Decision on the Budget of the African Union for the 2015 Financial Year


DECISION ON THE BUDGET OF THE AFRICAN UNION

FOR THE 2015 FINANCIAL YEAR

Doc. EX.CL/828(XXV)i

The Executive Council,

1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the PRC, and ENDORSES the recommendations contained therein;

2. APPROVES 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:

i) 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;

ii) 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;

3. APPROVES the Budget breakdown among the AU Organs as follows:

Organs

Operating Budget

Programs

Total

Budget for 2015

Assessed on MS

Reserve Fund

Acquisition of Property

Partners- Secured

Total

Operating Budget

Assesse d on MS

Women Fund

Partners- Secured

Gap

Total Programs

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

AfCHPR (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

4. ALSO APPROVES 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

10f]891,648

841,749



11,733,397

17,788,440


17,788,440

29,521,837

AfCHPR (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

5. REQUESTS:



i) 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;

ii) the Commission to report back on the status to the PRC before the January 2015 Summit.

6. 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;

7. ADVISES the Commission to approach friendly countries to make contributions to the development of Africa;

8. URGES Member States to pay their contributions on time;

9. REQUESTS the Commission to operationalize the Budget Committee as contained in the revised Financial Regulations and Rules;

10. 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;

11. 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.

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