B.43/13: Work programmes and budgets of the independent units for 2026 – 2028
The Board, having considered document GCF/B.43/07 titled “Independent Evaluation Unit 2026 work plan and budget, 2026 ‒ 2028 work plan and budget, and update of its three-year rolling objectives”:
- Approves the workplan and administrative budget for the Independent Evaluation Unit for 2026 in the amount of USD 7,809,281, as set out in table 5 of annex III to document GCF/B.43/07;
- Also approves the provisional administrative budgets for the Independent Evaluation Unit in the amount of USD 7,756,963 for 2027 and USD 7,780,029 for 2028, as set out in table 2 of annex II to document GCF/B.43/07;
- Notes the update on the Independent Evaluation Unit’s three-year rolling objectives outlined in annex IV to document GCF/B.43/07;
- Approves a budget allocation of USD 35,133 for each of 2026, 2027 and 2028, additional to the budgets set out in (a) and (b) above, acknowledging that the Independent Evaluation Unit will absorb the remaining USD 15,057 in the budgets set out in (a) and (b) 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 Evaluation Unit to submit its multiannual administrative budget to the Budget Committee for its review by 1 September each year.