Appendix 3 Rates of contribution and programme budgets
The Commonwealth Secretariat’s activities are supported by three budgets/funds. First, there is the assessed budget of the Secretariat itself, to which contributions are made by Commonwealth governments on an agreed scale based on population and national income. The United Nations scales are used as a broad guide. The budgets of the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC) and Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) are financed by voluntary contributions. The Secretary-General is the custodian and Chief Accounting Officer to governments for all the budgets and funds administered by the Secretariat.
The Secretariat’s activities were also supported by a fourth fund, the Commonwealth Science Council (CSC) to which members made contributions on an assessment basis similar to that for the Secretariat. The CSC ceased operating in June 2004.
The Secretariat is governed by a Board of Governors on which all member governments are represented. The Board meets annually in May to approve the Secretariat’s strategic plans and work programmes, and future budgets of the Secretariat, CFTC and CYP. The Board elects an Executive Committee to assist its work. The Executive Committee currently meets on a quarterly basis to monitor the implementation of the Secretariat’s work programmes.
The Secretariat’s Assessed Budget was £11.8 million in 2003/04 and £12.09 million in 2004/05. The CFTC’s Plan of Expenditure for 2003/04 was £22.93 million and £23.49 million in 2004/05. CYP’s budget for 2003/04 was £2.41 million and expenditure of £2.47 million was planned for 2004/05.
Details of contributions and pledges for 2003/04 and 2004/05 are shown in Tables 1 and 3. Resource allocations by programme for all funds in 2003/04 and 2004/05 are in Tables 2 and 4.
The budgets of the Secretariat were augmented by extra-budgetary contributions from some member countries and from outside the Commonwealth. Donors contributed approximately £3.36 million in 2003/04 and £3.45 million in 2004/05.
The Trade and Investment Access Facility, established by Heads of Government in Edinburgh in 1997, continues to provide valuable support to developing members to help them fully integrate into the emerging global economy and to take advantage of its opportunities. The main contributors are Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
The ‘Hub and Spokes’ project is now in place. It is being delivered in collaboration with l’Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie, to strengthen the capacity of Commonwealth developing countries to participate in international trade negotiations. The European Commission has made available €10 million to the Secretariat to support this project.
Members have also made donations to specific projects in furtherance of the work of the Secretariat, such as: Governance, Democracy and Rule of Law; Preventing and Combating Terrorism; Evaluation and Performance Measurement; Fisheries Subsidies Disciplines in WTO; Tsunami Volunteer Health Professionals; Gender; and the Pan-African Forum on the Latimer House Principles.
| Table 1 - Contributions and pledges to all funds, 2003/2004 | ||||||
| CONTRIBUTIONS TO | PLEDGES TO | |||||
| the Secretariat | CSC | CYP | CFTC | |||
| % | £ | % | £ | £ | £ | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0.35 | 41,307 | - | - | 8,467 | - |
| Australia | 9.69 | 1,143,616 | 18 | 168,228 | 219,009 | 3,928,150 |
| The Bahamas | 0.59 | 69,632 | 0.5 | 4,627 | 13,349 | 96,350 |
| Bangladesh | 1.02 | 120,381 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 8,467 | 80,095 |
| Barbados | 0.59 | 69,632 | 0.5 | 4,627 | 8,467 | 90,000 |
| Belize | 0.35 | 41,307 | - | - | 8,467 | 19,000 |
| Botswana | 1.02 | 120,381 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 10,249 | 205,000 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 1.02 | 120,381 | 0.5 | 4,627 | 14,258 | 300,000 |
| Cameroon | 1.02 | 120,381 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 8,467 | 100,000 |
| Canada | 19.07 | 2,250,645 | - | - | 703,536 | 5,830,665 |
| Cyprus | 1.02 | 120,381 | 0.5 | 4,627 | 8,467 | 100,000 |
| Dominica | 0.35 | 41,307 | - | 35 | 8,467 | - |
| Fiji Islands | 0.59 | 69,632 | - | - | 8,467 | 70,000 |
| The Gambia | 0.35 | 41,307 | - | - | 8,467 | 8,000 |
| Ghana | 1.02 | 120,381 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 16,938 | 150,000 |
| Grenada | 0.35 | 41,307 | 0.5 | 4,627 | 8,467 | 15,000 |
| Guyana | 0.59 | 69,632 | 0.5 | 4,627 | 8,467 | 30,000 |
| India | 3.34 | 394,187 | 9.2 | 85,759 | 92,318 | 720,000 |
| Jamaica | 1.02 | 120,381 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 16,938 | 110,000 |
| Kenya | 1.02 | 120,381 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 18,208 | 200,000 |
| Kiribati | 0.35 | 41,307 | - | - | 2,064 | 3,695 |
| Lesotho | 0.59 | 69,632 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 8,467 | 80,000 |
| Malawi | 0.59 | 69,632 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 8,467 | 10,000 |
| Malaysia | 1.37 | 161,688 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 25,629 | 250,000 |
| Maldives | 0.35 | 41,307 | - | - | 4,128 | 15,000 |
| Malta | 0.59 | 69,632 | 0.5 | 4,627 | 8,467 | 100,000 |
| Mauritius | 1.02 | 120,381 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 8,467 | 115,000 |
| Mozambique | 0.59 | 69,632 | - | - | 8,467 | 25,000 |
| Namibia | 0.59 | 69,632 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 14,008 | 140,000 |
| Nauru | 0.35 | 41,307 | - | - | - | - |
| New Zealand | 2.15 | 253,743 | 9.2 | 85,759 | 33,702 | 1,204,500 |
| Nigeria | 1.37 | 161,688 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 20,797 | 300,000 |
| Pakistan* | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Papua New Guinea | 1.02 | 120,381 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 16,938 | - |
| St Kitts and Nevis | 0.35 | 41,307 | - | - | 8,467 | 15,000 |
| St Lucia | 0.35 | 41,307 | 0.5 | 4,627 | 8,467 | - |
| St Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.35 | 41,307 | - | - | 8,467 | 20,500 |
| Samoa | 0.35 | 41,307 | - | - | 8,467 | 35,000 |
| Seychelles | 0.35 | 41,307 | 0.5 | 4,627 | 8,467 | - |
| Sierra Leone | 0.59 | 69,632 | - | - | 16,938 | 100,000 |
| Singapore | 1.37 | 161,688 | - | - | 16,938 | 181,777 |
| Solomon Islands | 0.35 | 41,307 | - | - | 8,467 | - |
| South Africa | 3.9 | 460,279 | 9.2 | 85,759 | 93,064 | 200,000 |
| Sri Lanka | 1.02 | 120,381 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 16,938 | 46,000 |
| Swaziland | 0.59 | 69,632 | 0.5 | 4,627 | 8,467 | 90,000 |
| Tonga | 0.35 | 41,307 | - | - | 8,467 | 25,000 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1.02 | 120,381 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 20,760 | 55,000 |
| Tuvalu | 0.35 | 41,307 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 1,032 | - |
| Uganda | 1.02 | 120,381 | - | - | 16,938 | - |
| United Kingdom | 30 | 3,540,606 | 29.4 | 274,039 | 728,403 | 6,410,207 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 1.02 | 120,381 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 16,938 | 100,000 |
| Vanuatu | 0.35 | 41,307 | - | - | 8,467 | - |
| Zambia | 1.02 | 120,381 | 1.1 | 10,283 | 28,400 | 64,508 |
| Zimbabwe** | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| British Virgin Islands | - | - | - | - | - | 28,500 |
| Cook Islands | - | - | - | - | 8,467 | 5,000 |
| Gibraltar | - | - | - | - | - | 15,000 |
| Montserrat | - | - | - | - | - | 6,000 |
| Niue | - | - | - | - | - | 371 |
| 100 | 11,802,020 | 100 | 930,943 | 2,398,560 | 21,693,318 | |
| For CFTC, in addition to the pledges made for 2003/04, Samoa and Uganda made retroactive pledges totalling £126,509. For CSC, 2003/04 was the final year of operations. Its activities were wound up on 30 June 2004. | ||||||
| * Pakistan's suspension from the councils of the Commonwealth was lifted in May 2004. | ||||||
| ** Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth in December 2003. | ||||||
| Table 2 - Resource allocations by programme, 2003/2004 | ||||||
| Programmes | Total | Secretariat's Assessed Budget | CFTC | CYP | CSC | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| 1.1 | Good Offices for Conflict Prevention and Resolution | 1,089,720 | 1,089,720 | - | - | - |
| 1.2 | Consensus-Building, Strengthening Democracy and | 1,853,813 | 1,553,813 | 300,000 | - | - |
| Combating Terrorism | ||||||
| 1.3 | Promoting Human Rights | 313,564 | 203,564 | 110,000 | - | - |
| Total 1 | 3,257,097 | 2,847,097 | 410,000 | - | - | |
| 2.1 | Constitutional Reform, Rule of Law, Strengthening | 983,036 | 593,036 | 390,000 | - | - |
| Judicial Processes and Institutions | ||||||
| 2.2 | Civil Service Reform, Decentralisation, Public Sector Restructuring, | 3,728,528 | 210,870 | 3,517,658 | - | - |
| e-Governance, and Combating Money Laundering and Corruption | ||||||
| Total 2 | 4,711,564 | 803,906 | 3,907,658 | - | - | |
| 3.1 | Gender Equality | 936,087 | 676,087 | 260,000 | - | - |
| 3.2 | Youth for the Future | 2,277,660 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 2,217,660 | - |
| Total 3 | 3,213,747 | 686,087 | 310,000 | 2,217,660 | - | |
| 4.1 | Advocacy, Consensus-Building and Responding to Globalisation | 8,674,041 | 1,533,594 | 7,140,447 | - | - |
| 4.2 | Human Development | 1,337,798 | 1,052,798 | 285,000 | - | - |
| 4.3 | Reducing the Digital Divide and Promoting Innovation, | 1,073,157 | 75,315 | 200,000 | - | 797,842 |
| Technology and Science for Sustainable Development | ||||||
| 4.4 | Technical Assistance for Strategic Gap-Filling | 6,696,362 | - | 6,696,362 | - | - |
| Total 4 | 17,781,358 | 2,661,707 | 14,321,809 | - | 797,842 | |
| 5.1 | Vulnerability of Small States | 196,097 | 166,097 | 30,000 | - | - |
| Total 5 | 196,097 | 166,097 | 30,000 | - | - | |
| 6.1 | Communications and Public Affairs | 1,378,197 | 1,056,607 | 265,258 | 28,166 | 28,166 |
| 6.2 | Secretariat Governance, Planning and Management | 5,911,056 | 3,140,519 | 2,541,869 | 119,834 | 108,834 |
| Total 6 | 7,289,253 | 4,197,126 | 2,807,127 | 148,000 | 137,000 | |
| Contingency | 1,163,406 | 110,000 | 1,053,406 | - | - | |
| Pensions, etc. | 160,000 | 160,000 | - | - | - | |
| Pay Reserve | 312,498 | 200,000 | 90,000 | 16,340 | 6,158 | |
| Other Income | -30,000 | -30,000 | - | - | - | |
| Total Budget | 38,055,020 | 11,802,020 | 22,930,000 | 2,382,000 | 941,000 | |
| Table 3 - Contributions and pledges to all funds, 2004/2005 | ||||
| CONTRIBUTIONS TO | PLEDGES TO | |||
| the Secretariat | CYP | CFTC | ||
| % | £ | £ | £ | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0.32 | 38,696 | 8,675 | 20,000 |
| Australia | 9.69 | 1,171,749 | 219,024 | 3,917,515 |
| The Bahamas | 0.56 | 67,717 | 13,677 | 97,000 |
| Bangladesh | 0.99 | 119,714 | 8,675 | 90,000 |
| Barbados | 0.56 | 67,717 | 8,675 | 100,000 |
| Belize | 0.32 | 38,696 | 8,675 | - |
| Botswana | 0.99 | 119,714 | 10,501 | 205,000 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 0.99 | 119,714 | 14,609 | 400,000 |
| Cameroon | 0.99 | 119,714 | 8,675 | - |
| Canada | 19.07 | 2,306,011 | 703,536 | 5,343,198 |
| Cyprus | 0.99 | 119,714 | 8,675 | 100,000 |
| Dominica | 0.32 | 38,696 | 8,675 | - |
| Fiji Islands | 0.56 | 67,717 | 8,675 | 70,000 |
| The Gambia | 0.32 | 38,696 | 8,675 | - |
| Ghana | 0.99 | 119,714 | 17,355 | 150,000 |
| Grenada | 0.32 | 38,696 | 8,675 | 15,000 |
| Guyana | 0.56 | 67,717 | 8,675 | 45,173 |
| India | 3.34 | 403,884 | 94,589 | 720,000 |
| Jamaica | 0.99 | 119,714 | 17,355 | - |
| Kenya | 0.99 | 119,714 | 18,656 | 200,000 |
| Kiribati | 0.32 | 38,696 | 2,115 | 4,400 |
| Lesotho | 0.56 | 67,717 | 8,675 | 80,000 |
| Malawi | 0.56 | 67,717 | 8,675 | 20,000 |
| Malaysia | 1.35 | 163,246 | 26,260 | - |
| Maldives | 0.32 | 38,696 | 4,230 | 20,000 |
| Malta | 0.56 | 67,717 | 8,675 | 100,000 |
| Mauritius | 0.99 | 119,714 | 8,675 | 115,000 |
| Mozambique | 0.56 | 67,717 | 8,675 | 25,000 |
| Namibia | 0.56 | 67,717 | 14,353 | - |
| Nauru | 0.32 | 38,696 | - | - |
| New Zealand | 2.15 | 259,986 | 37,367 | 1,241,790 |
| Nigeria | 1.35 | 163,246 | 21,309 | 300,000 |
| Pakistan | 1.35 | 163,246 | 17,355 | - |
| Papua New Guinea | 0.99 | 119,714 | 17,355 | 5,663 |
| St Kitts and Nevis | 0.32 | 38,696 | 8,675 | - |
| St Lucia | 0.32 | 38,696 | 8,675 | 25,000 |
| St Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.32 | 38,696 | 8,675 | 25,500 |
| Samoa | 0.32 | 38,696 | 8,675 | 36,750 |
| Seychelles | 0.32 | 38,696 | 8,675 | - |
| Sierra Leone | 0.56 | 67,717 | 17,355 | 25,000 |
| Singapore | 1.35 | 163,246 | 17,355 | 150,000 |
| Solomon Islands | 0.32 | 38,696 | 8,675 | - |
| South Africa | 3.9 | 471,602 | 95,353 | 200,000 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.99 | 119,714 | 17,355 | 46,000 |
| Swaziland | 0.56 | 67,717 | 8,675 | - |
| Tonga | 0.32 | 38,696 | 8,675 | 25,000 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0.99 | 119,714 | 21,271 | 55,000 |
| Tuvalu | 0.32 | 38,696 | 1,057 | - |
| Uganda | 0.99 | 119,714 | 17,355 | 50,000 |
| United Kingdom | 30 | 3,627,705 | 714,787 | 6,127,044 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 0.99 | 119,714 | 17,355 | 102,000 |
| Vanuatu | 0.32 | 38,696 | 8,675 | - |
| Zambia | 0.99 | 119,714 | 29,099 | - |
| Bermuda | - | - | - | 18,889 |
| Cook Islands | - | - | 8,675 | - |
| Gibraltar | - | - | - | 15,000 |
| Montserrat | - | - | - | 3,000 |
| Niue | - | - | - | 212 |
| St Helena | 500 | |||
| 100 | 12,092,350 | 2,423,537 | 20,289,634 | |
| For CFTC, in addition to the pledges made for 2004/05, Antigua and Barbuda, Papua New Guinea and Bermuda made retroactive pledges totalling £95,643. | ||||
| Table 4 - Resource allocations by programme, 2004/2005 | |||||
| Programmes | Total | Secretariat's Assessed Budget |
CFTC | CYP | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| 1 | Good Offices | 872,798 | 872,798 | - | - |
| 2 | Democracy | 1,870,103 | 1,570,103 | 300,000 | - |
| 3 | Rule of Law | 2,168,753 | 1,123,025 | 1,045,728 | - |
| 4 | Human Rights | 414,757 | 208,757 | 206,000 | - |
| 5 | International Trade | 3,614,349 | 554,755 | 3,059,594 | - |
| 6 | Investment | 3,521,591 | 301,509 | 3,220,082 | - |
| 7 | Finance and Debt | 2,234,055 | 430,072 | 1,803,983 | - |
| 8 | Public Sector Development | 4,576,185 | - | 4,576,185 | - |
| 9 | Environmentally Sustainable Development | 164,529 | 112,029 | 52,500 | - |
| 10 | Small States | 428,284 | 396,284 | 32,000 | - |
| 11 | Education | 1,382,155 | 1,017,155 | 365,000 | - |
| 12 | Health | 671,376 | 481,376 | 190,000 | - |
| 13 | Young People | 2,297,172 | - | - | 2,297,172 |
| 14 | Gender Equality and Equity | 542,009 | 250,009 | 292,000 | - |
| 15 | Capacity-Building | 4,731,680 | - | 4,731,680 | - |
| 16 | Secretariat Governance, Management and Communications | 8,472,813 | 4,992,311 | 3,306,282 | 174,220 |
| Contingency | 677,512 | 164,468 | 513,044 | - | |
| Other Income | -582,301 | -382,301 | -200,000 | - | |
| Total Budget | 38,057,820 | 12,092,350 | 23,494,078 | 2,471,392 | |
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