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Appendix I

Expenditure on ILO technical cooperation programmes 1994-1996
(excluding administrative expenditure)
(in $'000)
 

A. By source of funding
Source of funds	1994		1995		1996		1996/95 % change
	$	% share	$	% share	$	% share
Regular budget (RBTC)	9,294	8.2%	12,426	11.0%	6,958	7.1%	-44.0%
UNDP (1)	38,522	33.9%	31,211	27.6%	23,531	24.0%	-24.6%
Trust Funds (2) and Multi-bi (3)	58,548	51.5%	61,028	54.0%	61,059	62.2%	0.1%
UNFPA (4)	7,267	6.4%	8,266	7.3%	6,619	6.7%	-19.9%
Total	113,631	100.0%	112,930	100.0%	98,167	100.0%	-13.1%
1. Including projects in which the ILO acts as an associated agency. ($5,407,510 for 1994, $6,243,289 for 1995 and $6,682,465 for 1996).
Including TSS1 projects: ($2,855,601 for 1994, $2,422,946 for 1995 and $1,899,592 for 1996).
Excluding TSS2 projects: ($1,046,802 for 1994, $1,342,155 for 1995 and $1,391,615 for 1996).
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	1994		1995		1996		1996/95 % change
	$	% share	$	% share	$	% share
Africa	46,594	41.0%	42,498	37.6%	36,749	37.4%	-13.5%
Asia and the Pacific (1)	28,723	25.3%	28,288	25.0%	24,733	25.2%	-12.6%
Latin America and the Caribbean	14,287	12.6%	12,584	11.1%	10,162	10.4%	-19.2%
Arab States, Middle East	1,409	1.2%	2,696	2.4%	2,625	2.7%	-2.6%
Europe (2)	6,232	5.5%	8,814	7.8%	6,072	6.2%	-31.1%
Interregional and global	16,385	14.4%	18,051	16.0%	17,827	18.2%	-1.2%
Total	113,631	100.0%	112,930	100.0%	98,167	100.0%	-13.1%
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		1995				1996			1996/95
	Alloc.	Expend.	% delivery rate		Alloc.	Expend.	% delivery rate		Delivery rate % +/-
International labour standards	766	649	84.7%		1,489	1,092	73.3%		-13.5%
Employment and training	27,708	16,289	58.8%		27,001	16,482	61.0%		3.8%
Enterprise and cooperative development	32,230	22,029	68.4%		35,671	22,840	64.0%		-6.3%
Industrial relations and labour admin.	6,947	3,864	55.6%		7,501	4,159	55.5%		-0.3%
Working conditions and environment	19,599	11,420	58.3%		18,599	11,200	60.2%		3.3%
Sectoral activities	5,669	3,344	59.0%		3,378	1,449	42.9%		-27.2%
Social security	3,770	1,560	41.4%		4,067	1,755	43.2%		4.3%
Bureau of statistics	639	319	50.0%		630	309	49.1%		-1.7%
Development policies	35,481	24,518	69.1%		33,976	22,778	67.0%		-3.0%
Institute	95	96	100.8%		67	150	224.8%		122.9%
Employers' activities	3,002	640	21.3%		4,072	1,160	28.5%		33.6%
Workers' activities	6,388	3,291	51.5%		6,655	3,926	59.0%		14.5%
Miscellaneous (1)	16,500	12,485	75.7%		4,740	3,908	82.5%		9.0%
TOTAL	158,794	100,504	63.3%		147,845	91,209	61.7%		-2.5%
(1) See footnote to Appendix III.

Appendix II

Analysis of ILO technical cooperation expenditure
 by type of assistance/input 1995-96
  (excluding administrative expenditure)
  (in $'000)
 

Type of assistance/input	1995			1996			1996/95
	$	% share		$	% share		%change
Experts	38,044	33.7%		35,700	36.4%		-6.2%
Other personnel (1)	29,388	26.0%		26,417	26.9%		-10.1%
Training (2)	21,450	19.0%		16,256	16.6%		-24.2%
Equipment	7,749	6.9%		5,426	5.5%		-30.0%
Sub-contracting	9,908	8.8%		9,202	9.4%		-7.1%
Miscellaneous	6,391	5.7%		5,166	5.3%		-19.2%
Total	112,930	100.0%		98,167	100.0%		-13.1%
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 1996
by field of activity and source of funds
(excluding administrative expenditure)
  (in $'000)
 

Field of activity	Expenditure				Total 1996	Corresponding total for 1995	1996/95 % change
	Regular budget	UNDP	UNFPA	Trust funds and multi-bi
Programme
International labour standards
Departmental management	98			388	486	660
Application of standards	19			293	312	470
Freedom of association	21				21	8
Equality and human rights	11			408	418	169
Labour law information	16			3	19	30
Subtotal	165			1,092	1,257	1,337	-6.0%
Employment and training
Departmental management	2,025				2,025	3,798
Migration	31	187		622	839	813
Vocational rehabilitation	58	624		2,741	3,423	2,536
Technical cooperation	25	5,553		6,756	12,334	12,563
Subtotal	2,139	6,363		10,119	18,621	19,710	-5.5%
Enterprise and cooperative development
Departmental management	342	123		913	1,377	1,262
Entrepreneurship and management development	93	5,498		5,838	11,429	11,313
Cooperatives	14	2,797		6,995	9,805	9,944
Hotel and tourism	13	250		427	690	1,403
Subtotal	461	8,668		14,172	23,301	23,922	-2.6%
Industrial relations and labour administration
Departmental management	399	97		71	566	673
Labour law and labour relations	87	67		1,800	1,954	1,122
Labour administration	16	96		2,028	2,141	3,001
Subtotal	502	260		3,899	4,662	4,797	-2.8%
Working conditions and environment
Departmental management (1)	105			8,648	8,753	8,202
Occupational safety and health		70		1,546	1,616	2,261
Conditions of work and welfare facilities		40		28	67	290
Safety and health information				869	869	916
PIACT	314				314	575
Subtotal	420	109		11,091	11,620	12,244	-5.1%
Sectoral activities
Departmental management	27				27	93
Industrial activities	8			974	982	841
Maritime industries	3	62		413	478	1,303
Salaried employees					0	9
Subtotal	38	62		1,387	1,487	2,245	-33.8%
Social security	357	528		1,227	2,112	1,992	6.0%
Bureau of Statistics	92	16		294	401	420	-4.4%
Development policies	64	6,911	6,619	9,248	22,842	24,801	-7.9%
Institute	7	100		49	157	198	-20.9%
Employers' activities	545			1,160	1,705	1,513	12.7%
Workers' activities	2,102	107		3,819	6,028	6,544	-7.9%
Miscellaneous (2)	67	407		3,502	3,975	13,206	-69.9%
Total ILO technical cooperationprogrammes in 1996	6,958	23,531	6,619	61,059	98,167		-13.1%
Total ILO technical cooperation programmes in 1995	12,426	31,211	8,266	61,028		112,930
(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 1996 ⁽¹⁾
(excluding administrative expenditure)
(in $'000)
 

Country or territory	Regular budget	UNDP (executing agency)	UNDP (associated agency)	UNFPA	Trust Funds	TOTAL
Africa
Regional	957	72	6	(3)	7,658	8,689
Algeria		28			0	28
Angola	11	59				70
Benin	50	7	32		40	128
Botswana	7	11		148	185	351
Burkina Faso	9	13			191	213
Burundi			27	73	(4)	95
Cameroon	24	119		46	356	545
Cape Verde	33	6		(4)	0	36
Central African Republic	23			10		34
Chad	12	204	304			520
Comoros	26	318		410		753
Congo	115				67	181
Côte d'Ivoire	19		51		363	433
Djibouti	13	(3)				10
Egypt	72	60			339	471
Equatorial Guinea	9					9
Eritrea	33				10	43
Ethiopia	80	0	14		734	827
Gabon	10	219				229
Gambia	9	99		12		120
Ghana	32	16	2		198	248
Guinea	30	56		195	342	624
Guinea-Bissau	6	2		5	3	16
Kenya	21	109			555	685
Lesotho	26	328			716	1,070
Liberia	11	155				166
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya		801				801
Madagascar	30	1,756	161	404	1,048	3,399
Malawi	24	39	48	226	70	408
Mali	22	280	517	9	412	1,240
Mauritania	23		541			565
Mauritius	20	39				59
Morocco	12	28			40	80
Mozambique	26	1,364	350	206	49	1,994
Namibia	56	6		202	219	483
Niger	34	178			970	1,181
Nigeria	51	(24)	119			147
Rwanda	13	130			5	147
Sao Tome and Principe			37	9		46
Senegal	67	181		0	154	403
Seychelles	36					36
Sierra Leone	30	68			966	1,063
Somalia		24				24
South Africa	29	159			1,359	1,546
Sudan	29	43	235	26		333
Swaziland	28				87	114
Tanzania, United Republic of	85	336			2,190	2,611
Togo	12	372				385
Tunisia					94	94
Uganda	30	18		541	471	1,060
Zaire	12	446			22	481
Zambia	35		88		347	470
Zimbabwe	23	(0)			960	983
National Liberation Movements		0				0
Total	2,363	8,123	2,532	2,517	21,214	36,749
Asia and the Pacific
Regional	399	378	425	63	4,318	5,583
Afghanistan		6	20			26
Bangladesh	52	152	12	140	1,067	1,423
Cambodia		3,866	1,031		762	5,659
China3	80	164	33	(0)	74	350
Cook Islands				1		1
Fiji	26	46		73	66	212
India	83	15	16		1,685	1,799
Indonesia	56	500			805	1,361
Iran, Islamic Republic of		39				39
Korea, Republic of	1					1
Lao People's Democratic Repub.	1	179	177		588	945
Malaysia	35	3	65			102
Maldives		89				89
Marshall Islands				19		19
Mongolia	9	40		17		65
Nepal	43	80	49		1,327	1,500
Pakistan	124	136	32	25	1,141	1,458
Papua New Guinea		89	563	216		869
Philippines	82	50	76		905	1,113
Solomon Islands		13	88	26		127
Sri Lanka	25	35	124		74	258
Thailand	49		208		1,174	1,431
Tonga				7		7
Viet-Nam	19	52			195	266
Western Samoa	5			23	2	30
Total	1,089	5,933	2,919	610	14,182	24,733
Latin America and the Caribbean
Regional	687	108	319	11	2,951	4,076
Argentina	72	19				91
Bahamas	8					8
Barbados	7					7
Belize	4					4
Bolivia	37	51	20		(16)	92
Brazil	73				616	689
Caribbean Islands	140	8	30		96	273
Chile	61				266	327
Colombia	80	126	30			237
Costa Rica	15				471	486
Cuba	28					28
Dominican Republic	30					30
Ecuador	13	1				13
El Salvador	14					14
Grenada	7					7
Guatemala	6	1				6
Guyana	3	24				27
Haiti	16	1	478		2	497
Honduras	9	112	52		950	1,123
Jamaica	6					6
Mexico	60	20			72	152
Nicaragua	15				888	903
Panama	43					43
Paraguay	35					35
Peru	41	176			225	442
Saint Helena		0				0
Saint Kitts	2					2
Saint Lucia					2	2
Saint Vincent	1					1
Suriname		1				1
Trinidad and Tobago	4				305	309
Uruguay	27		0		96	124
Venezuela	25	81				106
Total	1,570	729	929	11	6,922	10,162
Arab States, Middle East
Regional including Occupied Arab
Territories	344	182			984	1,510
Bahrain	5	5				10
Iraq		104				104
Jordan	51	59				110
Kuwait	16	0				16
Lebanon	55	287				342
Oman	9					9
Qatar	19	14	3			36
Syrian Arab Republic	18	74				93
United Arab Emirates	9	28				36
Yemen	14	343				357
Total	541	1,097	3	0	984	2,625
Europe
Regional (including EEC)	152	5			1,546	1,703
Albania	5	16	168		271	459
Azerbaijan	12	8	3			23
Baltic States		30				30
Belarus	2	82			44	129
Belgium					2	2
Bosnia-Herzegovina	5	62	114		148	328
Bulgaria	22	275				296
Croatia	11					11
Cyprus	4	6			31	40
Czech Republic	1		4		3	8
Estonia	18					18
Hungary	7				319	325
Kazakhstan	12		1		75	88
Kyrgyzstan		1				1
Latvia	1	21				22
Lithuania	1					1
Moldova, Republic of	3					3
Netherlands *					26	26
Poland	8				602	610
Romania		28			(2)	26
Russian Federation	39	43			81	164
Slovakia	24					24
Slovenia	1					1
Spain *					48	48
Tajikistan	5					5
Turkey	22	79			1,295	1,396
Ukraine	25				64	89
United Kingdom *					1	1
Uzbekistan	5	182				187
Yugoslavia	8					8
Total	392	839	288	0	4,553	6,072
Interregional	1,003	127	11	3,482	13,204	17,827
Total	6,958	16,848	6,682	6,619	61,059	98,167
* For beneficiaries from several developing countries

(1) Negative figures (in brackets) indicate previous year adjustments.

Appendix V

ILO technical cooperation activities in the LDCs, 1994-96:
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
	1994	1995	1996		1994	1995	1996		1994	1995	1996		1994	1995	1996		1994	1995	1996
Africa	12,639	11,621	8,650		761	937	786		9,606	9,219	8,581		2,791	2,945	2,124		25,798	24,722	20,141
Latin America and the Caribbean		226	479			47	16				2						0	273	497
Asia and the Pacific	7,718	6,660	5,763		64	165	101		1,587	2,210	3,746		37	53	190		9,406	9,088	9,800
Arab States, Middle East	26	6	343		6	33	14										32	39	357
Total	20,383	18,513	15,235		831	1,182	917		11,193	11,429	12,329		2,828	2,998	2,313		35,236	34,123	30,795
ILO global expenditure	38,522	31,211	23,531		9,294	12,426	6,958		58,548	61,028	61,059		7,267	8,266	6,619		113,631	112,930	98,167
Share of LDCs (%)	52.9%	59.3%	64.7%		8.9%	9.5%	13.2%		19.1%	18.7%	20.2%		38.9%	36.3%	34.9%		31.0%	30.2%	31.4%
The least developed countries in each region are as follows:
Africa:	Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, 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, Zaire and Zambia.
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 1995
and on 31 December 1996
(By nationality, associate experts in brackets)
 

Nationality**		Number						Nationality		Number
		31.12.95			31.12.96					31.12.95			31.12.96
Argentina		2			1			Kenya		1
Australia		5			7			Luxembourg						(1)
Austria					1			Korea, Rep. of		2			3
Bangladesh		3			3			Mali		1			1
Belgium		8	(11)		11	(8)		Mexico					1
Benin		2	(1)		2	(1)		Myanmar		1			1
Brazil		1	(1)		1	(1)		Panama		1			1
Burkina Faso		1			1			Netherlands		11	(46)		13	(45)
Cameroon		2	(2)		1	(1)		Nepal					1
Canada		7			8			New Zealand		1			1
Chad		1			1			Nigeria		3			4
China						(1)		Norway		7	(4)		5	(7)
Chile					1			Pakistan		1			2
Colombia		2			3			Peru		4			4
Costa Rica		1			1			Philippines		4			3
Côte d'Ivoire		1			1			Poland		2			2
Denmark		4	(9)		4	(11)		Portugal		3			3
Egypt		1			1			Senegal		1	(1)		1	(1)
Ethiopia		2			2			Spain		4	(4)		5	(2)
Finland		4	(2)		2	(1)		Slovakia					1
France		18	(3)		14	(3)		Sri Lanka		3	(1)		1	(1)
Germany		5	(8)		5	(13)		Sudan		1
Ghana		3			1			Sweden		5	(7)		3	(7)
Greece		1			1			Switzerland		1	(1)		1
Hungary		1						Thailand		2			2
India		7			5			Togo		1
Iran, Islamic Rep. of		1			2			Turkey		1			1
Ireland		1			1			United Kingdom		14			13
Israel					1			United States		6			5
Italy		6	(6)		8	(4)		Viet Nam		1			1
Jamaica		1			1			Congo, Rep. of (ex-Zaire)		2	(1)		2	(1)
Japan		1	(5)		2	(5)		Zimbabwe					2
Jordan		1			1			Total		179 292	(113)		176 290	(114)
			Experts Number of women experts							1994 81	(57)		1995 92	(62)
			Developed countries Developing countries (and stateless)							118 61			118 58
			Total							179			176
* Excluding consultants recruited under external collaboration contracts. ** Alphabetical order in English.

Appendix VII

International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin:
Geographical distribution of training activities in 1996
 

Appendix VIII

International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin:
Distribution of training activities in 1996 by field of activity
 

Field of activity		Number of participants		%		Number of participant/days		%
Employment and labour market policies		446		9.4		6 807		10.9
Procurement management		140		3.0		3 294		5.3
Labour relations and labour administration		206		4.4		1 998		3.2
International labour standards and human rights		264		5.6		2 974		4.7
Cooperatives		29		0.6		127		0.2
Training support of employers' organizations		52		1.1		443		0.7
Other management training		122		2.6		1 562		2.5
Public sector		41		0.9		952		1.5
Small and medium enterprise development		557		11.8		7 864		12.6
Management of training systems and institutions		1 032		21.8		6 984		11.2
Social security		160		3.4		1 600		2.6
Training methodology and technology		219		4.6		3 071		4.9
Conditions of work		139		2.9		2 193		3.5
Workers' activities		275		5.8		6 557		10.5
Management of development and UN system		803		17.0		9 943		15.9
Population and development		22		0.5		1 379		2.2
Other training activities		218		4.6		4 745		7.6
Total		4 725		100.0		62 493		100.0