B.43/11: Work programmes and budgets of the independent units for 2026 – 2028
The Board, having considered document GCF/B.43/05 titled “Work Programme and Budget of the Independent Integrity Unit for 2026-2028”:
- Approves the work programme and administrative budget of the Independent Integrity Unit for 2026 in the amount of USD 4,255,200, as set out in annexes II and III, respectively, to document GCF/B.43/05;
- Takes note of the provisional work programme of the Independent Integrity Unit for 2027 and 2028, as set out in annex II to document GCF/B.43/05;
- Approves the provisional administrative budgets for the Independent Integrity Unit, as set out in annex III to document GCF/B.43/05, in the amounts of USD 4,422,700 for 2027 and USD 4,644,300 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 Integrity Unit in 2026, upon recommendation of the Ethics and Audit Committee;
- Approves a budget allocation of USD 23,633 for each of 2026, 2027, and 2028, additional to the budgets set out in (a) and (c) above, acknowledging that the Independent Integrity Unit will absorb the remaining USD 10,128 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 Integrity Unit to submit its multiannual administrative budget to the Budget Committee for its review by 1 September each year.