unesco. executive board; 159th; report by the director...

Hundred and fifty-ninth Session

159 EX/27PARIS, 7 April 2000Original: English/French

Item 6.10 of the provisional agenda

REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL ON THE FUNCTIONINGAND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME

AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

SUMMARY

The Director-General submits this document to the Executive Board pursuant to154 EX/Decision 7.6, paragraph 5, 157 EX/Decision 9.3, paragraphs 4, 5, 8, andwithin the framework of 30 C/Resolution 50, Part II, paragraph 2(c)(i).

This report is presented in four parts:

Part I - Mechanism for the reception, approval and the follow-up of ParticipationProgramme requests according to the priority given by the Member States(157 EX/Decision 9.3(8)).

Part II - An evaluation report on the effectiveness of the projects implemented underthe Participation Programme (154 EX/Decision 7.6(5)).

Part III - Criteria under which emergency assistance may be granted with implicationsfor establishing a separate budget line (157 EX/Decision 9.3(4)).

Part IV - Status of applications for contributions from the Participation Programmereceived by the Secretariat from Member States and international NGOs as at31 March 2000 (30 C/Resolution 50, Part II (c) (i) and 157 EX/Decision 9.3(5)).*

Annex - List of Participation Programme requests received from Member States andinternational NGOs as at 31 March 2000 for the 2000-2001 biennium.

Decision required: paragraph 36.

* The date set for submission of Participation Programme requests for this biennium and the deadline for submission of

this document to the Executive Board were both fixed at 31 March 2000. Therefore, this document does not reflectthe work which will take place between 1 April and the Executive Board in May. In consequence, this documentpresents only point (i) of the resolution. An addendum to this document, as at 30 April, will be prepared for theExecutive Board in May which will update the information requested in 30 C/Resolution 50, Part II (c) (ii) and (iii)and 157 EX/Decision 9.3(5).

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PART I - MECHANISM FOR THE RECEPTION, APPROVAL AND FOLLOW-UPOF PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME ACCORDING TO THE PRIORITYGIVEN BY THE MEMBER STATES TO THEIR REQUESTS

1. At its 157th session, the Executive Board, in 157 EX/Decision 9.3(8): “Invites theDirector-General to submit to it at its 159th session a proposal for a new simplified andtransparent mechanism for the evaluation and approval of Participation Programme requestswhich would accord priority to the requests of Member States as submitted by those States”.

2. A flow chart (Table I) is provided below which shows the internal procedure forprocessing requests and the follow-up after the Director-General’s decision. The procedureaims at providing rapidity, visibility and a balanced distribution of Participation Programmefunds among its Member States and international NGOs.

Table I

Flow chart for reception and approval of Participation Programme requests

Member States/international NGOssubmission of projects by 31 March 2000

∇Participation Programme Unit

(BRX/PPE)registration

∇Programme Sectorsubstantive evaluation

∇BRX/PP Working Group

prepare files for submission to the Director-General, taking into consideration: proper geographical balanceand equitable distribution; respect for order of priority established by country/international NGO,

consideration of targets, verification of availability of funds, budget ceiling∇

Director-GeneralDecision

∇Bureau of the Budget

allots funds for requests approved∇

ADG/BRX(BRX/PPE Unit)

if approved as a financial contribution,payment prepared by PPE Unit (afterverification of outstanding financial

and evaluation reports)

4

∇

34

Notifies Member State/international NGO,Permanent Delegation, field unitof decision - by ADG/BRX letter

if implemented by UNESCO, instructionsto programme sector or field unit

In the case of financial contributionsComptroller

payments dispatched∇

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informs Member State/international NGO of date and mode of payment

Member States/international NGOsmust acknowledge to the PPE Unit receipt of payment

After completion of the project:

Follow-up

Member States/international NGOssubmits financial and evaluation reports for projects approved as financial contributions

(for conditions see 30 C/Resolution 50, under B. Conditions, 13(a))

∇

BRX/PPE Unitvalidates reception of reports in SISTER system of:

Financial Reports∇

sent to Comptroller for approval

∇validated and decision registered

by Comptroller in SISTER

Evaluation Reports∇

sent to programme sector whichinitially evaluated project

∇validated and resume of evaluation

by programme sector entered in SISTER


Prepares summary of evaluation reports for Annex to C/3 document

PART II - EVALUATION REPORT ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEPROJECTS IMPLEMENTED UNDER THE PARTICIPATIONPROGRAMME

3. At its 154th session, the Executive Board, in 154 EX/Decision 7.6(5): “... Further invitesthe Director-General to submit to it at its 159th session an evaluation report on theeffectiveness of the projects implemented under the Participation Programme ...”.

4. For the last three biennia, the resolution governing the Participation Programme hasincluded in its Conditions the following point: “Assistance under the Participation Programmewill be provided only if the applicant, when sending in the written requests to the Director-General, accepts the following conditions. The applicant shall: ... undertake to provide on acompulsory basis, together with the financial report mentioned in subparagraph (a) above, adetailed evaluation report on the results of the activities financed and their usefulness for theMember State or States and UNESCO ...” (28 C/Resolution 12, 29 C/Resolution 51 and30 C/Resolution 50).

5. 30 C/Resolution 50, under Part A, 12(b) states that: “... the achievements of theParticipation Programme must be made more widely known with a view to the planning andimplementation of the Organization’s future activities. The evaluation reports submitted aftercompletion of each project by Member States will be useful to the Secretariat for this purpose.Evaluation may also be undertaken while the project is being carried out ...”.

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6. As requested in the resolution (referenced above), Member States are required toprovide an evaluation report on the results of the activities financed under the ParticipationProgramme.

7. The Secretariat has in the past encountered difficulties in receiving the evaluationreports. In fact, in an analysis done by the PPE Unit for the 1996-1997 biennium, it was notedthat only half of these reports were submitted along with the financial reports for the sameprojects concerned. The reports which were received were often found to be too brief, lackinginformation and qualitative assessment, or too technical, or arrived too late. After analysingthe reports, programme sectors all agreed that they should be more substantive.

8. The evaluation report should consist of an analysis and appraisal of the results andimpact of the project. It should provide a factual account of the project and state the interestthat the activity holds for the Member State or Associate Member of UNESCO. It must alsoinclude all the different sources of financing which Member States have received for theproject. In certain cases, projects receive support from more than one funding source: from theParticipation Programme, from extrabudgetary sources and/or from the regular budget ofprogramme sectors.

9. In order for the Member State to provide a good evaluation report, it must, from theoutset, submit a project which clearly defines its objectives and expected outcomes. Thispresentation will allow the programme sector to make an adequate recommendation to theDirector-General in the most timely manner.

10. The following guidelines for the presentation of an evaluation report have been drawnup recently and should henceforth be applied along the following lines:

Guidelines for drawing up an evaluation report

I. Evaluation submitted by (name of country or international NGO).

II. Number and title of request.

III. Evaluation of the project or activity implemented.

(a) Purpose, objectives and expected outputs.

(b) Benefits and major results obtained. Were there modifications made to theinitial objective(s) and what were the factors that made such modificationsnecessary?

(c) What difficulties were encountered?

(d) As a result of the project did UNESCO have adequate visibility in theMember State?

(e) Was the UNESCO field office consulted? Did it assist in the implementationof the project?

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IV. Was the project also financed by other sources of funding?

V. Was there or will there be any follow-up?

VI. Any other observations.

VII. Official stamp, signature and date.

11. When evaluation reports are submitted to UNESCO at the close of the project, they aretransmitted to the same programme sector which was responsible for the originalrecommendation. The evaluation reports should constitute a complete and reliable source ofinformation which should better serve the Secretariat and its Member States. The reportscould be a guide for UNESCO when preparing the Draft Programme and Budget.

12. The new programme SISTER - System for Integrating Strategies, Tasks and theEvaluation of Results - will play an important part in the procedure which UNESCO proposesfor processing and better exploiting the evaluation reports. SISTER will programme both thefinancial reports and the evaluation reports into the Participation Programme database. Thisnew information system will be operational at the beginning of 2002 and will report onprojects approved in the 2000-2001 biennium. In other words, the absence of either thefinancial report or the evaluation report for each request approved as a financial contributionbeginning with the biennium 2000-2001 will block the payment for new requests approved asfinancial contributions for 2002-2003. A place will be provided in the ParticipationProgramme database to validate by date the arrival of both reports. It will also indicate wherethe reports are sent afterwards. In the case of financial reports, they are sent to theComptroller. The evaluation reports will be sent to the programme sectors responsible for theinitial recommendations. The sectors will, in the SISTER programme, be obliged to validatethe arrival of the evaluation reports and to provide a short assessment on the evaluationsprovided by the Member States. These summaries will be the basis for a report which the PPEUnit will provide for the C/3 document. The first input will be reflected in document 32 C/3.

13. This contribution to the C/3 document will aim at making the achievements of theParticipation Programme more widely known. During the 157th session of the ExecutiveBoard, document 157 EX/40 was presented on “The visibility of UNESCO in the MemberStates”. Though not mentioned in the document, the Participation Programme could easilyhave been included as an important source of visibility for UNESCO in its Member States.The document states that “... It would be quite unrealistic to think that UNESCO’s visibilitydepended solely on the provision of information on the activities of the Secretariat in Paris ...In our highly media-driven world, in which only the ‘bad news’ hits the headlines,UNESCO’s voice is heard but little. How, then, is its complex and difficult message to beconveyed to a world audience? The answers can be found only through the joint endeavours ofthe Organization itself and its Member States ...” (contribution of Cameroon and Austria to157 EX/40).

14. A graph (Table II) is provided below which, tabulates the number of requests approvedin 1996-1997 as financial contributions and comparing this figure to the number of financialreports received, and giving the number of evaluation reports received.

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Table II

PART III - CRITERIA UNDER WHICH EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE MAY BEGRANTED WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR ESTABLISHING ASEPARATE BUDGET LINE

15. The Executive Board, at its 157th session, invited the Director-General “... to submit toit at its 159th session the proposed criteria under which emergency assistance may be granted,studying, in particular, the implications of establishing a separate budget line for thisactivity ...”.

16. The General Conference, at its 30th session, adopted resolution 50 concerning theParticipation Programme. Part C, paragraph 14, of the resolution refers to emergency aid andstates:

“Pending a decision of the Executive Board on this matter at its 159th session, thefollowing conditions and principles are to be observed where emergency aid isconcerned:

(a) faced with an emergency situation, the Director-General shall take the initiative ofinforming the Member State through the National Commission, so far as possible,that he has earmarked a certain sum for immediate assistance and suggest asappropriate the forms (with options) that such assistance could take;

(b) the National Commission or the government shall then cable its choice ofassistance or suggest suitable alternatives;

Comparative analysis of evaluation reports and financial reports submitted at the close of the projects for 1996-1997

0 250 500 750 1000 1250 1500

TOTAL

AFR

APA

ARB

EUR

LAC

Evaluationreports

Financialreports

Financialcontributions

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(c) in the case of goods or services to be supplied by UNESCO there shall be nointernational competitive bidding, owing to the urgency of requirements;

(d) in the case of financial contributions, neither the $26,000 nor the $35,000 limitshall apply; the emergency aid shall be paid even if financial reports have not yetbeen submitted; an itemized financial report certifying that the funds allocatedhave been used for the purposes approved shall subsequently be submitted by theMember State and any balance not used for project purposes shall be returned toUNESCO”.

Part II of the same resolution, in paragraph (d), asks the Director-General: “... to ensurethat the percentage of the Participation Programme funds for emergency assistance ... shouldnot exceed 10% ... of the allocated amount for the Participation Programme for a givenbiennium”.

17. The present document represents the Director-General’s approach to emergencyassistance. In this respect, it is important to recall that in his address on the occasion of the“Information and dialogue session with the Executive Board” on 25 February 2000, theDirector-General already stated that UNESCO should not and cannot immediately be on thescene in an emergency situation.

Medium-Term Strategy

18. The concept of giving effective preventive assistance or development advice after adisaster is already a part of UNESCO’s programme. The Medium-Term Strategy 1996-2001(28 C/4 Approved) in its chapter entitled Contributing to conflict prevention and post-conflictpeace-building, clearly articulates UNESCO’s special role in this respect:

187. In addition to the long-term action UNESCO is undertaking for peace, it isincreasingly being asked to assist, together with the other United Nations systemorganizations, funds and programmes, in seeking solutions in the three fields of actionreferred to by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in An Agenda for Peace:conflict prevention, emergency assistance and post-conflict peace-building.

188. These are new fields of action for UNESCO, which is in consequence required toexplore, with due caution, new roles in order to carry out its specific constitutionalmission - constructing peace in the minds of men.

190. With regard to emergency assistance, UNESCO has become a strong advocate inthe international community of the idea that humanitarian assistance cannot be reducedmerely to the supply of food, medicine and blankets; that there must be a close linkbetween the concepts of “relief”, “rehabilitation” and “long-term development”.

19. UNESCO has been giving emergency aid, through the Participation Programme, to itsMember States since the 1990-1991 biennium by providing assistance within its fields ofcompetence. In conformity with the resolutions which have governed the Programme sincethat time, the Director-General took the initiative, in an emergency situation, to inform theMember State that he intended to give immediate assistance. After all necessary consultations,he decided on an amount and suggested the form of assistance he felt most appropriate. Thetable below shows the evolution of emergency assistance under the Participation Programmefrom 1990 to 1999.

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Table III

Biennium Number ofcountries

Number ofNGOs

Number ofrequestsapproved

Total amountapprovedin US $

1990-1991 31 0 57 1,739,875

1992-1993 52 2 72 2,094,093

1994-1995 53 1 67 2,632,170

1996-1997 70 31 160 4,659,840

1998-1999 39 9 65 2,259,500

20. The above table covers a wide range of projects which were funded through emergencyassistance. The subjects that predominate are: coastal zone management; hurricane resistancefacilities; flood shelters; reconstruction of schools after earthquakes, after floods, afterhurricanes, after cyclones and, after “El Niño” phenomena, assistance to refugees anddisplaced persons, construction of prefabricated schools, equipment for seismic riskassessment; restoration of monuments after civil strife, etc.

Criteria for emergency aid

21. As a Specialized Agency of the United Nations system, UNESCO’s role is to giveassistance in its fields of competence - education, science, social and human sciences, culture,communication - putting to best use its expertise, knowledge and significant network ofintellectual resources. In this context, the right to receive humanitarian and emergencyassistance, and to offer it, is a fundamental right which should be available to all MemberStates in need.

22. Until recently, crises or disasters were commonly seen as brutal but temporaryinterruptions in the course of life and it was often thought that, with immediate assistance,conditions would eventually return to normal. Today, it is clearly seen that this isunfortunately not the case: short-term catastrophes can have severe long-term consequencesfor peace and development in the countries concerned.

23. Not all crises may give rise to emergencies and not all countries are equally vulnerablein the face of emergencies. Also, it is now increasingly recognized that major emergencies arenot caused by one factor but by a combination of many trends, some of them of a medium- ora long-term nature. An emergency situation may thus arise not only as the result of anunexpected catastrophe but also as the culmination of a slow build-up of political, economicor environmental factors. The combination of these factors with an unexpected event such as aflood, earthquake, economic crisis may prove overwhelming. For people or societies that arealready vulnerable, even a small change in their situation may lead to a crisis situation that isbeyond their capacity to cope. Only after careful analysis of the situation can UNESCO offerits assistance.

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UNESCO’s approach today

24. When a Member State requests emergency assistance, UNESCO will ask the country togive detailed information on the damages incurred, its needs and objectives and how thecountry wishes to cooperate with UNESCO. This will allow the Organization to determinehow it can best help. An effective and efficient response on the part of UNESCO will onlycome with preparedness and good planning. How can UNESCO complement national effortsrather than duplicate them?

25. After receiving a request from a Member State for emergency assistance the Secretariatmust reflect carefully on how it can help to:

(a) promote and support the strengthening of national capacity and self-sufficiency ofcountries where social structures, cultural traditions and heritage, economy andpolitical systems are weakened by emergencies;

(b) ensure that the emergency assistance requested is within its mandate, that it istimely and necessary, and that it does not interfere with local initiatives;

(c) cooperate effectively with other international agencies and NGOs at all levels,taking into account human, technical and logistical resources;

(d) identify gaps in coordination arrangements and contribute to the furtherdevelopment of local action;

(e) prevent or reduce the anticipated impact of an impending disaster wheneverpossible, and reduce the vulnerability of the region concerned to similar futureemergencies.

A UNESCO appraisal mission

26. A sudden disaster creates an immediate need for reliable information on damage andcasualties, and on whether the national response capacity of the affected country is sufficientto meet the needs created by the disaster.

27. The Director-General may therefore decide, in consultation with the Member State andfield office concerned, that a UNESCO appraisal mission should be sent to assess the natureand size of the emergency, the resources locally available, and possible cooperation with local,national or international agencies and NGOs. In certain cases, it may be possible to organizeor join an assessment mission with other United Nations agencies and the mission would beplanned once an agreement had been reached between the Member State and UNESCO.

28. This mission could be composed of experts from different scientific, professional andtechnical fields from within the Secretariat and/or outside experts and in close cooperationwith the National Commission and the field office concerned.

29. Once the assessment mission has been completed, recommendations may then be madeto the Director-General on the ways and means by which UNESCO could best give assistance,and on the factors which could limit or enhance its action. Although UNESCO’s actions maybe relatively modest, its aid should be a catalyst to governments as well as other UnitedNations agencies, international NGOs, national authorities, the civil society and privateindividuals.

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30. UNESCO will then submit its proposals to the Member State in line with discussionheld during the assessment mission and when the needs are clearly identified. Once theMember State has given its agreement the required assistance will be provided.

Proposed conditions and principles to be observed where emergency aid is concerned

31. To ensure a better implementation of 30 C/Resolution 50, the following procedure isproposed:

(a) faced with an emergency situation, a Member State will identify, as appropriate itsneeds and the type of assistance which it requires from UNESCO;

(b) the Director-General shall then inform the Member State, through the NationalCommission or established channel of his decision;

(c) in the case of goods or services to be supplied by UNESCO there shall be nointernational competitive bidding, owing to the urgency of requirements;

(d) the Secretariat shall report to the Member State on the assistance and amountsprovided;

(e) an evaluation report, and when applicable, a financial report, shall be submitted bythe Member State after completion of the project.

A separate budget line

32. A last point concerns the implications for establishing a separate budget line foremergency assistance. 30 C/Resolution 50, Part II (d), asks the Director-General not to goover 10% of the total budget approved for the Participation Programme for emergencyassistance. We could consider that the 10% set aside is, in itself, a separation portion of theParticipation Programme budget. In consequence, when the normal requests submitted byMember States are approved, they may not be financed from the emergency assistancereserve.

33. For more transparency in the payment procedure and to identify immediately thepayment requests approved for emergency assistance, two separate sets of obligation numbershave been created. The obligation number is recorded by the Comptroller and appears in thecomputer base. It will eventually be part of the SISTER system as well.

PART IV - A LIST OF APPLICATIONS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THEPARTICIPATION PROGRAMME RECEIVED BY THE SECRETARIATBY 31 MARCH 2000

34. 30 C/Resolution 50, Part II (c):

“Invites the Director-General:

(c) to provide to every session of the Executive Board a report including thefollowing information:

(i) a list of applications for contributions from the Participation Programmereceived in the Secretariat;

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(ii) a list of the projects approved under the Participation Programme and thoseunder emergency assistance, together with the amounts approved to financethem, and any other cost and support connected with them;

(iii) a list for international non-governmental organizations along the same linesas that provided for countries in (ii) above”.

35. At this point in time, only point (i) above is available and is presented in the Annex. Anaddendum to this document, as at 30 April, will be prepared for the Executive Board in May,in reply to Part II and Part III above.

36. In view of the foregoing, the Executive Board may wish to adopt a decision along thefollowing lines:

The Executive Board,

1. Having examined document 159 EX/27 and its proposals,

2. Notes with satisfaction the procedure concerning the reception, approval andfollow-up of Participation Programme requests presented under Part III of thisdocument;

3. Requests the Director-General to pursue his efforts to introduce within theframework of the SISTER programme, a system of control and analysis forevaluation reports submitted for Participation Programme projects approved asfinancial contributions;

4. Invites therefore the Director-General to present in document 32 C/3 (Report ofthe Director-General 2000-2001) a list of evaluation reports for the 2000-2001biennium;

5. Invites the Director-General, with a view to ensuring a better implementation ofparagraph 14 of 30 C/Resolution 50, Part C, concerning emergency assistance, tofollow the procedure proposed in paragraph 31 of document 159 EX/27.

159 EX/27Annex

ANNEX

Participation Programme 2000-2001Member States: requests received as at 31 March 2000

Region Country Number of requests Received on

Europe 1 Andorra 11 31/03/2000

Austria 11 06/03/2000

Belgium 14 31/03/2000

Canada 7 06/03/2000

Denmark 10 28/03/2000

Finland 6 23/02/2000

France 10 22/02/2000

Germany 5 22/02/2000

Greece 67

23/02/200030/03/2000

Iceland 4 30/03/2000

Israel 15 23/02/2000

Luxembourg 1 23/03/2000

Malta 12 28/03/2000

Monaco 31

15/03/200031/03/2000

Netherlands 7 29/03/2000

Norway 7 30/03/2000

San Marino 1 11/01/2000

Sweden 5 31/03/2000

Switzerland 10 04/02/2000

Turkey 15 30/03/2000

United Kingdom 13

15/03/200031/03/2000

Europe 2 Albania 10 30/03/2000

Armenia 15 27/03/2000

Azerbaijan 213

07/02/200024/03/2000

Belarus 15 17/03/2000

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 30/03/2000

Bulgaria 15 24/03/2000

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Croatia 15 30/03/2000

Czech Republic 15 27/03/2000

Estonia 10 23/03/2000

Georgia 15 24/03/2000

Hungary 15 31/03/2000

Latvia 15 29/03/2000

Lithuania 15 30/03/2000

Poland 6 06/03/2000

Republic of Moldova 11 30/03/2000

Romania 15 21/03/2000

Russian Federation 15 30/03/2000

Slovakia 15 30/03/2000

Ukraine 15 21/03/2000

Yugoslavia 15 30/03/2000

Africa Angola 12 31/03/2000

Benin 15 28/03/2000

Botswana 1911

11/11/199913/03/200030/03/200031/03/2000

Burkina Faso 15 31/03/2000

Burundi 15 31/03/2000

Cape Verde 7 29/03/2000

Central African Republic 15 29/02/2000

Congo 15 08/03/2000

Chad 15 31/03/2000

Democratic Republic ofthe Congo

18 31/03/2000

Djibouti 4 31/03/2000

Equatorial Guinea 10 21/02/2000

Eritrea 116

09/02/200018/02/200029/03/2000

Ethiopia 8 26/01/2000

Gabon 15 23/03/2000



Gambia 10 29/02/2000

Ghana 14 18/01/2000

Guinea 10 27/12/1999

Guinea-Bissau 67

15

08/11/200011/02/200031/03/2000

Kenya 9 29/02/2000

Lesotho 13 29/03/2000

Liberia 10 20/03/2000

Madagascar 13 08/03/2000

Malawi 15 01/02/2000

Mali 15 29/02/2000

Mozambique 95

15/11/199928/03/2000

Namibia 11 28/03/2000

Niger 11 31/03/2000

Nigeria 15 28/03/2000

Rwanda 15 21/02/2000

São Tome and Principe 12 28/03/2000

Senegal 15 21/03/2000

Seychelles 7 22/03/2000

Sierra Leone 15 11/02/2000

South Africa 10 16/02/2000

Swaziland 29/03/2000

Togo 15 04/01/2000

Uganda 15 29/03/2000

United Republic ofTanzania

15 19/01/2000

Zambia 15 28/03/2000

Zimbabwe 15 17/12/1999

Arab States Algeria 13 29/03/2000

Bahrain 15 25/01/2000

Egypt 15 08/03/2000

Iraq 8 28/01/2000



Jordan 15 11/02/2000

Kuwait 10 27/03/2000

Lebanon 14 15/03/2000

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 15 20/03/2000

Mauritania 15 28/03/2000

Morocco 15 28/03/2000

Oman 15 04/01/2000

Palestine 15 29/02/2000

Qatar 12 11/01/2000

Saudi Arabia 12 21/01/2000

Sudan 15 10/02/2000

Syrian Arab Republic 15 11/02/2000

United Arab Emirates 6 03/03/2000

Yemen 15 17/02/2000

Latin America Argentina 15 23/03/2000

Aruba 2 04/01/2000

Bahamas 15 01/02/2000

Barbados 12 08/03/2000

Costa Rica 11 19/01/2000

Cuba 15 10/02/2000

Dominica 5 17/02/2000

Guyana 13 28/03/2000

Netherlands Antilles 7 25/01/2000

Nicaragua 15 23/03/2000

Peru 15 27/03/2000

Saint Lucia 6 17/01/2000

Suriname 15 05/01/2000

Trinidad and Tobago 14 28/03/2000

Uruguay 6 06/03/2000

Venezuela 13 27/03/2000

Asia and Pacific Australia 15 20/03/2000

Bangladesh 3 23/03/2000

Bhutan 9 06/03/2000



Cambodia 15 31/03/2000

Cook Islands 4 25/02/2000

China 7 08/03/2000

Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea

7 14/03/2000

India 15 28/03/2000

Indonesia 15 21/03/2000

Iran (Islamic Republic of) 15 02/03/2000

Kazakhstan 9 10/03/2000

Kyrgyzstan 110

08/03/200028/03/2000

Lao People’s DemocraticRepublic

15 17/12/1999

Macao 1 03/02/2000

Malaysia 10 20/03/2000

Marshall Islands 10 24/03/2000

Micronesia 15 22/03/2000

Mongolia 11 24/03/2000

Nepal 15 17/03/2000

New Zealand 6 27/03/2000

Niue 4 26/02/2000

Pakistan 15 29/03/2000

Palau 13 29/03/2000

Papua New Guinea 171

10/03/200028/03/2000

Philippines 9 29/03/2000

Republic of Korea 74

27/01/200021/03/2000

Samoa 7 09/03/2000

Sri Lanka 15 29/03/2000

Tajikistan 101

22/02/200027/03/2000

Tonga 13 28/03/2000

Turkmenistan 5 29/03/2000

Tuvalu 18 28/03/2000



Uzbekistan 23

28/02/200021/03/2000

Vanuatu 7 28/03/2000

Viet Nam 121

09/12/199928/03/2000


International non-governmental organizations (INGOs):requests received as at 31 March 2000

INGO Number ofrequests

Received on

AASSREC 1 10/02/2000

AICA 3 15/03/2000

AMIC 1 31/03/2000

AMPS 1 29/03/2000

CCIVS 3 30/03/2000

CRE 2 30/03/2000

EAASH 1 01/03/2000

FIDH 2 31/03/2000

FIHE 1 30/03/2000

FIM 2 31/03/2000

HOPE 87 1 14/03/2000

IAAS 1 29/03/2000

IAC (ex IRTAC) 1 24/03/2000

IADL 1 15/03/2000

IAF 1 29/03/2000

IALC 1 14/03/2000

IATC 1 14/03/2000

IAUP 1 30/03/2000

ICET 23

28/01/200030/03/2000

ICPHS 3 31/03/2000

ICTM 1 17/03/2000

ICW 1 30/03/2000

IFID 1 22/03/2000

IFTC 5 30/03/2000

IFUW 1 30/03/2000

IFWEA 1 14/03/2000

IIAS 3 17/03/2000

INCORVUZ 1 28/03/2000

INSULA 2 31/03/2000


INGO Number ofrequests

Received on

International PEN 1 29/03/2000

ISI 1 31/03/2000

ISSC 1 21/03/2000

ITC 2 30/03/2000

ITI 1 31/03/2000

Maison de sagesse 3 22/02/2000

OIDEL 1 22/03/2000

Pax Christi International 1 29/03/2000

PINA 1 31/03/2000

Reporters sans frontières 2 31/03/2000

WAER 1 01/03/2000

WCT 3 30/03/2000

WFDY 2 30/03/2000

WFUCA 5 31/03/2000

WLRA 2 30/03/2000

WOSM 21

09/03/200017/03/2000

Hundred and fifty-ninth Session

159 EX/27 Add.PARIS, 15 May 2000Original: French/English

Item 6.10 of the provisional agenda

REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL ON THE FUNCTIONINGAND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME

AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

ADDENDUM

SUMMARY

This addendum updates the list presented in Annex to document 159 EX/27 ofParticipation Programme requests received from Member States and AssociateMembers for the 2000-2001 biennium. It also provides the acronyms and names, infull, of the international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) which havesubmitted requests for this biennium.

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159 EX/27 Add.

Participation Programme 2000-2001Member States: requests received


Europe 1 Andorra 11 31/03/2000

Austria 11 06/03/2000

Belgium 14 31/03/2000

Canada 7 06/03/2000

Cyprus 12 29/03/2000

Denmark 10 28/03/2000

Finland 6 23/02/2000

France 10 22/02/2000

Germany 5 22/02/2000

Greece 67

23/02/200030/03/2000

Iceland 4 30/03/2000

Ireland 4 11/04/2000

Israel 15 23/02/2000

Italy *19 05/04/2000

Luxembourg 1 23/03/2000

Malta 12 28/03/2000

Monaco 31

15/03/200031/03/2000

Netherlands 7 29/03/2000

Norway 7 30/03/2000

Portugal 15 03/04/2000

San Marino 13

11/01/200003/04/2000

Spain 14 06/04/2000

Sweden 5 31/03/2000

Switzerland 10 04/02/2000

Turkey 15 30/03/2000

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United Kingdom 1311

15/03/200031/03/200003/04/200004/04/2000

Europe 2 Albania 10 30/03/2000

Armenia 15 27/03/2000

Azerbaijan 213

07/02/200024/03/2000

Belarus 15 17/03/2000

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1*15

30/03/200003/04/2000

Bulgaria 15 24/03/2000

Croatia 15 30/03/2000

Czech Republic 15 27/03/2000

The former YugoslavRepublic of Macedonia

15 03/04/2000

Estonia 10 23/03/2000

Georgia 15 24/03/2000

Hungary 15 31/03/2000

Latvia 15 29/03/2000

Lithuania 15 30/03/2000

Poland 6 06/03/2000

Republic of Moldova 11 30/03/2000

Romania 15 21/03/2000

Russian Federation 15 30/03/2000

Slovakia 15 30/03/2000

Slovenia 8 04/04/2000

Ukraine 15 21/03/2000

Yugoslavia 15 30/03/2000

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Africa Angola 12 31/03/2000

Benin 15 28/03/2000

Botswana 1911

11/11/199913/03/200030/03/200031/03/2000

Burkina Faso 15 31/03/2000

Burundi 15 31/03/2000

Cameroon 14 17/04/2000

Cape Verde 7 29/03/2000

Central African Republic 15 29/02/2000

Chad 15 31/03/2000

Congo 15 08/03/2000

Côte d’Ivoire 15 21/04/2000

Democratic Republic ofthe Congo

*18 31/03/2000

Djibouti 4 31/03/2000

Equatorial Guinea 10 21/02/2000

Eritrea 116

09/02/200018/02/200029/03/2000

Ethiopia 8 26/01/2000

Gabon 15 23/03/2000

Gambia 10 29/02/2000

Ghana 14 18/01/2000

Guinea 10 27/12/1999

Guinea-Bissau 67

15

08/11/200011/02/200031/03/2000

Kenya 9 29/02/2000

Lesotho 13 29/03/2000

Liberia 10 20/03/2000

Madagascar 13 08/03/2000

Malawi 15 01/02/2000

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Mali 15 29/02/2000

Mozambique 95

15/11/199928/03/2000

Namibia 11 28/03/2000

Niger 11 31/03/2000

Nigeria 15 28/03/2000

Rwanda 15 21/02/2000

Sao Tome and Principe 12 28/03/2000

Senegal 15 21/03/2000

Seychelles 7 22/03/2000

Sierra Leone 15 11/02/2000

South Africa 10 16/02/2000

Swaziland 11 29/03/2000

Togo 15 04/01/2000

Uganda 15 29/03/2000

United Republic ofTanzania

15 19/01/2000

Zambia 15 28/03/2000

Zimbabwe 15 17/12/1999

Arab States Algeria 15 29/03/2000

Bahrain 15 25/01/2000

Egypt 15 08/03/2000

Iraq 8 28/01/2000

Jordan 15 11/02/2000

Kuwait 10 27/03/2000

Lebanon 14 15/03/2000

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 15 20/03/2000

Mauritania 15 28/03/2000

Morocco 15 28/03/2000

Oman 15 04/01/2000

Qatar 12 11/01/2000

Saudi Arabia 12 21/01/2000

Sudan 13 10/02/2000

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Syrian Arab Republic 15 11/02/2000

Tunisia 10 31/03/2000

United Arab Emirates 6 03/03/2000

Yemen 15 17/02/2000

(otherterritory)

Palestine 15 05/01/2000

Latin Americaand the

Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda 5 03/04/2000

Argentina 15 23/03/2000

Aruba 24

04/01/200017/04/2000

Bahamas 15 01/02/2000

Barbados 12 08/03/2000

Bolivia 15 04/04/2000

Brazil 11 31/03/2000

British Virgin Islands 13 04/04/2000

Chile 8 04/04/2000

Colombia 4 30/03/2000

Costa Rica 11 19/01/2000

Cuba 15 10/02/2000

Dominica 51

17/02/200003/04/2000

Dominican Republic 15 31/03/2000

Ecuador 6 31/03/2000

El Salvador 8 31/03/2000

Grenada 6 31/03/2000

Guatemala 15 30/03/2000

Guyana 13 28/03/2000

Haiti 13 03/04/2000

Honduras 15 31/03/2000

Jamaica 9 04/04/2000

Mexico 15 07/04/2000

Netherlands Antilles 7 25/01/2000

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Nicaragua 15 23/03/2000

Panama 6 04/04/2000

Paraguay *20 07/04/2000

Peru 15 27/03/2000

Saint Kitts and Nevis 9 03/04/2000Saint Lucia 6

117/01/200008/03/2000

Saint Vincent andthe Grenadines

14 31/03/2000

Suriname 15 05/01/2000

Trinidad and Tobago 14 28/03/2000

Uruguay 62

06/03/200006/03/2000

Venezuela 13 27/03/2000

Asia andthe Pacific

Australia 15 20/03/2000

Bangladesh 3*18

23/03/200011/04/2000

Bhutan 9 06/03/2000

Cambodia 15 31/03/2000

Cook Islands 4 25/02/2000

China 71

08/03/200031/03/2000

Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea

7 14/03/2000

India 15 28/03/2000

Indonesia 15 21/03/2000

Iran (Islamic Republic of) 15 02/03/2000

Kazakhstan 9 10/03/2000

Kiribati 9 31/03/2000

Kyrgyzstan 110

08/03/200028/03/2000

Lao People’s DemocraticRepublic

15 17/12/1999

Macao 1 03/02/2000

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Malaysia 10 20/03/2000

Maldives 10 03/04/2000

Marshall Islands 10 24/03/2000

Micronesia (FederatedStates of)

15 22/03/2000

Mongolia 11 24/03/2000

Myanmar 9 07/04/2000

Nauru 12 31/03/2000

Nepal 15 17/03/2000

New Zealand 6 27/03/2000

Niue 4 26/02/2000

Pakistan 15 29/03/2000

Palau 13 29/03/2000

Papua New Guinea *171

10/03/200028/03/2000

Philippines 9 29/03/2000

Republic of Korea 74

27/01/200021/03/2000

Samoa 7 09/03/2000

Sri Lanka 15 29/03/2000

Tajikistan 101

22/02/200027/03/2000

Thailand 15 21/04/2000

Tonga 13 28/03/2000

Turkmenistan 5 29/03/2000

Tuvalu *18 28/03/2000

Uzbekistan 23

28/02/200021/03/2000

Vanuatu 7 28/03/2000

Viet Nam 121

09/12/199928/03/2000

* 30 C/Resolution 50, Part I.A(4) states that “Each Member State may submit 15 requests … ”. Inconsequence, the Secretariat will process only the first 15 requests, which have been numberedin order of priority from 1 to 15 by the National Commission. The additional requests will notbe registered.

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International non-governmental organizations (INGOs): requests received

INGO Numberof

requests

Receivedon

ACRONYM TITLE

AASSREC Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils 1 10/02/2000

(no acronym) Association of European Universities 2 30/03/2000

AMIC Asian Media Information and Communication Centre 1 31/03/2000

CCIVS Co-ordinating Committee for International VoluntaryService

3 30/03/2000

EAASH European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities 1 01/03/2000

Hope’87 Hope’87 1 14/03/2000

(no acronym) International Association of Art Critics 3 15/03/2000

IAAS International Association of Agricultural Students 1 29/03/2000

IAC (ex IRTAC) International Association for Counselling 1 24/03/2000

IACEE International Association for Continuing EngineeringEducation

1 04/04/2000

IADL International Association of Democratic Lawyers 1 15/03/2000

IALC International Association of Literary Critics 1 14/03/2000

IATC* International Association of Theatre Critics 1 14/03/2000

IAU International Association of Universities 4 05/04/2000

IAUP International Association of University Presidents 1 30/03/2000

IBF International Booksellers Federation 2 03/04/2000

ICET International Council for Engineering and Technology 3 30/03/2000

ICET International Council on Education for Teaching 2 28/01/2000

(no acronym) International Council of French-speaking Radioand Television

2 30/03/2000

ICMICA Pax Romana 1 31/03/2000

ICPHS International Council for Philosophyand Humanistic Studies

3 31/03/2000

ICTM International Council for Traditional Music 1 17/03/2000

ICW/CIF International Council of Women 1 30/03/2000

IDC International Dance Council 3 04/04/2000

(no acronym) International Federation of Actors 1 29/03/2000

(no acronym) International Federation of Associations of the Elderly 1 31/03/2000

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INGO Numberof

requests

Receivedon

ACRONYM TITLE

IFHE International Federation for Home Economics 1 30/03/2000

IFHR International Federation of Human Rights Leagues 2 31/03/2000

IFID International Federation for Information andDocumentation

1 22/03/2000

(no acronym) International Federation of Musicians 2 31/03/2000

IFMSA International Federation of Medical Students’Associations

1 12/04/2000

IFTC International Council for Film, Television andAudiovisual Communication

5 30/03/2000

IFUW International Federation of University Women 1 30/03/2000

IFWEA International Federation of Workers’ EducationalAssociations

1 14/03/2000

(no acronym) International House of Poetry 2 03/04/2000

IIAS/IISA** International Institute of Administrative Sciences 3 17/03/2000

IMC International Music Council 2 30/03/2000

IMCARY International Movement of Catholic Agricultural andRural Youth

1 14/03/2000

INCORVUZ Corporation incorvuz 1 28/03/2000

INSULA International Scientific Council for Island Development 2 31/03/2000

InternationalPEN

International PEN 11

29/03/200004/04/2000

(no acronym) International Organization for the Development ofFreedom of Education

1 22/03/2000

IPA International Publishers Association 1 31/03/2000

ISI International Statistical Institute 1 31/03/2000

ISSC International Social Science Council 14

21/03/200031/03/2000

ITI International Theatre Institute 1 31/03/2000

(no acronym) Jeunesses musicales internationale 3 10/04/2000

(no acronym) Maison de sagesse 3 22/02/2000

(no acronym) Pan-American Association of Education CreditInstitutions

1 14/03/2000

(no acronym) Pax Christi International 1 29/03/2000

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INGO Numberof

requests

Receivedon

ACRONYM TITLE

PINA Pacific Islands News Association 1 31/03/2000

RSF Reporters sans frontières 2 31/03/2000

WAER World Association of Educational Research 1 01/03/2000

WCT World Confederation of Teachers 3 30/03/2000

WFDY World Federation of Democratic Youth 2 30/03/2000

WFSF World Future Studies Federation 1 30/03/2000

WFUCA World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres andAssociations

5 31/03/2000

WLRA World Leisure and Recreation Association 2 30/03/2000

WOSM World Organization of the Scout Movement 21

09/03/200017/03/2000

(no acronym) World Social Prospects Association 1 29/03/2000

* IATC At the 30th session of the General Conference (30 C/32, Annex III) it was decided that officialrelations be terminated with this INGO and UNESCO. Therefore, IATC has been informed that itmay no longer receive funding under the Participation Programme and that the request is notreceivable.

** IIAS After presentation of their requests, this NGO was informed that as it maintains relations withUNESCO by affiliation with the CISS it may not submit requests directly but only through theCISS.

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