Adding quot total before recosting quot and quot recosting quot yields the outline.

The reduction in the estimated costs of external audit reflects a reduced provision by the Board of Auditors ( 27,000).

This amount was inclusive of extrabudgetary costs amounting to 642,400 to be funded by a number of member organizations and comprised 35,671,100 for administrative costs, 43,014,100 for investment costs and 1,443,200 for audit costs.

The report also contains the cost estimates for the period from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2007, which amount to 101,417,000 (before recosting) and provide for 184 posts.

Total after recosting

In 2006 2007, UNDP proposes to fund seven country director posts from regular resources plus related operating costs for a total of 4.5 million.

(ix) Review of extrabudgetary cost plans and trust fund proposals

Audit costs

cost

Total proposed inventory

Estimated cost (US )

(iii) Audit costs

This estimate provides for the cost of shipping and handling of supplies and equipment for which no provision has been made elsewhere.

The amount of 1,657,900 covers the estimated requirements for external audit ( 462,400) as requested by the Board of Auditors, and for internal audit ( 1,195,500) as requested by the Office of Internal Oversight Services.

The cost estimate includes provision for lubricants, calculated at 10 per cent of total fuel cost ( 101,900).

Table 2 Cost estimates design development phase

Provision of 30,000 is made for landing fees and ground handling charges at an estimated monthly cost of 2,500.

Recosting

(i) Computer costs

Computer costs

(a) Audit costs

Total audit costs

In 2002, Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan premiums were increased to cover a greater portion of health care costs.

Resource requirements (before recosting) 1,717,000

(Estimated costs inclusive of 13 programme support costs)

The cost estimate includes provision for lubricants, calculated at 10 per cent of total fuel cost.

Table 3 Cost plan (United States dollars)

Vendor registration

Recosting

PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATES

Estimated conference cost

Estimated programme costs

TOTAL PROJECTED COST 2.800.000

Total input cost

(4)x4

External audit costs.

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(c) Computer costs

Secondly, the recosting adjustments lift the preceding budget and the resource growth to the rates and standard costs prevailing during the future outline period.

Resource requirements (before recosting) this subprogramme is funded solely from extrabudgetary resources

20. Supplementary information on the cost estimates is presented in annex II. Annex II.A provides mission specific cost parameters.

Adding the initial budget and the costing adjustments yields quot total after recosting quot .

Provision of 69,700 is made to cover the cost of external audit

The Board of Auditors had also pointed out that the abuse of the procedure had resulted in more expensive transactions, whereas savings could have been derived had careful requisitions been prepared in time.

The Standing Committee approved, for submission to the General Assembly, the proposed budget estimates of 108,552,700, comprising administrative costs ( 57,439,000), investment costs ( 49,393,100) and audit costs ( 1,720,600).