The Bureau,
- Having examined document LHE/24/19.COM 3.BUR/4,
- Recalling Articles 22 to 24 of the Convention as well as Chapter I.4 of the Operational Directives concerning the admissibility and selection criteria for requests for international assistance,
- Takes note of the existing practice within the Secretariat to approve budget reallocation requests by up to 5% of the total amount of International Assistance, regardless of whether the assistance was granted initially by the Bureau or the Committee,
- Decides that requests to modify budget allocations for International Assistance projects may be dealt with as follows, while respecting the terms and conditions of the contracts concerned:
- Requests that modify the budget allocations by more than 5% and up to 10% of the total amount of International Assistance projects are to be approved by the Chairperson of the Bureau of the Committee, if the assistance was granted initially by the Bureau. The decisions of the Chairperson will be communicated to the beneficiary State(s) Partie(s) and the implementing agency in a timely manner.
- The total amount of the budget approved for the project must remain unchanged, and the changes must not modify the overall aims and objectives of the project.
- Requests that the Secretariat regularly inform the Bureau of all requests to modify budget allocations that have been examined by its Chairperson and report on the outcomes of such consultations;
- Encourages beneficiary States Parties to carefully prepare realistic budget allocations, to the extent possible, when submitting International Assistance requests to minimize the need for modifications of budget allocations.