Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary

FAO Programme Approach and Project Tools in Europe and Central Asia

PWB and MTP Planning

Raimund Jehle and Peter Vandor24 March 2010

Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary

Strategic Objective Preparation

PWP 2010 -2011 preparation in May 2009 Participation in the formulation of ORs Creation of URs, Scope and Indicators by the

Dos in consultation with the SO team leader Distribution of HR and NST Resources

against URs in the DO Mapping out the Extrabudgetary resources

Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary

Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary

Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary

Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary

Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary

Preparation of the Workplan

Provisional Allocation provided in December 2009 as planning tool

Planning process in 6 Steps to be implemented: – Distribution of staffing costs according to UR– Validation of URs– Development of Product and Services/Activities– Calculation of estimated planned costs– Review of financial feasibility– Peer Review at DO and HQ level

Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary

Validation of URs and description of the UR

Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary

Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary

Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary

Problems in the workplanning

Consolidation of URs across units/divisions difficult due to the provision of resources to URs at the beginning of the year to avoid loosing resources

Difficulties in clearly mapping extrabudgetary resources

Informal Consultation on Priorities for FAO Assistance in Europe and Central Asia Region – 23/24 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary

Overall Constraints

Uneven communication between Strategic Teams and regional focal points

Uneven level of mastering RBM planning tools by professional staff

High percentage of errors in planning process identified during quality control but after allocation of financial resources

Uncertainties related to partial contributions to URs by separate entities