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WT/BFA/W/348  
 
30 January 2015  
(15-0675)  Page: 1/9  
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration    
 
  
DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA GLOBAL TRUST FUND (DDAGTF) 
The attached document presents the Monthly Financial Report as at 31 December 2014. WT/BFA/W/348 
 
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  Table 1 Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund 
DDGATF MCHF  
Financial situation 31 December 2014   
Funds brought forward from 2013  18.1  
Contributions received in 2014  7.8   Green  
 
Total funds   25.9 
  
Less Expenditure and commitments  (9.4)     Green 
Balance available  16.4  
Less pending activities (0.0)  
Balance available including pending Activities 16.4 Green  
 
 
Contributions & Pledges   Green         
The DDAGTF received several contributions in December.  Denmark, the European Union, 
Germany, Korea, Republic of Lichtenstein and the United States all made contributions in December. While this late surge in contributions was certainly welcome the total contributions for 
the year were at an historical low for the DDAGTF.  However, taking into consideration the available 
opening balance, total funds available for the DDAGTF in 2014 was above the historical average. 
Activity Level   Green         
Expenditures and commitments recorded in 2014 for the implementation of the planned activities 
under the DDAGTF totaled CHF 9.4 million throug h the end of the year. (Note these are still 
provisional figures as the official closing will on ly happen in March.)  As of the end of December, 
92% of the planned 2014 activities had been im plemented or initiated: 112% of Chapter A and 
77% of Chapter B including 73% of Regional Seminars. Due in part to increasing efficiency of 
resource allocation, overall implementation rates are slightly below those foreseen in the TA Plan 
in terms of number of activities.  The lower than planned number of activities in Chapter B was the result of lower than anticipated demand for national and regional seminars.   
Outlook   Green         
Funding was not an obstacle to implementation of  the 2014 activities anticipated in the TA Plan.  
The slightly lower levels of implementation in some parts of the plan combined with cost saving 
measures led to budgetary saving relative the planned expenditure levels in the DDAGTF.  The 
question is whether the historically low levels of contributions in 2014 are related to the relatively 
high starting balance of CHF 18 million or an indication of shifting demands for trade related technical assistance and capacity building.  Some donors have indicated an interest in having an external evaluation of the WTO's TA activities. The administration is working with Members to 
develop a proposal in this area.  Activity related to such an evaluation is expected to begin in 
2015.   
The Director General's announced creation of a new Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility was 
given the green light and was announced to Members at the last CBFA meeting in November. The TFAF will incorporate existing funds dedicated to  trade facilitation and expand into new areas 
relevant to the implementation of the agreement.   
 
The Director General intends to reallocate savings in the 2015 regular budget funds designated for Academic Support to launching a new capacity building initiative. The initiative will be called 
the Young Professionals Program (YPP) and is a response to the concerns raised by a number of 
developing Members that the current level of representation in the WTO Secretariat does not reflect the face of the membership. The YPP will provide up to 5 individuals, selected through a 
competitive process, work experience in the WTO. 
 Other trust funds generally finished the year in a stable position. 
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  Table 2 Contributions and Pledges 
DDAGTF Contributions & Pledges  
Donor (CHF) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 
Australia 1,952,400  1,803,600   2,689,900  61,370 
Norway 1,784,440  1,593,626  2,438,905  2,287,108  2,163,722  
Sweden 2,353,920  2,074,322  2,386,480  2,245,600   
Germany 1,438,500  1,237,500  1,198,000  1,233,000  1,203,000 
European Union 1,574,550  1,187,500  1,024,050  1,232,000  317,592 
United States 1,002,654  940,580  940,535  851,885  1,127,392 
Switzerland   800,000  800,000   
France 655,500  611,000  600,500  617,000  608,500  
Denmark 180,019  331,230  321,903  491,063  482,422  
Japan 395,604  395,604  395,604  368,744  312,019 
Korea, Republic of 344,400  322,350  334,950  313,600  336,350 
Austria 285,640  258,600  240,200  243,600  241,400 
Chinese Taipei  184,200   181,400   
Liechtenstein 40,000  40,000  40,000  40,000  40,000 
Estonia 28,932  26,209  23,199  24,160  24,640  
Canada  944,276  1,362,298    
Netherlands 1,472,990  1,472,990    875,000  
Finland 1,364,000  1,228,000     
Spain 467,950  400,050     
Czech Republic  23,746     
Ireland 409,200      
China 200,300      
New Zealand 158,000      
Total Contributions Received 16,108,999  15,075,383  12,106,624  13,619,060  7,793,406   
Total Contributions including 
Pledges 16,108,999  15,075,383  12,106,624  13,619,060   7,793,406  
Total Number of Donors 19  19  14  15  13  
 
Figure 1 Contributions received  
(in MCHF) Figure 2 Contributions by Donors 2014 
(in MCHF) 
 
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  Table 3 Monthly Financial Report  –31 December 2014 (provisional) 
DDAGTF 
Activity Level 
Chapter/Sub-Chapter/Subject & Programme 
(CHF) Expenditure Number of Activities *  
Plan Dec 2014 Plan Dec 
2014 % 
Grand Total 14,430,552 9,439,118  89 82 92%  
A) General WTO-Related Technical Assistance 6,061,320 3,857,567  17 19 112%  
  A-1 Intermediate Trade Policy Courses 4,271,400 3,046,420 7 7 100%  
  A-6 Geneva-based topic-specific symposia 745,800  470,621 6 8 133%  
  A-8 Regional and Sub-regional capacity-building 
programmes  1,044,120  340,526 4 4 100%  
B) Specialized and Advanced Technical 
Assistance 4,362,704 2,183,860  52  40 77%  
  B-2 National Technical Assistance Activities 335,384  258,377  16  12 75% 
  National activities 39,663  24,841 6 3  
  National Accessions-related activities 13,221 -    
   WTO Reference centres and enquiry points 282,500  233,536 10 9 90%  
  B-3 Regional Seminars 3,356,100 1,712,719  30  22 73% 
   Agriculture (Ag) 
 58,137  
 1 3%  
   Dispute Settlement (DSU) -  0% 
   Government Proc urement (Plurilateral  
Agreement on) 100,569 2 7%  
  Market Access related issues -  0% 
  Regional Trade Agreements -   0%  
   Rules -  0% 
   Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)  226,886 3 10%  
   Services negotiations; GATS  116,129 2 7% 
   Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)  192,812 4 13%  
   Trade and Development, S&D and Small 
Economies - - 0% 
   Trade and Environment 14,109  1 3%  
   Trade Facilitation 71,429  1 3% 
   Trade-related Intellectual Property Rights 
(TRIPS) 199,494  2 7%  
  Intensive Courses on Trade Negotiations Skills  733,153   6 20% 
  B-6 Outreach Activities  671,220 212,764 6 6 100%  
C) Academic Support 831,228 554,650  14 14 100%  
  C-1 WTO Chairs Programme 758,004 492,859  8    7 88%  
  Continuation of WTO Chairs  395,500 339,000  7 6 86% 
  Annual meeting WCP Advisory Board Meeting 
and WCP stakeholders 134,244 84,325  1 1 100%  
  Support missions to WTO Chair holder 
institutions 228,260 69,534  0  
  C-3 Support programme for doctoral students 73,224 61,791  6 7 117%  
D) Trainee Programmes and Internships 237,300 337,497  6 9 150%  
  D-2 WTO Regional Coordinator Internship 237,300  337,497  6 9 150%  
F) Staff Costs and Other Programmes 2,938,000 2,505,544        
  F-1 L-Posts and other Short-Term Contracts**  2,938,000 2,487,112       
  L-Posts and eTraining Staff  2,881,112 2,487,112     
  Short-term contracts 56,500 -     
 F-2 Documentation for national TA activities  18,431     
* Activities counted include any activity that has be en formally approved and for which funds have been 
committed.  An activity included in the count is not necessarily complete and could incur additional 
expenditures. 
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  Figure 3 Expenditure (in MCHF) Figu re 4 Available Year-End Balance 
(in MCHF)  
18.4 18.7 
17.0 18.4 18.1 
13.7 
10.0 
8.0 9.4 
7.3 7.8 9.5 10.9 
8.9 10.2 12.4 18.0 
16.4 
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Dec-14 
 
Figure 5 Regional Seminars –Expenditure (in CHF) 
58,137 -100,569 ---226,886 116,129 192,812 -14,109 71,429 199,494 
 Agriculture (Ag) Dispute Settlement (DSU) Government Procurement (Plurilateral…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… Trade and Environment Trade Facilitation Trade-related Intellectual Property Rights…
 
 
Figure 6 Expenditure by Chapter 
General WTO-Related T.A
41%
Specialized and Advanced 
T.A
23%Academic Support
6%Trainee Programmes and 
Internships
4%Staff Costs and Other 
Programmes
26%
 
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  Table 4 Other Funds 
 MCHF   
 Internship Programme - Selected Missions (TIMM1)  
Funds brought forward from 2013 1.4   
Contributions received 0.8   Green
 
Total funds 2.2   
Expenditure (0.9)   Green
 
Balance available 1.3  Green
 
 Trainee Programme (TNL05)  
Funds brought forward from 2013 0.1   
Contributions received 1.8     Green
 
Total funds 1.9  Green 
Expenditure (0.8)    
Balance available 1.1      Green 
  
 Trade Facilitation Needs Assessments ( TTFNA)  
Funds brought forward from 2013 0.7   
Contributions received 1.4   Green
 
Total funds 2.0   
Expenditure (0.8)   Green
 
Balance available 1.2  Green
 
 Trade Facilitation Negotiating Group ( TTFNG)  
Funds brought forward from 2013 0.4   
Contributions received 0.1   Green
 
Total funds 0.5   
Expenditure (0.2)   Green
 
Balance available 0.3  Green
 
 China LDCs & Accessions Programme ( TCLAP)  
Funds brought forward from 2012 0.5  Green
 
Contributions received 0.0    
Total funds 0.5   
Expenditure (0.1)   Orange
 
Balance available 0.4  Green
 
 STDF on SPS (TWB01)  
Funds brought forward from 2012 9.3   
Contributions received 4.3   Orange
 
Total funds 13.7   
Contracted commitments (6.8)    
Expenditure (5.0)  Green
 
Balance available 1.9   Green
 
Uncontracted commitments* (2.4)  Green
 
Balance available including commitments (0.6)   Orange
 
* 3 projects & 3 PPGs approved to be contracted within 12 months. 
 
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  Table 5 Other Funds Contributions and Pledges 
Internship Programme  Se lected Missions (TIMM1)  
Donor (CHF) 2010 2011 2012  2013  2014 
France 655,500  611,000  600,500  617,000   608,500  
Ireland 272,800  377,190  396,330  184,800   180,900  
Denmark   165,615   160,952    
Total Contributions Received & Pledges 928,300  1,153,805  1,157,782  801,800   789,400  
 
Trainee Programme (TNL05) 
Donor (CHF) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 
Netherlands 818,330  94,701  1,793,909    1,750,000  
Total Contributions Received & Pledges 818,330  94,701    1,793,909   -  1,750,000  
 
Trade Facilitation National  Needs Assessments ( TTFNA) 
Donor (CHF) 2010 2011 2012  2013 2014 
Australia     392,120   
European Union     443,520   
Ireland    61,600   
Norway    99,108  1,300,954 
Sweden     283,300   
Chinese Taipei    93,900    
New Zealand     78,130 
United States    140,850    
Total Contributions Received & Pledges -  - 234,750  1,279,648  1,379,084  
 
 Trade Facilitation Negotiating Group ( TTFNG) 
Donor (CHF) 2010 2011 2012  2013  2014 
European Union   241,280   206,720   241,460   246,400   
Norway   330,743   144,655   163,639   152,474  144,550  
Sweden   143,909    183,067    
Total Contributions Received & Pledges 715,932  351,375  588,166  398,874  144,550  
 
 STDF on SPS (TWB01) 
Donor (CHF) 2010 2011 2012  2013  2014 
Sweden  1,011,317   1,008,210   1,015,560   962,220   652,729  
Canada   1,888,552   917,095   903,751   903,751  
Denmark  360,038   331,230   321,903   491,063   482,422  
European Union  250,229   399,511   437,164   448,448   444,808  
Norway  168,663   237,624   245,559   228,711   419,196  
Ireland  163,000   148,250   222,305   227,920   223,110  
Germany  196,650   183,300   180,150   183,750   180,900  
Japan  291,471   187,398   100,196   85,502   73,365  
Chinese Taipei  78,720   73,680    74,400   
Netherlands  981,997   981,997   981,997    875,000  
Switzerland   500,000     
Finland  545,600   491,200     
United States  256,500   89,600   106,259    89,000  
Total Contributions Received  4,304,185  6,520,551   4,528,188  3,605,765   4,344,281  
Total Contributions including Pledges  4,304,185  6,520,551   4,528,188  3,605,765   4,344,281  
Total Number of Donors  11   13   10   9   10  
 
 WTO Regular Budget 
Donor (CHF) 2010 2011 2012  2013  2014 
Total Budget  4,952,500  4,987,500   4,585,100  4,477,800   4,547,800  
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  Table 6 Other Funds Performance Report 
Mission Interns and Netherlands Trainee Programmes  
Chapter/Sub-Chapter/Subject & Programme 
(CHF) Expenditure Number of Internships 
Plan 2014 Plan 2014 % 
Internship Programme - Selected Missions 
(TIMM1) 932,250   941,640  -  16 -  
Trainee Programme (TNL05) 932,250   803,663  -  15 -  
 
Trade Facilitation  
Chapter/Sub-Chapter/Subject & Programme 
(CHF) Expenditure Number of Internships 
Plan 2014 Plan 2014 % 
Trade Facilitation Needs Assessments (TTFNA)    802,766  -  26 -  
Trade Facilitation Negotiating Group (TTFNG)   205,618 -  2 -  
 
China LDCs & Accessions Programme ( TCLAP)  
Chapter/Sub-Chapter/Subject & Programme 
(CHF) Expenditure Number of Activities 
Plan 2014 Plan 2014 % 
China LDCs & Accessions Programme ( TCLAP)   415,840  94,348  -  7 -  
 
STDF on SPS (TWB01) 
Chapter/Sub-Chapter/Subject & Programme 
(CHF)  Expenditure Number of Activities 
Plan 2014 Plan 2014 % 
Grand Total  4,421,211  5,038,144  -     
Technical missions and meetings  190,224   187,610  23 26 113% 
Coordination activities  357,421   148,839  9 7 78% 
Project Development  200,236   249,743  4 5 125% 
Project Funding  2,803,304  3,422,717  4 4 100% 
Project Ex-post Evaluations  50,059   11,390  2 1 50% 
Operating Expenses  819,966  1,017,845     
      
Contracted commitments  6,775,659     
Uncontracted commitments*  2,437,076     
* 3 projects & 6 PPGs approved to be contracted within 12 months . 
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  Table 7 Other Funds Performance Report 
WTO Regular Budget 
Chapter/Sub-Chapter/Subject & Programme 
(CHF) Expenditure Number of Activities 
Plan 2014 Plan 2014  % 
Grand Total 4,547,800  3,284,233     
General WTO Related T.A 1,939,700   1,482,882     
  Regular TPCs 1,350,000  1,067,299  3 3 100% 
 Geneva-based Introduction Course 209,700  166,165 1 1 100% 
 Geneva-based Introduction days & focus activities 20,000  1,288  5 5 100% 
 Geneva Weeks 300,000  182,730  2 2 100% 
 Other Geneva-based Support  (Legal Advisory Role)  60,000  65,400  n/a n/a  
Specialized and Advanced T.A 2,214,600  1,592,381     
 Geneva-based Thematic Courses 1,258,500  980,128  11 10 91% 
 National Technical Assistance Missions  956,100  612,253  n/a 100  
Academic Support 250,000   191,932     
  Regional and Global Capacity Building events  70,000  66,926  2 2 100% 
  National Workshops for Academics  170,000  108,324  n/a 20  
  Document Dissemination Programme for Universities 10,000  16,682  n/a n/a  
E- Learning    73,500  8,464   n/a   n/a   
Other programme activities - Monitoring and evaluation 70,000   8,574  n/a 3    
 
 
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