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23 February 2016  
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Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration    
 
 
DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA GLOBAL TRUST FUND (DDAGTF) 
The attached document presents the Monthly Financial Report as at 31st December 2015. WT/BFA/W/384 
 
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  Table 1: Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) 
DDGATF MCHF   
Funds brought forward from 2014  16.5    
Contributions received 2015 9.1 Green 
Total funds 25.6   
Less Expenditure and commitments   (9.3) Green 
Balance available   16.4   
Less Pending Activities   0.0   
Balance available including pending Activities 16.4 Green 
      
 
1  CONTRIBUTION & PLEDGES 
1.1.  During the month of December the DDAGTF received a contribution from Japan. Since the 
previous report there are no additional contribu tions and pledges. The ending balance reached the 
same level obtained at the end of 2014 so it would appear that the fund is in operational 
equilibrium. However, the timing of when certain contributions arrived was anomalous and may have distorted slightly the final situation. Total contributions to the DDAGTF were at historically 
low levels for the second year in a row. 
2  ACTIVITY LEVEL 2.1.  Expenditures and commitments recorded in  2015 for the implementation of the planned 
activities under the DDAGTF totalled CHF 9.3 million through the end of December. As of the end 
of December 96% of the planned 2015 activities  had been implemented or initiated: 100% of 
Chapter A and 85% of Chapter B including 87% of Regional Seminars. Compared to the same period in 2014 the overall implementation rates are slightly higher and more in line with what was 
planned in the TA plan.  The reported staffing expenditure reflects the full year commitment for 
staff contracts funded from the DDAGTF.  In De cember 2015, the Ministerial Conference occurred 
in Nairobi and as expected TA activities were more limited. 
3  OUTLOOK & COMMENTARY ON OTHER FUNDS 
3.1.  The DDAGTF was in a solid financial position for the entire year and did not face any problem 
in relation to activity funding during 2015. The rela tively high level of funds that will be carried 
forward at the end of 2015 should put the DDAGTF in  a position of relative financial security again 
in 2016.  
3.2.  The ITTC has coordinated with donors and beneficiaries on an external evaluation of the 
WTO's TA activities and a specific fund has been created: the TEVAL.  It will cover the expenses for 
external evaluation of all WTO trade related technical assistance activities. Its budget for 2015 is 
CHF 215,000, and it is expected that the activity will occur in 2016.   
3.3.  The European Union made a contribution to the new Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility at 
the end of 2015.  This combined with earlier cont ributions and the acceptance of donors who had 
balances remaining in either the Trade Facilitation Needs Assessment or the Trade Facilitation Negotiating Group funds to transfer their remaining balances to the TFAF have put this fund in a 
solid financial position for 2016. 
3.4.  The MC10 LDC Support fund received in December a contribution from Canada. Thanks to 
this last contribution the fund has been able to cover the needs of LDC countries during the Ministerial Conference in Nairobi. 
3.5.  The STDF will shortly need additional cont ributions to be able to continue approving and 
contracting new projects. 
3.6.  Other trust funds are generally in a stable position.   
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  Table 2: Contributions and Pledges – 31 December 2015 
DDAGTF Contribution and Pledges 
Donor (CHF) 2011 2012 2013 2014  2015 
Norway 1,593,626 2,438,905  2,287,108 2,163,722 1,161,373 
Germany 1,237,500 1,198,000 1,233,000 1,203,000 1,060,000 
United States 940,580 940,535 851,885  1,127,391.98 950,400  
Netherlands 1,472,990     875,000 495,000  
France 611,000 600,500  617,000  608,500 434,400  
Denmark 331,230 321,903 491,063 482,422 400,028 
Korea, Republic of 322,350 334,950 313,600 336,350 346,500 
European Union 1,187,500 1,024,050 1,232,000 317,592 1,658,552 
Japan 395,604 395,604  368,744  312,019 267413  
Austria 258,600 240,200 243,600 241,400 104,900 
Australia 1,803,600   2,689,900 61,370 2,162,382 
Liechtenstein 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000  
Estonia 26,209 23,199 24,160 24,640 24,120  
Sweden 2,074,322 2,386,480 2,245,600     
Switzerland   800,000  800,000      
Chinese Taipei 184,200   181,400     
Canada 944,276 1,362,297.89        
Finland 1,228,000         
Spain 400,050          
Czech Republic 23,746         
Total Contributions Received 15,075,383 12,106,624 13,619,060 7,793,406 9,105,068 
Total Contributions including Pledges 15,075,383 12,106,624 13,619,060 7,793,406 9,105,068 
Total Number of Donors 19 14 15 13 13 
 
Figure 1: Contributions Received  
(in MCHF) Figure 2: 2015 Contributions by Donors 
(in MCHF) 
18.7 18.619.7
16.1
15.1
12.113.6
7.89.1
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
 2.16
1.66
1.16
1.06
0.95
0.50
0.43
0.40
0.35
0.27
0.10
0.04
0.02Australia
European…
Norway
Germany
United…
Netherlands
France
Denmark
Korea
Japan
Austria
Liechtenst…
Estonia
 
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  Table 3: Activity Level DDAGTF – 31 December 2015 
DDAGTF Activity Level 
Chapter/Sub-Chapter/Subject & Programme 
(CHF) Expenditure Number of Activities * 
  Plan Dec-15 Plan Dec-15 % 
Grand Total 14,430,552  9,255,283  91 87 96% 
A) General WTO-Related Technical Assistance 6,061,320  3,903,878  17 21 124% 
A-1 Trade Policy Courses 4,271,400  2,844,565  7 7 100% 
Intermediate Level Activities 4,271,400  2,844,565  7 7 100% 
A-6 Geneva-based topic- specific symposia 745,800  757,787  6 9 150% 
A-8 Regional and Sub-regional capacity-building 
programmes 1,044,120  301,526  4 5 125% 
B) Specialized and Advanced Technical 
Assistance 4,362,704     
2,057,570  54 46 85% 
B-2 National Technical Assistance Activities 335,384  291,151  18 14 78% 
National activities 39,663  38,234  6 5 83% 
National Accessions-related activities 13,221   2   0% 
 WTO Reference centres and enquiry points 282,500  252,917  10 9 90% 
B-3 Regional Seminars 3,356,100  1,430,755  30 26 87% 
 Agriculture (Ag)   110,268    2 7% 
 Dispute Settlement (DSU)        0% 
 Government Procurement (Plurilateral Agreement on)   124,551    2 7% 
Market Access related issues   71,494    3 10% 
Regional Trade Agreements        0% 
 Rules   71,745    3 10% 
 Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)   215,576    3 10% 
 Services negotiations; GATS   253,157    6 20% 
 Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)   274    0 0% 
 Trade and Development, S&D and Small Economies   41,620    1 3% 
 Trade and Environment   8,560    1 3% 
 Trade Facilitation        0% 
 Trade-related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)   97,405    2 7% 
Intensive Courses on Trade Negotiations Skills   436,104    3 10% 
B-6 Outreach Activities     
671,220  335,665  6 6 100% 
C) Academic Support 831,228  507,616  14 13 93% 
C-1 WTO Chairs Programme    
758,004  460,983  8 8 100% 
Continuation of WTO Chairs    
395,500  231,169  7 7 100% 
Annual meeting WCP Advisory Board and  
Stakeholders Meeting    
134,244  83,197  1 1 100% 
Support missions to WTO Chair holder institutions 228,260  146,618        
C-3 Support progra mme for doctoral students 73,224  46,632  6 5 83% 
D) Trainee Programmes and Internships 237,300  264,504  6 7 117% 
D-2 WTO Regional Coordinator Internship 237,300  264,504  6 7 117% 
F) Staff Costs and Other Programmes 2,938,000  2,472,323        
F-1 L-Posts and other Short-Term Contracts** 2,938,000  2,407,999        
L-Posts & eTraining Staff 2,881,500  2,377,891        
Short-term contracts 56,500  30,107        
F-2 Documentation for national TA activities   64,325        
            
EIF Event (AfT Pacific Event), Geneva, 
Switzerland   49,392        
* Includes activities that have been formally appr oved and for which funds ha ve been committed. These 
are not necessarily complete and co uld incur additional expenditures. 
** This amount includes the amount paid and the commitments until 31 December 2015. 
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  Figure 3: Expenditure Including Commitments 
(in MCHF) Figure 4: Available Year-End Balance 
(in MCHF)  
18.7 
17.0 18.4 18.1 
13.7 
10.0 
8.0 9.3 9.3 
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
 
 7.8 9.5 10.9 
8.9 10.2 12.4 18.0 
16.5 16.4 
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 
 
Figure 5: Regional Seminars – Expenditure (in CHF) 
110,268 -124,551 71,494 -71,745 215,576 253,157 274 41,620 8,560 -97,405 436,104 
 Agriculture (Ag) Dispute Settlement (DSU) Government Procurement (Plurilateral Agreement on)Market Access related issuesRegional Trade Agrements Rules Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) Services negotiations; GATS Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Trade and Development, S&D and Small Economies Trade and Environment Trade Facilitation Trade-related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)Intensive Courses on Trade Negotiations Skills
 
 
Figure 6: Expenditure by Chapter 
General WTO-Related 
T.A
42%
Specialized and 
Advanced T.A
22%Academic Support
6%Trainee Programmes 
and Internships
3%Staff Costs and Other 
Programmes
27%
 
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  Table 4: Other Funds – 31 December 2015 
Other Funds MCHF   Status 
French-Irish Internship Programme (TIMM1)  
Funds brought forward from 2014 1.3     
Contributions received 0.8   Green   
Total funds 2.1     
Expenditure (0.9)   Green 
Balance available 1.1   Green   
Netherlands Trainee Programme (TNL05)  
Funds brought forward from 2014 1.1     
Contributions received 0.9   Green   
Total funds 2.0     
Expenditure (0.8)   Green 
Balance available 1.1   Green   
Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility (TTFAF)  
Funds brought forward from 2014 0.0     
Contributions and transfers re ceived from TTFNA & TTFNG 4.4   Green   
Total funds 4.4     
Expenditure (0.3)     
Balance available 4.1   Green   
China LDCs & Accessions Programme ( TCLAP)  
Funds brought forward from 2014 0.4     
Contributions received 0.5       
Total funds 0.9     
Expenditure (0.6)     
Balance available 0.3        
10th Ministerial Conference (TMI10)  
Funds brought forward from 2014 0.0     
Contributions received 0.5       
Total funds 0.5     
Expenditure (0.5)     
Balance available 0.0   Orange   
STDF on SPS (TWB01)  
Funds brought forward from 2014 8.6     
Contributions received 4.6   Orange   
Total funds 13.2     
Contracted commitments (6.5)     
Expenditure -4.5     
Balance available 2.1       
Uncontracted commitments* -3.5     
Balance available including uncontracted commitments -1.4   Red   
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  Table 5: Other Funds Contributions and Pledges – 31 December 2015 
French-Irish Internship Programme (TIMM1)  
Donor (CHF) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 
France 611,000 600,500 617,000 608,500 651,600 
Ireland 377,190 396,330 184,800 180,900 156,600 
Denmark 165,615 160,952       
Total Contributions Received & Pledges 1,153,805  1,157,782  801,800 789,400 808,200  
 
Trainee Programme (TNL05) 
Donor (CHF) 2011 2012 2013  2014 2015 
Netherlands 94,701 1,793,909   1,750,000 875,000 
Total Contributions Received & Pledges 94,701  1,793,909   1,750,000 875,000 
 
Evaluation of WTO Trust Funds Activities ( TEVAL) 
Donor (CHF) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 
Australia   112,640  
Finland         102,366  
European Union       96,240   
Total Contributions Received & Pledges    96,240 215,006  
 
 Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility ( TTFAF) 
Donor (CHF) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 
Norway -  - - - 2,780,663  
Australia -  - - - 831,398  
Austria -  - - - 104,900  
United Kingdom -  - - - 369,004  
European Union -  - - - 174,400  
Ireland -  - - - 35,599  
Switzerland -  - - - 13,098  
New Zealand -  - - - 48,763  
United States -  - - - 44,530  
Total Contributions, Transfers Received & Pledges -  - - - 4,402,355  
 
 10th Ministerial Conference (TMI10) 
Donor (CHF) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 
Norway  -  - - - 58,069  
Finland -  - - - 43,440  
European Union -  - - - 87,280  
Sweden -  - - - 57,674  
Canada -  - - - 37,211  
Australia -  - - - 67,750  
Ireland -  - - - 52,200  
Switzerland -  - - - 50,000  
Total Contributions Received & Pledges -  - - - 453,624  
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   STDF on SPS (TWB01) 
Donor (CHF) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 
Sweden 1,008,210 1,015,560 962,220 652,729 1,128,640  
Canada 1,888,552 917,095 903,751 903,751   
Denmark 331,230 321,903 491,063 482,422 400,028  
European Union 399,511 437,164 448,448 444,808 385,840  
Norway 237,624 245,559 228,711 419,196 464,549  
Ireland 148,250 222,305 227,920 223,110 156,600  
Germany 183,300 180,150 183,750 180,900 162,900  
Japan 187,398 100,196 85,502 73,365   
Chinese Taipei 73,680   74,400   78,945  
Netherlands 981,997 981,997   875,000 875,000  
Switzerland 500,000         
France         51,700  
Finland 491,200       568,700  
United States 89,600 106,259   89,000 285,575  
Total Contributions Received 6,520,551  4,528,188  3,605,765  4,344,281 4,558,478  
Total Contributions & Pledges 6,520,551  4,528,188  3,605,765  4,344,281 4,558,478  
Total Number of Donors 13 10 9 10 11 
 
 WTO Regular Budget 
Donor (CHF) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 
Total Budget 4,987,500 4,585,100 4,477,800 4,547,800 4,547,800 
 
Table 6: Activity Level-Other Funds – 31 December 2015 
Mission Interns and Netherlands Trainee Programmes  
Chapter/Sub-
Chapter/Subject & 
Programme (CHF) Expenditure Number of Internships 
Plan 2015 Plan 2015 % 
French-Irish Internship 
Programme (TIMM1) 932,250  933,865    18   
Netherlands Trainee 
Programme (TNL05) 932,250  839,615    15   
      
Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility  
Chapter/Sub-
Chapter/Subject & 
Programme (CHF) Expenditure Number of Activities 
Plan 2015 Plan 2015 % 
Trade Facilitation Agreement 
Facility (TTFAF)   319,979    17   
China LDCs & Accessions Programme ( TCLAP)  
Chapter/Sub-
Chapter/Subject & 
Programme (CHF) Expenditure Number of Activities 
Plan 2015 Plan 2015 % 
China LDCs & Accessions 
Programme ( TCLAP) 415,840  591,526    1   
10th Ministerial Conference ( TM10)  
Chapter/Sub-
Chapter/Subject & 
Programme (CHF) Expenditure Number of Activities 
Plan 2015 Plan 2015 % 
  800,000  304,005  1 1 100% 
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 STDF on SPS (TWB01) 
Chapter/Sub-Chapter/Subject & Programme (CHF)  Expenditure** Number of Activities  
Plan 2015 Plan 2015 % 
Grand Total 4,421,211  4,504,505        
Technical missions and meetings 190,224 197,045 22 24 109% 
Coordination activities 357,421 123,481 6 6 100% 
Project Development 200,236 223,419 4 6 150% 
Project Funding 2,803,304 2,779,902 4 5 125% 
Project Ex-post Evaluations 50,059 56,826 3 4 133% 
Operating Expenses 819,966 1,123,832 0 0 0 
Contracted commitments   6,537,373       
Uncontracted commitments*   3,495,942        
* 3 projects & 4 PPG approved to be contracted within 12 months. 
** Prior year projects are shown in expenditures bu t not reflected in the current year implementation 
status. 
Table 7: Activity Level Regular Budget – 31 December 2015 
WTO Regular Budget 
Chapter/Sub-Chapter/Subject & Programme (CHF) Expenditure Number of Activities 
Plan 2015 Plan 2015 % 
Grand Total 4,547,800  3,465,180        
General WTO Related T.A 1,939,700 1,460,590       
Regular TPCs 1,350,000 1,218,687 3 3 100% 
Geneva-based Introduction Course 209,700 0 1 0 0% 
Geneva-based Introduction days and focus activities 20,000 330 3 1 33% 
Geneva Weeks 300,000 175,573 2 2 100% 
Other Geneva-based Support  (Legal Advisory Role) 60,000 66,000 n/a n/a   
Specialized and Advanced T.A 2,214,600 1,907,805       
Geneva-based Thematic Courses 1,368,500 1,213,363 12 11 92% 
National Technical Assistance Missions 846,100 694,442 n/a 117   
Academic Support 250,000 66,835       
Regional and Global Capacity Building events 70,000 0 5 0 0% 
National Workshops for Academics 170,000 58,264 n/a 13   
Document Distribution Pr ogramme for Universities 10,000 8,571 n/a n/a   
E- Learning 73,500 29,950 n/a n/a   
Other programme activities  - Monitoring and eval. 70,000 0 n/a n/a   
 
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