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GENERAL
E/ESCAP/1145
10 March 1999
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Fifty-fifth session
22-28 April 1999
Bangkok
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES OF ESCAP AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENDED CONTRIBUTIONS
(Item 8 of the provisional agenda)
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES OF ESCAP AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENDED CONTRIBUTIONS
Note by the secretariat
SUMMARY
Section I of the present document contains a report on the implementation of technical and economic cooperation among developing countries (TCDC/ECDC) activities by the secretariat in 1998 and the efforts exerted by the secretariat to alleviate the major constraints faced by the least developed, landlocked and island developing countries, and the disadvantaged economies in transition, in their attempts to benefit from increased participation in TCDC activities. It also reports on the actions that are required of the capacity and beneficiary countries in regard to TCDC. The need for beneficiary countries to allocate resources to facilitate their participation in and benefit from operational TCDC activities is also highlighted. The Commission is invited to provide further guidance to the secretariat on work in this area. Section II contains a report on the source and composition of the extrabudgetary funding of the Commission's technical cooperation activities in 1998. Extrabudgetary cash contributions received by ESCAP in 1998 amounted to US$ 16.39 million, which represents a substantial decrease of aboutUS$ 5.79 million over the previous year of US$ 22.18 million. Of this amount, US$ 5.72 million, or 34.89 per cent, was received from sources within the United Nations system, and the remainingUS$ 10.67 million, or 65.11 per cent, from donor and participating developing countries and other organizations. Section III reports on the extrabudgetary resource constraints faced by the secretariat and requests all donors, from both developed and developing countries, to at least maintain the level of their contributions, particularly in the light of the increasing demand for technical assistance arising from the economic and financial crisis. It also reports on the issues, and elaborates suggestions, relating to the institutional viability of the three regional institutions, the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology, the Regional Coordination Centre for Research and Development of Coarse Grains, Pulses, Roots and Tuber Crops in the Humid Tropics of Asia and the Pacific, and the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific, as well as the Regional Network for Agricultural Machinery. The Commission is requested to consider the suggestions elaborated in paragraphs 33, 35 and 36 of the present document. |
- I. PROGRESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TCDC/ECDC ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE SECRETARIAT
- A. TCDC/ECDC-related activities undertaken by the secretariat in 1998 and planned for 1999
- B. Strengthening the TCDC national focal points of least developed, landlocked and island developing countries, as well as economies in transition - action by the secretariat in 1998 and plans for 1999
- C. Conclusions
- B. Strengthening the TCDC national focal points of least developed, landlocked and island developing countries, as well as economies in transition - action by the secretariat in 1998 and plans for 1999
- II. EXTRABUDGETARY-FUNDED TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES OF ESCAP
- A. Extrabudgetary assistance in 1998
- B. Flow of extrabudgetary resources
- III. EXTRABUDGETARY RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS FACED BY THE ESCAP TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME
- A. Extrabudgetary constraints on fuller implementation of the ESCAP technical cooperation programme
- B. Institutional viability of the regional institutions and the Regional Network for Agricultural Machinery
- LIST OF FIGURES
- I. Evolution of ESCAP resources, 1982-1988
- II. Contribution sources in 1998
- III. Allocation of extrabudgetary cash contributions
- IV. Allocation of total extrabudgetary cash contributions
- V. Allocation of bilateral cash contributions
- VI. Programming pattern of bilateral cash contributions, 1995-1998
- VII. Allocation of multilateral cash contributions
- II. Contribution sources in 1998
- ANNEXES
- I. Extrabudgetary resources provided by bilateral donors in cash (funds-in-trust)
- II. Extrabudgetary resources provided by the United Nations system and by non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations
- III. Extrabudgetary (non-reimbursable) assistance in kind
- II. Extrabudgetary resources provided by the United Nations system and by non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations
ABBREVIATIONS
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| APCTT | Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology |
| CGPRT Centre | Regional Coordination Centre for Research and Development of Coarse Grains, Pulses, Roots and Tuber Crops in the Humid Tropics of Asia and the Pacific |
| ECDC | economic cooperation among developing countries |
| ESCAP/POC | ESCAP Pacific Operations Centre |
| RNAM | Regional Network for Agricultural Machinery |
| SIAP | Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific |
| TCDC | technical cooperation among developing countries |
| TNCs | transnational corporations |
| UNAIDS | Joint United Nations Programme on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDCP | United Nations International Drug Control Programme |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| UNIFEM | United Nations Development Fund for Women |
I. PROGRESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TCDC/ECDC ACTIVITIES
UNDERTAKEN BY THE SECRETARIAT
Introduction
1. The Commission, at its previous sessions, while commending the initiatives of the secretariat in the implementation of technical cooperation activities within the framework of technical and economic cooperation among developing countries (TCDC/ECDC), had expressed the view that fully functioning TCDC national focal points constituted a fundamental and essential element of successful TCDC activities. In that connection, due emphasis was to be given to strengthening the TCDC national focal points of least developed, landlocked and island developing countries, as well as the economies in transition; the participation of these countries in promotional and TCDC activities was also to be expanded. The secretariat's technical cooperation programme in 1998 adhered to the decisions and directives of the Commission as well as the priorities set by it.
A. TCDC/ECDC-related activities undertaken by the secretariat
in 1998 and planned for 1999
2. In 1998, the secretariat implemented a total of about 100 promotional TCDC/ECDC-related activities within the framework of its subprogrammes on regional economic cooperation; environment and natural resources development; social development; transport, communications, tourism and infrastructure development; statistics; population and rural and urban development; and development research and policy analysis. In line with the recommendations of the Commission, the activities involved member and associate member governments, non-governmental organizations and the private sector. In addition, the secretariat promoted and facilitated the participation of approximately 65 officials in 23 operational TCDC activities, which included training, seminars, study visits and workshops. Participation in these activities has contributed to enhancement of the technical capabilities of officials, particularly from the least developed, landlocked and island developing countries, as well as the economies in transition, in a broad spectrum of areas, including biogas technology, solar energy application, biotech industry, environmental protection and environmental technology, renewable energy, customs computer applications, transport environment, urban management, desert control science and technology, sustainable development, food processing, women entrepreneurship development, population information technology, statistics (measurements of poverty), water resources management, trade promotion and foreign investment.
3. The beneficiary countries of operational TCDC activities included Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu and Viet Nam, while the capacity countries included China, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Fiji, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Uzbekistan.
4. In follow-up to the cooperation arrangement signed between ESCAP and the Government of Malaysia for a third country training programme, ESCAP financed the travel costs and living expenses of one participant each from Bangladesh, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Nepal and Samoa in the training course on economic development, management and poverty eradication, and one participant each from Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Myanmar, Samoa and Tonga in the training course on integrated project planning and management, both of which were held at Kuala Lumpur from 6 July to 1 August 1998.
5. For 1999, plans are under way to finalize the participation of least developed, landlocked and island developing countries, as well as economies in transition, in a number of training courses scheduled for implementation towards the later part of 1999, within the cooperation arrangement between ESCAP and the Government of Malaysia. Similarly, within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding between ESCAP and the Government of Singapore, two training activities will be implemented in Singapore; the first, entitled "Developing an effective placement service for people with disabilities", will be a joint ESCAP/International Labour Organization activity and is scheduled to be held from 1 to 4 March 1999 for participants from China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Viet Nam, while the second, entitled "De-seasonalization of time series" will be held from 15 to 26 March 1999 for participants from China; Hong Kong, China; India; Indonesia; Macau; Malaysia; Philippines; Republic of Korea; Sri Lanka; and Thailand.
6. The secretariat will continue to finance the participation of least developed, landlocked and island developing countries, as well as economies in transition, in TCDC activities implemented by the Governments of China, Malaysia and Singapore under their respective TCDC programmes, in follow-up to the TCDC sensitization workshops for TCDC national focal points.
B. Strengthening the TCDC national focal points of least developed, landlocked and island developing countries, as well as economies in transition - action by the secretariat in 1998 and plans for 1999
7. In 1998, the secretariat continued with the sensitization of the TCDC national focal points of selected least developed, landlocked and island developing countries, as well as economies in transition, in the Asian region.
8. In cooperation with the Department of Aid to Foreign Countries of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of China, and with financing provided by the Government of Japan, the secretariat conducted a workshop on TCDC national focal points for selected least developed countries and disadvantaged economies in transition in the Asian region, at Beijing from 20 to 23 July 1998. Through that workshop, TCDC national focal points from Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal and Viet Nam were sensitized to the benefits of TCDC; they were also briefed on the roles, functions, organizational structure and financing of the TCDC national focal points of China, Indonesia and Singapore as well as their respective TCDC programmes, including the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme, and on how the countries could access these TCDC opportunities with assistance from the ESCAP TCDC supplementary fund.
9. A number of the least developed, landlocked and island developing countries, as well as the economies in transition, have subsequently participated in the various training courses implemented by the Governments of China, Malaysia and Singapore under their respective TCDC programmes. Participation in TCDC activities organized by Indonesia under its TCDC programme will also be facilitated.
10. In the light of the positive feedback received from the TCDC national focal points concerning the sensitization workshops organized by the secretariat, the secretariat and the Department of Aid to Foreign Countries of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of China has scheduled the implementation of another sensitization activity for a broader spectrum of countries in 1999. Plans are also under way for a study tour by TCDC national focal points of selected least developed countries and economies in transition in the Asian region to the TCDC national focal point of Indonesia in 1999, within the framework of the Agreement between ESCAP and the Government of Indonesia on Technical and Economic Cooperation, signed on 29 September 1997. In addition, the secretariat will carry out in-country consultations and sensitization visits to some TCDC national focal points at their request, and as follow-up to the workshops and study tours implemented by the secretariat. Through such efforts, the secretariat hopes to further enhance the role of TCDC national focal points in the least developed, landlocked and island developing countries, as well as the economies in transition, in their efforts to expand their participation in TCDC activities, and to benefit from the experience and expertise available from the more advanced developing countries.
11. The generous contributions by the Governments of China, the Netherlands and the Republic of Korea to the ESCAP TCDC supplementary fund have greatly facilitated the implementation of operational TCDC activities by the secretariat. In line with the Commission's decisions, the secretariat has devoted regular budget resources for the implementation of TCDC/ECDC activities within the framework of tripartite arrangements and it will continue to mobilize additional resources for the implementation of activities aimed at further strengthening the TCDC national focal points in the least developed, landlocked and island developing countries, as well as the economies in transition, and enhancing their participation in TCDC activities. The recipient countries, on their part, are also expected to meet certain requirements; for example, the allocation of resources for TCDC activities, submission of their TCDC needs to the secretariat, speedy response to invitations from the secretariat, nominating qualified participants to the training courses, and ensuring timely submission of evaluation reports upon conclusion of the training courses. As TCDC activities are usually tripartite in nature, involving the beneficiary countries, the partner countries and ESCAP, the extent of the success of such endeavours depends upon the full cooperation of all the parties involved. The extent of the benefits to each individual country would thus depend on the efficiency of the TCDC national focal points.
II. EXTRABUDGETARY-FUNDED TECHNICAL COOPERATION
ACTIVITIES OF ESCAP
12. Extrabudgetary assistance is provided to ESCAP on a voluntary basis by individual governments, organizations and agencies of the United Nations and non-governmental organizations, in the form of cash contributions (funds-in-trust) or assistance in kind through the secondment of experts on a non-reimbursable loan basis, the provision of host facilities, equipment, and so on.
13. This section reports on the source and composition of the extrabudgetary funding of the Commission's technical cooperation activities in 1998. The evolution of extrabudgetary resources of ESCAP from 1982 to 1998 is presented in figure I.
14. For 1998, extrabudgetary resources represent about 37.20 per cent of the resources available to ESCAP, as can be seen from figure I. These resources provide a major source of funding for the implementation of the ESCAP technical cooperation programme as well as the programme and institutional support of the subsidiary bodies of the Commission.
A. Extrabudgetary assistance in 1998
1. Cash contributions
15. In 1998, ESCAP received US$ 16,387,043.65 in cash from several sources within and outside the United Nations system for the implementation of its technical cooperation activities. This amount represents a decrease of US$ 5,794,919.87 (or about 26.12 per cent) compared with the previous year's amount of US$ 22,181,963.52.
16. A summary of the cash contributions in 1998, by source, is given below:
| (a) United Nations a/ | 5 717 509.44 (34.89%) | |||
| 1.United Nations regular programme of technical cooperation (Section 20) | 2 204 800.00(13.45%) | |||
| 2.United Nations Development Programme | 726 769.92 (4.44%) | |||
| 3. United Nations Population Fund | 2 248 675.00 (13.72%) | |||
| 4. Other United Nations organizations | 537 264.52 (3.28%) | |||
| (b) Donor and participating developing countries b/ | 10 302 708.55 (62.87%) | |||
| (c) Other organizations a/ | 366 825.66 (2.24%) | |||
| Total | 16 387 043.65 (100.00%) | |||
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a/ See annex II.
b/ See annex I.
17. The sources for the above contributions are further illustrated in figure II.
18. The United Nations system contributed a total of US$ 5,717,509.44, representing 34.89 per cent of the total extrabudgetary resources received.
19. The United Nations regular programme of technical cooperation provided US$ 2,204,800.00 for advisory services and fellowships. In 1998, 96 advisory missions to 40 developing members and associate members were undertaken by a corps of 13 regional advisers (138 work-months) and by secretariat staff. Similar services were rendered by advisers who were made available by donor countries on both a funds-in-trust and a non-reimbursable loan basis.
20. ESCAP received an allocation of US$ 726,769.92 from UNDP in 1998, as compared with US$ 2,949,282.00 in 1997, under its intercountry programme for Asia and the Pacific. The 1998 allocation represents a substantial decrease of US$ 2,222,512.08, that is, about 75.36 per cent compared with the 1997 allocation.
21. The UNFPA allocation amounted to US$ 2,248,675.00 in 1998 for 13 projects executed by ESCAP, as compared with US$ 2,366.711 in 1997. This represents a decrease of US$ 118,036, that is, 4.99 per cent over the previous year's allocation.
22. Contributions by other United Nations agencies and bodies to the ESCAP programme of work totalled US$ 537,264.52.
23. Donor and participating developing countries contributed US$ 10,302,708.55, or 62.87 per cent of the total cash received in 1998, as compared with US$ 13,013,861.57 in 1997. Contributions from eight developed donor countries (Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Sweden) account for 80.62 per cent (US$ 8,305,661.08) of the total bilateral assistance received. Among developing countries or areas, the Republic of Korea, China, India, Macau, were the largest contributors, providing US$ 718,538.77, US$ 298,442.00, US$ 289,000.00 and US$ 179,000.00 in cash respectively. The extrabudgetary assistance in cash (funds-in-trust) is listed by donor in annex I.
24. Information on the contributions of United Nations systems agencies and other organizations is provided in annex II.
2. Contributions in kind
25. In 1998, donor countries and developing members of ESCAP provided a total of 317 work-months of the services of experts on a non-reimbursable loan basis in various disciplines, as compared with 312 work-months of such services received in 1997. A list showing extrabudgetary assistance in kind is provided in annex III.
B. Flow of extrabudgetary resources
26. The cash contributions received can be divided into two categories:
(a) Cash contributions for projects implemented by the secretariat under the ESCAP programme of work: US$ 12,579,086.72, equivalent to 76.76 per cent of total cash contributions received;
(b) Cash contributions for the Pacific Trust Fund and ESCAP/POC and the institutional and programme support of the three regional institutions, APCTT, the CGPRT Centre and SIAP, as well as RNAM: US$ 3,807,956.93, or the equivalent of 23.24 per cent.
27. The allocation of the total extrabudgetary cash contributions received in 1998 for the two categories is illustrated in figure III. As noted in paragraph (a) above, 76.76 per cent, orUS$ 12,579,086.72, remained available for operational activities to be carried out by the substantive divisions or units of ESCAP under the programme of work of the secretariat. This represents a substantial decrease of US$ 4,188,664.68 (or 24.98 per cent), as compared with US$ 16,767,751.40 in 1997.
28. The allocation of total extrabudgetary cash contributions (bilateral and multilateral) in 1998 over the various sectors of activity (excluding special projects and regional institutions), is illustrated in figure IV.
29. In 1998, 86 projects under the programme of work (excluding special projects and programme support to regional institutions) were approved by bilateral donors in the amount of US$ 6.65 million. The allocation of the bilateral cash contributions over the various programmes is illustrated in figure V.
30. The comparative programming pattern of bilateral cash contributions for the various programmes during the period 1995-1998 is illustrated in figure VI.
31. The allocation of the multilateral contributions in 1998, amounting to US$ 5.93 million over the various sectors of activity (excluding special projects and regional institutions), is illustrated in figure VII.
32. Funding requirements for new project proposals awaiting bilateral donor support out of the 1998-1999 contributions for implementation in 1999 amounted to about US$ 6.7 million.
III. EXTRABUDGETARY RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS FACED BY THE ESCAP TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME
A. Extrabudgetary constraints on fuller implementation of the ESCAP technical cooperation programme
33. ESCAP continues its efforts to assist developing members and associate members, in particular the least developed, landlocked and island developing countries, as well as the economies in transition, through its technical cooperation programmes. The economic and financial crisis facing South-East Asia will continue to have an adverse impact on the region. The Commission may wish to request all donors, from both developed and developing countries, to at least maintain the level of their extrabudgetary contributions to the work of the secretariat.
B. Institutional viability of the regional institutions and the Regional Network for Agricultural Machinery
34. As regards the extrabudgetary requirements of the three regional institutions, APCTT, the CGPRT Centre and SIAP, and RNAM, contributions by the donors and participating countries to their institutional support have fallen short of requirements.
35. The inability of the regional institutions to ensure their institutional viability has seriously affected their efforts to obtain adequate resources for the implementation of their respective programmes of work. At its fifty-third session, the Commission recommended that member countries increase their efforts to meet the institutional costs of the regional institutions, in order to ensure continued implementation of the very beneficial and useful activities carried out by those institutions. The Commission also recommended that participating countries should consider increasing the minimum level of contributions to US$ 2,000 by the least developed countries and US$ 30,000 by the other developing countries. The Commission may wish to reiterate this proposal.
36. The Governing Board of APCTT at its thirteenth session held at Manila in November 1998, critically reviewed the feasibility of setting up an "Endowment Fund". In that regard, it recommended that the Commission should adopt the recommendation "to build up the agreed Endowment Fund as an interest-free loan to the Centre". Specifically, it recommended that member countries should provide, annually over a period of five years, US$ 5,000 by the least developed countries and US$ 20,000 by the other developing countries, in addition to the institutional support currently being provided to the Centre. The Commission may wish to consider and decide on this recommendation.
ANNEXES
EXTRABUDGETARY RESOURCES PROVIDED BY BILATERAL DONORS IN CASH (FUNDS-IN-TRUST)
| Value (US dollars) | |
| Australia | 50 000.00 |
| Bangladesh | 8 000.00 |
| China | 298 442.00 |
| Fiji | 10 000.00 |
| Finland | 101 953.00 |
| France | 10 000.00 |
| Germany | 1 239 462.39 |
| Hong Kong, China | 30 000.00 |
| India | 289 000.00 |
| Indonesia | 55 590.50 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 70 000.00 |
| Japan | 4 906 290.00 |
| Macau | 179 000.00 |
| Malaysia | 25 000.00 |
| Maldives | 1 000.00 |
| Mongolia | 970.00 |
| Myanmar | 2 987.48 |
| Netherlands | 1 666 267.69 |
| Nepal | 1 500.00 |
| New Zealand | 58 036.00 |
| New Caledonia | 4 548.72 |
| Pakistan | 5 000.00 |
| Philippines | 44 687.00 |
| Republic of Korea | 718 538.77 |
| Singapore | 15 000.00 |
| Sri Lanka | 10 000.00 |
| Sweden | 273 652.00 |
| Thailand | 64 054.00 |
| Vanuatu | 22 212.00 |
| Viet Nam | 10 985.00 |
| Other | 130 532.00 |
| Total extrabudgetary inputs from bilateral donors | 10 302 708.55 |
EXTRABUDGETARY RESOURCES PROVIDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS
SYSTEM AND BY NON-GOVERNMENTAL AND
INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
| Value
(US dollars) | ||
| 1. | United Nations system | 2 204 800.00 |
| UNDP | 726 769.92 | |
| UNFPA | 2 248 675.00 | |
| UNDP Office for Project Services (New York) | 59 352.29 | |
| UNDCP | 225 400.00 | |
| UNCTAD | 37 794.08 | |
| UNIDO | 10 000.00 | |
| UNIFEM | 96 714.00 | |
| UNESCO | 25 000.00 | |
| UNAIDS Asia-Pacific Intercountry Team | 83 004.15 | |
| Total extrabudgetary inputs from the United Nations system | 5 717 509.44 | |
| 2. | Other organizations | |
| ADB | 192 167.65 | |
| Christian Conference of Asia | 37 571.00 | |
| Crown Agents | 4 950.00 | |
| The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation | 10 000.00 | |
| International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, Switzerland | 12 000.00 | |
| Japanese Trade Union Confederation | 25 281.01 | |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | 31 167.00 | |
| Kula Fund Ltd. | 1 134.00 | |
| Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan | 36 070.00 | |
| Tourism Council of the South Pacific | 1 485.00 | |
| United Nations Youth Fund | 15 000.00 | |
| Total extrabudgetary inputs from non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations | 366 825.66 | |
| Total extrabudgetary inputs from the United Nations system and from non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations | 6 084 335.10 |
EXTRABUDGETARY (NON-REIMBURSABLE) ASSISTANCE IN KIND
| Value
(US dollars) | ||
| Australia | ||
| Technical assistance for the APCTT publication Value-added Technology Information Service (VATIS) Update in the Field of Non-Conventional Energy | 5 000.00 | |
| Belgium | ||
| Pierre Lambotte, associate expert -- 3 w/m | 11 000.00 | |
| China | ||
| Host facilities for jointly organized workshops and meetings of APCTT | 2 000.00 | |
| Resource persons for APCTT-organized workshops, meetings and training programmes in member countries | 8 000.00 | |
| Surveys and studies contributed free of charge to the Development Research and Policy Analysis Division | 4 500.00 | |
| France | ||
| Robin Bourgeois, agricultural economist at the CGPRT Centre -- 8 w/m | ||
| Frank Jesus, agricultural economist at the CGPRT Centre -- 8 w/m | ||
| Serge Belloni, expert on development planning -- 12 w/m | ||
| P.Y. Bezy, expert on freight forwarding and multimodal transport -- 2 w/m | ||
| Fiji | ||
| Surveys and studies contributed free of charge to the Development Research and Policy Analysis Division | 600.00 | |
| Germany | ||
| Michael W. Hoeppel, expert for advisory assistance to industry for export promotion -- 12 w/m | ||
| Bo Hjalmefjord, assistant technical expert -- 12 w/m | ||
| Manfred Jeebe, regional expert on fertilizer distribution and marketing -- 5 w/m | 84 000.00 | |
| Edgar T. Edgar, assistant expert on fertilizer marketing -- 12 w/m | 33 000.00 | |
| Indira P. Tiwari, assistant highway transport engineer -- 12 w/m | ||
| Provision of an associate expert to APCTT -- 12 w/m | 72 000.00 | |
| India | ||
| Resource persons for APCTT-organized workshops, meetings and training programmes in member countries | 10 000.00 | |
| Host facilities provided by institutions/agencies to APCTT for joint workshops, meetings and training programmes | 13 000.00 | |
| Board, lodging and local transport provided for foreign exhibitors sponsored by APCTT to participate in international exhibitions held in India | 16 000.00 | |
| Free booth space at international exhibitions for APCTT and also foreign exhibitors sponsored by APCTT, subsidized booth space for women entrepreneurs and exhibitors from countries of the region | 21 000.00 | |
| Assistance for the APCTT publication Value-added Technology Information Service (VATIS) Update in the Field of Ozone Layer Protection | 9 000.00 | |
| Surveys and studies contributed free of charge to the Development Research and Policy Analysis Division | 2 100.00 | |
| Indonesia | ||
| Surveys and studies contributed free of charge to the Development Research and Policy Analysis Division | 3 100.00 | |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | ||
| Host facilities provided by institutions/agencies for joint workshops of APCTT | 15 000.00 | |
| Establishment and maintenance of a centre for the dissemination of APCTT publications | 3 000.00 | |
| Japan | ||
| T. Shigeta, expert on space technology applications -- 7 w/m | 42 000.00 | |
| Akira Ishiyama, expert on energy conservation/efficiency -- 12 w/m | 10 000.00 | |
| Toshiko Ohga, expert on environmental management -- 11 w/m | 84 000.00 | |
| Katsushi Sato, expert on accessible environment -- 3 w/m | ||
| Yoko Koinuma, expert on women in development -- 12 w/m | 72 000.00 | |
| Hideaki Yamashita, expert on maritime industry -- 1 w/m | ||
| Tomoyuki Fujino, expert on highways -- 12 w/m | ||
| Kunihiko Nagai, expert on railways -- 8 w/m | ||
| S. Narumi, expert on maritime industry -- 4 w/m | ||
| Services of an expert on accessibility of older persons and disabled persons to built environments -- 3 w/m | 12 000.00 | |
| One IBM Pentium Aptiva Computer, one Hewlett Packard Laserjet 6P and one Canon BJC-610W colour printer for the Environment and Natural Resources Development Division | ||
|
15 000.00 | |
| Provision of fellowships to SIAP for the financial year April 1997 to March 1998 | 1 264 600.00 | |
| Provision of services of resource persons/lecturers, host and training facilities, equipment, office space, and services of local personnel to SIAP | 2 287 500.00 | |
| Macau | ||
| Provision of host and training facilities to SIAP | 17 600.00 | |
| Malaysia | ||
| Resource persons for APCTT-organized programmes | 5 000.00 | |
| Netherlands | ||
| Provision of an associate expert to APCTT -- 12 w/m | 65 000.00 | |
| Nepal | ||
| Host facilities provided by the institutions/agencies to APCTT for joint workshop and training programme | 5 000.00 | |
| Surveys and studies contributed free of charge to the Development Research and Policy Analysis Division | 1 200.00 | |
| New Zealand | ||
| Provision of services of resource persons/lecturers to SIAP from 2 to 6 February 1998 | 2 500.00 | |
| Pakistan | ||
| Host facilities provided by institutions/agencies to APCTT for joint workshops and meetings | 4 000.00 | |
| Host facilities for managing the International Network for Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies office in Lahore by the focal point | 6 000.00 | |
| Philippines | ||
| Host facilities for the annual board meeting of APCTT provided by the focal point | 35 000.00 | |
| Host facilities provided by the institutions/agencies to APCTT for joint workshops, meetings and training programmes | 4 000.00 | |
| Provision of services of resources persons/lecturers and host training facilities for training workshop of the Development Research and Policy Analysis Division, 30 March-1 April 1998 | 2 000.00 | |
| Republic of Korea | ||
| Sang-Bum Park, expert on railway transport -- 12 w/m | 6 000.00 | |
| Soo-Won Cho, expert on roads -- 12 w/m | 6 000.00 | |
| Dong-Sun Park, expert on programme management -- 12 w/m | 6 000.00 | |
| Woo-guen Song, expert on industrial development policies and planning -- 11 w/m | 6 000.00 | |
| Myong-Jae Shin, expert on trade development in manufactures -- 12 w/m | ||
| Jin-Gyu Kim, expert on regional trade and monetary cooperation -- 12 w/m | ||
| Kwang-Yun Choi, expert on industrial development policies and planning -- 12 w/m | ||
| Min-Jae Kim, programme officer (research and development) -- 12 w/m | ||
| Sueng-Mok Kim, expert on tourism -- 12 w/m | ||
| Sung-Jin Kim, senior shipping expert -- 12 w/m | ||
| Bong-Ro Lee, expert on transfer of information technology -- 3 w/m | ||
| Host facilities, studies and resource persons for the seminar on application of information technology in national statistical offices -- December 1998 | ||
| Resource persons for APCTT-organized programmes | 5 000.00 | |
| Surveys and studies contributed free of charge to the Development Research and Policy Analysis Division | 3 000.00 | |
| Singapore | ||
| Host facilities, studies and resource persons for the Second Meeting of the Working Party on Application of New Technology to Population Data organized by the Statistics Division, April 1998 | ||
| Surveys and studies contributed free of charge to the Development Research and Policy Analysis Division | 1 000.00 | |
| Sri Lanka | ||
| Host facilities for joint workshop provided by the institutions/agencies in the country | 2 000.00 | |
| Surveys and studies contributed free of charge to the Development Research and Policy Analysis Division | 27 000.00 | |
| Thailand | ||
| Resource persons for APCTT-organized programmes | 5 000.00 | |
| United States of America | ||
| Provision of services of resource persons/lecturers to SIAP from 25 May to 12 June 1998 | 8 800.00 | |
| Viet Nam | ||
| Host facilities provided by the institutions/agencies to APCTT for joint workshops and training programmes | 6 000.00 | |
| Free booth space for APCTT at an international exhibition provided by the focal point | 2 000.00 | |
| Surveys and studies contributed free of charge to the Development Research and Policy Analysis Division | 900.00 | |
| Provision of services of resource persons/lecturers to SIAP | 2 500.00 | |
| Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations | ||
| Provision of services of resource persons/lecturers to SIAP | 25 000.00 | |
| World Christian Churches/Christian Conference of Asia | ||
| Services of human resources development training expert -- 12 w/m | 60 000.00 | |