Annual Budget

The annual budget requirements (1995 prices) in support of all the activities listed to achieve the objectives and outputs of the programme are $ 3.85 million. The detailed budget for each of the six major programmes and services and the Directorate are summarised as follows:

Annual Budget('95)
Programme(in thousand US$)Percentage
Mountain Farming Systems(MFS)74319.3
Mountain Natural Resources (MNR)74319.3
Mountain Enterprises and Infrastructure (MEI)68817.8
Mountain Environment and Natural Resources' Service (MENRIS)41110.7
Documentation, Information, and Training Service (DITS)2697.0
Administration, Finance, and Logistical Service (AFLS)57114.8
Directorate43011.1
Total3,855100.0

Total Budget

With the current assumption of an annual budget of $ 3.85 million for 1995 and an annual increase of seven per cent for inflation and exchange fluctuation factors, the total budget for the next four years will be as follows.
                                (in thousand US$)

  1995          1996          1997         1998        Total

  3,855         4,125         4,414        4,723       17,117

Funding Strategy


  • Increase total annual levels of external funding from $ 3 million (1994) to $ 3.8 million
  • Maintain (at least) present levels of support by Regional Member Countries and other "core support" donors.
  • Request donors presently supporting individual projects to shift from project funding to programme funding.
  • Request donor organisations not yet supporting ICIMOD to join other donors and strengthen the total financial basis of ICIMOD.

    Special Project Funding

    It is expected that, by undertaking the holistic approach to funding presented in this proposal, there will be far less need for seeking project-type funding. However, there will still be cases in which specific new and additional activities have to be carried out in support of the overall mandate and programme of the present proposal. Such projects would usually require expertise and resources not present within ICIMOD's "new style" of operations and in general would be of a limited duration.


    1995-1998 Programmes

    Approach:
    4-year programme with specific objectives, outputs, activities, and inputs

    Staffing:
    26 professional staff, internationally recruited

    Budget:
    $ 17 million total