2010 Progress Report – Draft - NFP Facility

2010 Progress ReportFinancial aspectsOverall situation at the end of 2010The funding of the Facility was satisfactory in 2010. No new donors came on board during the year, butdiscussions with the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) in Germany hasresulted in a commitment for support in 2011 - 12. The long term agreements with the EC, the UK and Swedenall continued running in 2010, and annual contributions have been received from Finland, Germany (GIZ, inkind) and the USA. The UK agreement came to an end in 2010 and discussions have been initiated for a newagreement. The WB support for GFP in Facility partner countries is coming to an end in 2011 and strategicdiscussions with partners have resulted in a proposal integrating the learning from GFP into a future Facility (seeseparate document, Facility beyond 2012).The funding situation of the Facility for the coming 1.5 years (2011 to mid-2012) is encouraging, with thecommitments of EC, Sweden and the new agreement with Germany as a base. In addition, continued support isexpected from the steady annual contributors, Finland and the USA. Indirect contributions are expected fromthe FAO partnership programmes with the Netherlands and Norway. In addition, new long term agreements willbe sought with UK, EC and Sweden once a decision has been taken on the way forward after mid-2012. A newProgramme Document will be prepared and discussions for support will be started with all potential donors.FAO is committed to continued in-kind support and it is expected that it will continue in the years to come at anequally high level as in 2009 and 2010.2010 Budget ImplementationTable 7 indicates the Facility expenditures, actual (paid directly from HQ) and committed (transferred to FAORepresentations in the countries for payment of the Letters of Agreement in different instalments) for the periodof January to November 2009 and forecasted for December against the budget approved by the SC for 2010.29