DECISION ON THE BUDGET OF THE AFRICAN UNION
FOR THE 2015 FINANCIAL YEAR
Doc. Assembly/AU/3(XXIII)
The Assembly,
ADOPTS a total budget of US$ 522,121,602 for the African Union for the year 2015, broken down into US$142,687,881 Operating Costs and US$379,433,721 Programmes to be financed as follows:
A total amount of US$131,471,086 assessed on Member States, and US$225,536,171 is secured from International Partners and further US$149,266,824 to be solicited from partners;
Total amounts of US$10,912,046, US$4,730,473 and US$205,000 are to be taken from the Reserves Fund, Acquisition of Properties Fund and Women’s Fund respectively.
ALSO ADOPTS the Budget breakdown among the AU Organs as follows:
Organs | Operatinq Budqet | Proqrams | Total Budget for 2015 | ||||||||
Assessed on MS | Reserve Fund | Acquisition of Property | Partners- Secured | Total Operatinq Budqet | Assessed on MS | Women Fund | Partners- Secured | Gap | Total Proqrams | ||
AUC | 93.232,027 | 5,000,000 | 4,730,473 |
| 102,962,500 | 7,880,271 | 205,000 | 175,049,156 | 148,884,554 | 332,018,981 | 434,981,481 |
PAP | 10,891.648 | 841,749 |
|
| 11,733,397 |
|
| 17,788,440 |
| 17,788,440 | 29.521,837 |
AfCHR (The Court) | 6,938,014 | 1.238.140 |
|
| 8.176,154 |
|
| 1.681.511 |
| 1.681.511 | 9.857.665 |
ACHPR (The Commission) | 4,076,044 | 894,781 |
|
| 4,970,825 |
|
| 951,770 |
| 951,770 | 5,922,595 |
ECOSOCC | 993,710 | 29.811 |
|
| 1,023,521 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,023,521 |
NEPAD | 4,410,000 | 2,896,433 |
| 4,251,479 | 11,557,912 |
|
| 24,487,231 |
| 24,487,231 | 36,045,143 |
AUCIL | 371,024 | 11,131 |
|
| 382,155 |
|
| 260,392 |
| 260,392 | 642,547 |
Advisory Board on Corruption | 739.436 |
|
|
| 739.436 |
|
| 1.066.192 |
| 1.066.192 | 1,805,628 |
Peace & Security Council |
|
|
|
|
| 759,253 |
|
|
| 759.253 | 759,253 |
ACERWC | 241,724 |
|
|
| 241.724 | 37,681 |
|
| 382,270 | 419.951 | 661,675 |
AFREC | 900,255 |
|
|
| 900,255 |
|
|
|
|
| 900,255 |
TOTAL | 122,793,882 | 10,912,046 | 4,730,473 | 4,251,479 | 142,687,881 | 8,677,205 | 205,000 | 221,284,692 | 149,266,824 | 379,433,721 | 522,121,602 |
3. FURTHER ADOPTS the breakdown of sources of funding as follows:
Organs | Member States | Partners | Total Budget for 2015 | ||||||
Assessed on MS | Reserve Fund | Acquisition of Property | Women Fund | Total Member States | Secured | Gap | Total Partners | ||
AUC | 101.112.297 | 5.000.000 | 4.730.473 | 205.000 | 111,047,771 | 175.049.156 | 148.884.554 | 323,933,710 | 434,981.481 |
PAP | 10.891.648 | 841,749 |
|
| 11,733,397 | 17,788,440 |
| 17,788,440 | 29,521.837 |
AfCHR (The Court) | 6.938.014 | 1,238,140 |
|
| 8,176,154 | 1,681,511 |
| 1,681,511 | 9,857,665 |
ACHPR (The Commission) | 4.076.044 | 894,781 |
|
| 4,970,825 | 951,770 |
| 951,770 | 5,922,595 |
ECOSOCC | 993.710 | 29.811 |
|
| 1,023,521 |
|
|
| 1,023,521 |
NEPAD | 4.410.000 | 2,896.433 |
|
| 7,306,433 | 28,738,710 |
| 28,738,710 | 36,045,143 |
AUCIL | 371.024 | 11,131 |
|
| 382,155 | 260,392 |
| 260,392 | 642,547 |
Advisory Board on Corruption | 739.436 |
|
|
| 739,436 | 1,066,192 |
| 1,066,192 | 1,805,628 |
Peace & Security Council | 759.253 |
|
|
| 759,253 |
|
|
| 759,253 |
ACERWC | 279.405 |
|
|
| 279,405 |
| 382,270 | 382,270 | 661,675 |
AFREC | 900,255 |
|
|
| 900,255 |
|
|
| 900,255 |
TOTAL | 131,471,087 | 10,912,046 | 4,730,473 | 205,000 | 147,318,607 | 225,536,171 | 149,266,824 | 374,802,995 | 522,121,602 |
REQUESTS:
the Commission to solicit funds from Partners to close the funding gap of US$149,266,824 on the Programme Budget till the end of 2014; and drop all activities without funding from the budget;
the Commission to report back on the status to the PRC before the January 2015 Summit.
ENCOURAGES Member States on voluntary basis to increase their contribution in order to reduce the dependence on partners and to strengthen the financial base of the Union;
ADVISES the Commission to approach friendly countries to make contributions to the development of Africa;
URGES Member States to pay their contributions on time;
REQUESTS the Commission to operationalize the Budget Committee as contained in the revised Financial Regulations and Rules;
NOTES the very low position of Reserves and ENCOURAGES systematic effort to gradually grow the Reserves to one-year coverage so as to provide the Union with a solid financial base to meet cases of emergency in the future;
AGREES to address the financial implications arising from the implementation of the recommendations of the PRC/Commission Retreat held in Hawassa through the supplementary budget.