BG Now what about the money?

But I really did struggle for financial support.

UNCDF niche in local development

Information provided by the Parties on their experiences regarding the financial mechanism

Programme Area B Knowledge, Information and Advisory Services on Finance

B. Programme Area B Information, Knowledge and Advisory Services on Finance

13. Resource flows are analysed in this section under two main concepts aggregate net resource flows and net resource transfers.6

Growth and expansion plan

This is perhaps most notable in the context of financial resources the designation of the GEF as a financial mechanism of the Convention contributes to the availability and predictability of funding, which is crucial for enabling the full scale implementation of the Convention.

UNCDF niche in building inclusive financial sectors

In a situation where you have growth, you put the new money into this.

In the use of these funds priority is given to

SMEs face basically two major problems in the area of finance the mobilization of start up capital and access to working capital and long term finance for their development.

Activities in this area will be funded entirely from extrabudgetary resources.

Equally important in this regard are the funds from the Millennium Challenge Account, which are geared towards the sectors of road infrastructure and agricultural productivity.

However, the cover of the services and the access to resources are still very limited.

The same principle would apply to information regarding financial needs, which would need to be translated into knowledge on effective resource utilization.

Constraints found are of a technical, financial and political nature.

Compared to 2005, the main increase in investment funds is in fund raising.

(h) Analysis of the respective responsibilities of the Secretary as Chief Executive Officer of the Fund for the administration of the Fund and of the Secretary General for the investments of the Fund

UNCDF has committed over US 70 million in micro finance.

In this regard, there are no funds, other financial assets or economic resources that have been frozen as provided by paragraph 15 of resolution 1596 (2005).

Competition in fund raising is obviously accentuated by the dependence on supplementary funding.

Paradoxically, there is a continued lack of adequate funding for preparedness.

In that respect, it is crucial to bridge the current gap in the funding of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme.

This concentration is necessary owing to limited resources, both in funding and personnel.

(a) to supplement limited regular budget resources in financing the negotiating process and

It believed that the global mechanism envisaged for that purpose should not only be used for the compilation of information on resources and funding possibilities, but should also be mandated to mobilize and channel funds in accordance with the funding mechanisms provided for in the Convention.

Funding for operational activities for development of the United Nations system

Moreover, IFAD would ensure that the proposals would be subject to adequate quality control and would assure donors of financial due diligence in the operations of the facility.

In terms of the utilization of funds, by the end of September 2005, 20 per cent of the programme for Vienna had been implemented.

British Columbia has significantly increased funding in this area.

With regard to funding, the speaker thanked Canada and Switzerland for their support.

The Government to provide the resources for the sectoral, joint and institutional funds for boosting federal investment in experimental research and development (IDE).

Private school authorities do however, receive full funding for Early Childhood Services programming, learning resources, home education, severe disabilities, and for 60 percent of teacher salary enhancement, Early Literacy Initiative, SuperNet Access, and Alberta Initiative for School Improvement funding.

70. This involves activities related to the use of the mechanism of investment funds (country funds, venture capital funds or specific sectoral investment funds) to attract foreign investment flows in least developed countries.

Countries are encountering difficulties in mobilizing the financial resources needed for the implementation of their NAPs.

Although recent developments in the context of the GEF represent a major step forward in securing financial resources, the UNCCD, unlike the other Rio conventions, has not benefited from a clearly identified central funding mechanism. Rather it has encouraged multi source funding.

Appreciation was also expressed for the cooperation between the Secretary and the designated representative of the Secretary General for the investments of the Fund in preparing the joint paper analysing the responsibilities of the Secretary as Chief Executive Officer of the Fund for the administration of the Fund and those of the Secretary General for the investments of the assets of the Fund.

On the other hand, control of funds by companies themselves is very questionable.

Many countries have offered a wide array of assistance, financial and otherwise.

Such a fund should play a central role in resource mobilization.

In this context, two particular aspects of IFAD apos s capacity are important (a) its ability to participate substantively in terms of amount of financing and experience in investment programmes and (b) its close familiarity with the operations of international financing institutions and bilaterals.

In cases of multiple sources of funding, it appears important that reports establish financial additionality with regard to the financial obligations of Annex II Parties within the financial mechanism, as well as current official development assistance flows

In this respect, technical assistance funds could be channelled through a multilateral mechanism.