance with Article 317 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as

well as the budgets of the Offices (OP, OLAF, EPSO, OIB, OIL and PMO).

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Part VII: Commission buildings (Section III)

Working Document VII presents information on buildings under Section III - Commission, pursuant to

Article 203(3) of the Financial Regulation.

Part VIII: Expenditure related to the external actions of the European Union

Working Document VIII presents information on human resources and expenditure related to the external

actions of the European Union.

Part IX: Funding to international organisations

Working Document IX presents funding provided to international organisations, across all MFF headings,

pursuant to Article 38(3)(d) of the Financial Regulation.

Part X: Financial Instruments

Working Document X presents the use made of financial instruments, pursuant to Article 38(5) of the

Financial Regulation.

Part XI: Payment schedules (on-line publication only)

Working Document XI presents summary statements of the schedule of payments due in subsequent years

to meet budgetary commitments entered into in previous years, pursuant to Article 38(3)(f) of the Financial

Regulation.

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EU funded activities implemented through international organisations

(Article 38 (3)(d) of the Financial Regulation)

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. Introduction...6

2. Objective and structure of this working document ...6

Table 1  Legal commitments to international organisations...7

Table 2  Main reasons for implementing EU funded activities through international organisations ...11

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Funding to international organisations / 6

1. Introduction

The purpose of this document is to provide information on funding to international organisations from the EU Budget. The working document will accompany the Draft Budget 2015 and present the reasons why, from the 2013 approved budget, it was more efficient for the Union to fund international organisations rather than to act directly.

2. Objective and structure of this working document

In accordance with article 38(3)(d) of the Financial Regulation1, the Commission should attach to the draft budget a working document showing funding to international organisations.

This document should contain:

 a summary of all contributions, with a breakdown by Union programme or fund and by international organisation,

 a statement of reasons explaining why it was more efficient for the Union to fund those international organisations rather than to act directly.

The following tables show the amount of legal commitments made to international organisations from the approved budget 2013. The total amount of these commitments is EUR 2 006 954 170.

1) Table 1 presents the commitments by international organisation. The ten biggest recipients were provided EUR 1.5 billion to implement EU policies, notably in the areas of humanitarian and development aid and in research. They account for 74.9 % of budgetary commitments to this group. 2) Table 2 attempts to synthesise, in order of magnitude, the main reasons why it was more efficient to

fund international organisations than to act directly. At the individual project or programme level there may be more than one reason to work with an international organisation. The table indicates that the majority of the funding (72.9 %) is granted to international organisations due to their singular capacities to deliver humanitarian aid, their specific expertise and due to their international mandate.

3) Table 3 presents the commitments by Union programme. In terms of value external relations and research programmes account for almost 99 % of the total.

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Table 1

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Legal commitments to international organisations

International Organisation

2013 Commitments

(EUR)

 European Space Agency (ESA) 373 205 934

 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) 187 505 000

 World Food Programme (WFP) 185 248 156

 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 184 031 486

 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

149 814 812

 United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) 133 889 067

 The World Bank Group 102 828 397

 International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent 66 417 000

 International Organization for Migration 66 381 643

 International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 53 400 000

 Other 504 232 674

 Organisation for Economic Co‐Operation and Development (OECD) 49 585 456

 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 47 002 153

 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO ) 40 753 624

 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 32 487 915

 Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) 29 500 000

 Inter‐American Development Bank (IADB) 26 865 000

 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent 20 450 369

 World Health Organization (WHO) 18 975 723

 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 17 400 000

 United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 17 261 000

 United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) 15 524 779

 International Management Group (IMG) 14 897 250

 European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) 12 229 915

 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 10 181 200

 Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) 8 924 935

 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) 8 829 594

 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 8 650 000

 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 7 452 850

 International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 7 127 307

 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 6 943 924

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Funding to international organisations / 8 International Organisation 2013 Commitments (EUR)

 United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN‐HABITAT) 6 695 836

 European Molecular Biology Laboratory 6 255 646

 International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) 5 222 311

 International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management ‐ World Fish Center

(ICLARM)

5 000 000

 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 4 400 000

 Council of Europe 4 378 500

 Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean 4 210 000

 International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) 3 825 964

 Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) 3 750 000

 Office of the High Representative (OHR) 3 155 136

 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 3 000 000

 Energy Community (ENC) 2 639 414

 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 2 630 468

 International Labour Organization (ILO) 2 571 706

 International Olive Oil Council 2 395 322

 Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) 2 311 842

 Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) 2 220 091

 Global Water Partnership Organisation (GWPO) 2 150 000

 International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) 2 146 049

 International Centre for Migration Policy Development (IMPCD) 2 067 712

 United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN

WOMEN)

1 956 227

 World Trade Organization (WTO) 1 700 000

 European Forest Institute (EFI) 1 602 997

 Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) 1 466 818

 United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) 1 390 000

 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) 1 270 712

 World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) 1 060 000

 World Customs Organization (WCO) 1 055 722

 United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) 1 049 994

 International Criminal Court 1 000 000

 International Trade Centre 850 000

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 United Nations University 798 583

 Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) 789 813

 North‐East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) 516 198

 International Monetary Fund (IMF) 500 000

 European Research Infrastructure Consortium for the Survey of Health, Ageing and

Retirement in Europe (SHARE‐ERIC)

500 000

 International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) 500 000

 The Central European Free Trade Agreement Secretariat (CEFTA) 440 000

 European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) 424 335

 Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) 372 223

 Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International (CABI) 350 594

 International Sugar Organization (ISO) 335 948

 International Grains Council 331 479

 Inter‐American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) 319 753

 The Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat (CBSS) 314 027

 The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) 307 625

 International Jute Study Group 264 225

 European Audiovisual Observatory 258 604

 South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) 241 036

 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 236 898

 Regional Environmental Centre for Central And Eastern Europe (REC) 234 982

 Preparatory Commission for the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) 230 000

 International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) 220 255

 North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO) 214 390

 Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) 179 872

 International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) 160 000

 International Seabed Authority (ISA) 148 635

 International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC‐ILO) 115 235

 International Rubber Study Group 115 000

 United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) 100 000

 United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) 98 863

 Commission for the Conservation of Antartic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) 98 054

 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 78 941

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 The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) 77 508

 International Energy Agency (IEA) 60 000

 South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO) 56 530

 Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM) 48 750

 Inter‐American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) 46 941

 Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North‐East Atlantic

(OSPAR)

26 685

 International Nickel Study Group (INSG) 11 367

 International Centre for the Registration of Serial Publications (ISSN) 7 712

 International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) 6 283

 International Maritime Organization (IMO) 2 853

 Bonn Agreement 2 497

Total 2 006 954 170

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Table 2

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Main reasons for implementing EU funded activities through international organisations

2013 Commitments Main reasons for implementing EU funded activities

through international organisations

(EUR) (%)

1. Organisations of the United Nations and Red Cross families have singular capacities, privileges and access for effective delivering of humanitarian aid and are recognised by the EU’s framework agreements

558 715 737 27,84%

2 Specific expertise 486 570 761 24,24%

3 International mandate/regular contribution/membership or similar fees 417 611 340 20,81% 4 Combination of reasons listed in this table 219 194 726 10,92%

5 Continuation of an existing programme 140 919 017 7,02%

6 Optimisation of donor coordination 58 621 800 2,92%

7 Result of call for proposal 34 854 265 1,74%

8 Logistical and management capacities 27 526 495 1,37%

9 Experience in the country/region 26 780 527 1,33%

10 Presence in the country/region 16 727 650 0,83%

11 Absence of alternatives 16 050 000 0,80%

12 Neutrality/security reasons 2 600 000 0,13%

13 Other 781 851 0,04%

Total 2 006 954 170 100,00%

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Table 3

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EU Programmes making use of international organisations

2013 Commitments Programmes 2007-2013

(EUR) (%)

Humanitarian aid _{558 715 737} 27,84%

Seventh Framework Programme research, technological development

and demonstration activities (FP7) _{368 868 942} 18,38%

Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) _{326 430 305} 16,26%

European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) _{271 643 095} 13,54%

Nuclear Decommissioning assistance programme _{157 400 000} 7,84%

Instrument for Stability (IfS) _{88 422 710} 4,41%

Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) _{69 684 550} 3,47%

Other _{165 788 830} 8,26%

Other actions and programmes 67 670 650 3,37%

Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation (INSC) 25 105 000 1,25% Common and Foreign Security Policy (CFSP) 16 239 492 0,81% Fisheries governance, international agreements and integrated maritime

Policy 15 349 661 0,76%

Social policy agenda 7 998 673 0,40%

Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) 6 722 149 0,33% Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP)

- Intelligent energy 5 290 000 0,26%

Migration flows – Common immigration and asylum policies 4 986 782 0,25%

Animal and plant health 4 460 000 0,22%

European satellite navigation

System (EGNOS and Galileo) 3 728 002 0,19%

Lifelong learning and Erasmus Mundus 3 490 800 0,17%

European Technical assistance 1 655 000 0,08%

Public health and consumer policy programmes 1 100 000 0,05%

Life+ 649 517 0,03%

Culture 2007-2013 539 500 0,03%

Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP)

Entrepreneurship and innovation 500 000

0,02%

Media 2007 258 604 0,01%

Cohesion fund 45 000 0,00%

Total 2 006 954 170 100,00%

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EU Programmes making use of international organisations

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