Budget and Management Committee

 

The Budget and Management Committee (BMC) advises the Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) on budgetary, administrative and managerial issues. Its key responsibility is to prepare the budget for APEC and recommend the approval of projects. The BMC also monitors and evaluates project management aspects of the operations of Committees and Working Groups and makes recommendations to Senior Official Meetings (SOM) for improved efficiency and effectiveness.

PROJECTS

Operational Account

Projects in support of APEC's Economic and Technical Cooperation (ECOTECH) agenda are funded by the Operational Account, which is formed from a portion of members' annual contributions to APEC. In recent years, the Account has funded projects with an annual commitment of US$1.9 million.

Trade and Investment Liberalisation and Facilitation Special Account
Cooperative projects in support of trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation (TILF) which aim to assist APEC Member Economies to meet the free trade and investment goals, are funded by the TILF Special Account.

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1995 at the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, Japan expressed its intent to contribute up to 10 billion yen over several years to the APEC Central Fund to fund projects which expand cooperative programs, encouraging trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation. Japan also expressed its view that other APEC Member Economies should actively engage in cooperation in the future. The TILF Special Account has been established to accommodate such contributions. In recent years, the Account has funded projects with an annual commitment of around US$2 million.

APEC Support Fund
In 2005 members approved the establishment of the APEC Support Fund (ASF) to provide further assistance to capacity building programs for developing economies. The fund was established with an initial contribution of A$1 million from Australia in 2005. Since then donations have been received from other economies. The ASF can receive contributions from member economies and other organizations for both general capacity building projects and for capacity building projects in specific areas. Currently, specified sub-funds relating to human security, avian influenza and implementation of the
Second Trade Facilitation Action Plan have been set up.

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Latest Developments
Guidebook on APEC Projects
The Guidebook on APEC Projects provides direction on managing APEC projects, including application, implementation, reporting and evaluation. In November 2005, the 6th edition of the Guidebook on APEC Projects was released, following a major review. The Guidebook is kept under review and minor amendments were made to it following the October 2008 BMC meeting.

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Budget and Management Committee (BMC) - Key Contacts

Chair
Mr Alberto Gonzales
Minister Counsellor, APEC Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Jr Lampa No 545, 4th floor
Lima 1, Peru
Tel: (51-1) 311 2400 ext 3334
Fax: (51-1) 311 2564
Email:
agonzales@rree.gob.pe


APEC Secretariat
Ms Winsome Au
Director (Finance)
Email: wa@apec.org

Ms Evelyn Loh
Director (Program)
Project Evaluation Coordinator
E-mail: el@apec.org


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