Annual Report 2013–2014
Figure 15: APF secretariat spending by objective – 2010 to 2014
Enhance members’
institutional capacity
Engage with international
and regional mechanisms
Year ending June 2014
Enhance members
communication and
engagement
Year ending June 2013
Year ending June 2012
APF secretariat
Year ending March 2011
Year ending March 2010
Strategic management
Compliance with
the Paris Principles
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Net surplus
The allocation of spending has changed marginally from 2012–13 to 2013–14. The main changes in this
reporting period compared with the previous year are:
• Spending on enhance members’ institutional capacity has increased slightly from the previous
year. This has included the development of enhanced training resources in the areas of disability
and torture prevention, the holding of a regional workshop on the rights of older persons and the
continuation of the CA program with the NHRIs of Bangladesh, Oman, Samoa and Indonesia.
• There has been a further reduction in spending on engagement with international and
regional human rights mechanisms due to the end of the APF region’s chairpersonship of the
ICC (and the associated financial support for this role provided by the APF) and the completion of
the APF’s advocacy at the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York.
• A return to historical levels of spending on enhancing members’ communication,
cooperation and engagement due largely to the costs associated with holding the 2013
Biennial Conference in Doha, Qatar.
• A reduction in spending on promoting compliance with the Paris Principles due to the
reduced expenditure in Samoa and Myanmar as the legislative drafting processes have largely
been completed. Ongoing support costs to these NHRIs are now allocated to institutional
capacity building.
• Increased spending in strategic management, which is attributable to an expanded donor
fundraising campaign and the holding of the Forum Councillors working group on the development
of the next APF five-year strategic plan.
The above information for the 2013–14 financial year is reflected in Figure 16 below.
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