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WT/BFA/W/ 319 
 
4 February  2014 
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Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration   
 
 MEM BERS' TRANSITION OPE RATING FUND  
1  INTRODUCTION  
1.1.  The Members' Transition Operating Fund  (the Fund) was established in December 20081 to 
provide funding for the instal lation of furniture and equipment related to  the Building Project. The 
Committee approved t o fund 12 projects. The Fund closed at the end of 2013 and cannot accept 
any new request. The Secretariat expects to terminate all remaining projects and provide a final 
report before the end of the year.  This document presents the financial situation of t he Fund  at the 
end of 2013 .   
2  FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE FUND  
2.1.  The financial situation of the Fund as at 31 December  2013 is provided below:  
Source of Funding        Amount in Swiss francs  
2007 Surplus    8,051,716  
2009 Surplus    1,036,988  
2010 Surplus  10,527 ,319 
Total Fund  19,616,023  
 
Balan ce of the Fund as at 31 December  2013   
Total Fund  19,616,023  
Projects authorized   (19,5 09,445)  
Balance of the Fund  106,578  
 
2.2.  The details on the financial situation  as at 31 December 2013  for each of the 12 authorized 
projec ts are presented in the table below . The last two columns show the amounts committed with 
the service providers  and the amounts already  invoiced and settled.  
Projects  Authorized  
(in CHF)  Approved 
Amounts  Actual 
Commitment  
31/12/2013  Actual 
Expenditure 
31/12/2013  
South Courtyard Conference Centre  2,509,4452 2,509,445  2,392,161  
Common Area & ITTC Furniture  900,000  889,135  889,135  
Archive Rooms  900,000  501,144  480,848  
Signage  200,000  118,424  77,244  
Catering Facilities in CWR   400,000  370,661  370,661  
Renovation & Equipping of North Wing 
Conference Rooms  6,200,000  5,865,357  5,537,939  
Data Centre  700,000  594,000  594,000  
Catering Facilities in New Building  1,700,000  1,523,500  1,523,500  
New Building Furniture & Furnishings  2,200,000  2,008,287  1,927,51 0 
Security Facilities  800,000  788,354  558,066  
Accreditation Facility  (Welcome Pavilion)  2,300,000  2,231,700  2,231,700  
Completion of External Grounds  700,000  700,000  306,707  
Total  19,509,445  18,100,008  16,889,471  
                                               
1 WT/BFA/W/178/Rev.1.  
2 Additional  financing of the South Courtyard Conference Centre from the 2010 budgetary savings in the 
amount of CHF 1,990,555 - WT/BFA/W/261.  WT/BFA/W/319   
 
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  3  STATUS OF AUTHORIZED  PROJECTS  
3.1.  The fo llowing 5 projects have been completed  and fully settled . A total saving of CHF 391,004 
has been realized representing 6.5% of the approved funding amount.  
Completed  Projects (in CHF)  Amounts 
Authorized 
by CBFA  Project 
Completion 
Expenditure  Realized 
Savin gs 
Common Area and ITTC Furniture  900,000  889,135  10,865  
Catering Facilities in CWR  400,000  370,661  29,339  
Data Centre  700,000  594,000  106,000  
Catering Facilities in New Building  1,700,000  1,523,500  176,500  
Accreditation Facility  (Welcome Pavilion)  2,300,000  2,231,700  68,300  
Total  6,000,000  5,608,996  391,004  
3.2.  The remaining seven  projects are being completed and should be fully settled in the next few 
months.  On these projects 92% of the authorized amount has been committed at the end of 2013 
and 84% has been already settled. It is envisaged to realize savings of  at least  CHF 500,000 on 
these remaining projects  
3.3.  The Secretariat expects that a balance of approximately CHF 1 million will be left in the Fund.  
 
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