A. TRUST FUND 1998 COST PLAN

Billing Information

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

The cost of commercial communications is estimated at 27,800 per month, or 333,800 for the 1998 1999 financial period.

Total after recosting

Audit costs

cost

Total proposed inventory

Estimated cost (US )

(iii) Audit costs

The Board recommends that UNHCR endeavour to prepare its information and communication technology strategic plan with estimated costs.

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

The unspent balance of 9,000 is attributable to the expenses related to the maintenance of information technology equipment being charged to the regular budget.

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

The designer uses the information requirements to develop cost, time and feasibility estimates for alternative solutions.

Recosting

(i) Computer costs

Computer costs

(a) Audit costs

Total audit costs

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

The Board recommends that UNHCR endeavour to prepare its information and communication technology strategic plan with estimated 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.

The estimate also includes a provision for the acquisition of public information equipment for the establishment of production facilities, the transmission of radio programmes and services for the design, production and dissemination of information using various media and spare parts.

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

Appropriate adjustments have been made in the claimed costs to take account of these exceptions.

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 estimate also reflects operational requirements for facilities and infrastructure, communications equipment, information technology, medical and special equipment and other supplies.

Recosting to preliminary 2006 2007 rates

rooms Table 2.3 Global Mechanism Operating Costs 1999 (USD)