Programme Budget 2022–2023: Implementation and mid-term review
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World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
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Consistent with WHO’s Accountability Framework, this Working Paper provides an update on the implementation of the Programme Budget 2022–2023 in the WHO South-East Asia Region for the first 19 months of its tenure and a Mid-Term Review of the first 12 months of the biennium (January–December 2022).The Programme Budget 2022–2023 was approved by the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly in May 2021 vide resolution WHA74.3. It aims to turn the bold vision of the Thirteenth General Programme of Work (GPW13) 2019–2023 (extended to 2025 by the Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly1) into reality by delivering impact for people at the country level. It is the second Programme Budget developed under GPW13 and a vital element in ensuring the implementation of the ‘Triple Billion’ Strategy2. The vision of GPW13 – ‘impact for people at the country level’ – is also the overarching objective of theProgramme Budget 2022–2023.This Working Paper includes the progress made on: (i) Mid-Term Review of the Programme Budget 2022–2023 till the end of December 2022; and (ii) Financing and implementation of the Programme Budget 2022–2023 in the SE Asia Region in the first 19 months (up to July 2023) of the biennium.The ‘Mid-Term Results Report Programme Budget 2022–2023 – Setting the scene and progress towards the 3 billion targets and SDGs’ was presented at the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly. Major extracts relevant to the SE Asia Region from the WHO Results Report Programme Budget 2022–2023 and regional progress with the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are summarized and presented.The original approved Programme Budget 2022–2023 for the Organization amountedto US$ 6121.7 million, comprising US$ 4364 million for the ‘Base’ segment, US$ 558.3million for the ‘Polio Eradication’ segment, US$ 199.3 million for the ‘Special Programmes’segment and US$ 1000 million for the ‘Emergency Operations and Appeals’ segment (OCR segment). The Base Budget of 2022–2023 was 16% higher than that of 2020–2021. The Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly has approved an increase in the revised Programme Budget for 2022–2023 of US$ 604.4 million in the Base Budget segment, which brings the level of the approved Programme Budget 2022–2023 Base segment to US$ 4968.4 million.1See WHA75.6 Extending the Thirteenth General Programme of Work, 2019–2023 to 2025(https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA75/A75_R6-en.pdf)2 Programme Budget 2022–2023: Extending the Thirteenth General Programme of Work, 2019–2023 to 2025 (who.int)The original approved Programme Budget 2022–2023 for the WHO South-East Asia Region amounted to US$ 476.2 million, comprising US$ 426.3 million for the Base segment (inclusive of polio transition), US$ 46 million for the Emergency Operations and Appeals segment and US$ 3.9 million for Special Programmes. With the revision of the Programme Budget 2022–2023 at the Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly, the approved revised Budget for the Base segment for the SE Asia Region stands increased by US$ 54 million (13%) to US$ 480.3 million.As of 31 July 2023, the regional revised approved Programme Budget stands funded at 99% (US$ 525.3 million of US$ 530.2 million); and implementation (expenditure) is 68% against the revised approved Budget and 69% against total distributed resources. The respective percentages for utilization (expenditure + encumbrances) stands at 81% for both, against the revised approved Budget and against total distributed resources. The SE Asia Region is leading all Major Offices in terms of utilization against distributed resources.The South-East Asia Region will continue in engaging with Member States, taking steps to strengthen the support extended to countries in recovering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and accelerate progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals with efforts to fully implement Programme Budget 2022–2023.This Working Paper was presented to the Sixteenth Meeting of the Subcommittee onPolicy and Programme Development and Management (SPPDM) for its review andrecommendations. The SPPDM Meeting reviewed the paper and made the followingrecommendations of actions to be taken for the consideration by the Seventy-sixth Session of the Regional Committee:Action by Member States(1) Continue engaging and facilitating collaborative approaches for successful implementation of programmes at the country level. Actions by WHO(1) Continue the legacy of bottom-up and consultative planning as observed during the discussions and sustain the close collaboration and coordination between Member States and WHO country offices. (2) Continue to retain focus on effective Programme Budget implementation, country priorities and results in alignment with the Regional Flagship Priority Programmes, the Thirteenth General Programme of Work and the SDGs.(3) Continue to monitor technical and financial implementation and strategic resource allocation and updated implementation data to be reported at the upcoming Regional Committee.This Working Paper, along with the SPPDM recommendations, is submitted to the Seventy-sixth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia for its consideration.