Briefing to UNFPA on UNHCR Operations

Geneva 07 February 2007

UNHCR at a Glance

• Number of Countries • Number of Offices • Staff members • Staff in field 5,607 (84%)• Ratio of staff to people of

concern • Number of NGOs as IPs • States party to 1951

Convention & 1967 Protocol

• 116• 262• 6,689• 5,607 (84%)• 1:3,102

• 565

• 146

UNHCR Structure

HQ – Geneva (Departments & Divisions)

Regional- andCountry Offices

(Representation)

Sub-Offices

Field Office

Antennae Office & Field Units

Divisions & Departments at HQ

• Executive Direction and Management

• Department of International Protection

• Department Operations (DOS & Bureaux)

• Division of External Relations (incl. Donor Relations & Resource Mobilisation, NGO Liaison Unit etc.)

• Division of Human Resource Management

• Division of Information Systems and Telecommunications

Bureaux

• Africa• Middle East & North

Africa (MENA)• Central Asia &

South East Asia (CASWA)

• Asia & Pacific• Europe• Americas

UNHCR Refugees and IDPs

Refugees and IDPs (under UNHCR mandate),1997-2005 (end-year)

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Mln.Refugees

IDPs

UNHCR refugees and IDPs

Total population of concern to UNHCR,1997-2005 (end-year)

-

5

10

15

20

25

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Mln.

UNHCR refugees and IDPs

Total population of concern to UNHCR,1997-2005 (end-year)

-

5

10

15

20

25

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Mln.

Total pop. of concern

Refugees

IDPs

Total Financial Requirements

• 2006 US$ 1,145,297,000

• 2007 US$ 1,056,181,530

Funding

• > 98% Voluntary contributions

• Bi-annual budgeting from 2008/09

• Annual accounting and reporting

Country Report

Country Operations Plan

ORB sets the Global Budget

Mid-Year Review

Excom approves Budget

Joint Strategic Planning Exercise

GLOBAL REPORT

Funding Projections

Informal consultation with

Donors

Mid-Year Financial Report

Donor Mission

GLOBAL APPEAL

Standing Committee

Standing Committee

Standing Committee

Executive Committee

Pledging ConferenceDEC

NOV

OCT

SEP

August Review AUG

JUL

JUN

MAY

APR

MAR

FEB

JAN

GOVERNANCE MEETINGS

DRRM UNHCR

PROGRAMME CYCLE

Global Resource Allocation – the Calendar

August Review

Programme Structure • A Country Operation consists of one or more

programmes

• A Programme is established for each distinct beneficiary population or common theme

• A Project is established for each type of operation (EM/CM/RP/LS/RE) within the Programme

• Each Project is developed around a Hierarchy of Objectives (Goal(s) - Objectives - Outputs)

• A Sub-Project is a part of a project undertaken by an implementing partner in a single currency

Implementation

UNHCRHost Government

Implementing Partner (IP)Operational Partners

Global Strategic Objectives

Global objectives are

determined each year and operations are

planned in order to achieve them fully or partially.

OPERATIONS

MANAGEMENT

CYCLE

ASSESSMENT

DESIGN

RESOURCEALLOCATION

IMPLEMENTATION

COORDINATION

MONITORINGCONTROLREPORTING

EVALUATIONEVALUATION

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