B.43/12: Work programmes and budgets of the independent units for 2026 – 2028
The Board, having considered document GCF/B.43/06 titled “Independent Redress Mechanism Work Programme and Budget for 2026-2028”:
- Approves the work programme and the administrative budget of the Independent Redress Mechanism for 2026 in the amount of USD 3,044,456, as contained in annexes II and III, respectively, to document GCF/B.43/06;
- Takes note of the provisional work programme of the Independent Redress Mechanism for 2027 and 2028, as set out in annex II to document GCF/B.43/06;
- Approves the provisional administrative budgets for the Independent Redress Mechanism, as set out in annex III to document GCF/B.43/06, in the amounts of USD 3,346,474 for 2027 and USD 3,669,812 for 2028;
- Authorizes the Budget Committee to consider and approve drawing from the Board contingency budget the costs of unanticipated case-related work of the Independent Redress Mechanism in 2026 upon recommendation of the Ethics and Audit Committee;
- Approves drawing from the Board contingency budget the costs of unanticipated case-related work of the Independent Redress Mechanism up to USD 200,000 in total in 2025 upon consultation with the Budget Committee;
- Also approves a budget allocation of USD 16,095 for each of 2026, 2027 and 2028, additional to the budgets set out in (a) and (c) above, acknowledging that the Independent Redress Mechanism will absorb the remaining USD 6,898 in the budgets set out in (a) and (c) above through efficiency gains, for the implementation of the 2025 salary adjustment set out in annex V referenced in decision B.43/10, paragraph (i), effective 1 January 2026;
- Tasks the Executive Director with distributing the salary adjustments based on salary relativities among the staff, consistent with the approach outlined in paragraph (h) of decision B.37/08; and
- Requests the Independent Redress Mechanism to submit its multiannual administrative budget to the Budget Committee for its review by 1 September each year.