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higher order

English translation: providing a larger part of

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English term or phrase:higher order
Selected answer:providing a larger part of
Entered by: Nadia Ayoub

19:31 Sep 11, 2011
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - International Org/Dev/Coop
English term or phrase: higher order
Increasing the percentage of the Organization’s budget that is predictable (before the beginning of the biennium) up to 70%. This would ensure that staff costs and essential non-staff work with a longer horizon are covered in a more predictable way, which is crucial as the cost of staff, through which the Organization carries out its knowledge- and expertise-based work, constitutes more than 50% of the budget. Higher levels of predictable income could be achieved, for example, through an absolute increase in the percentage of AC or through the institution of a replenishment model, which would facilitate a collective commitment to financing part of the programme budget before the budget period begins. Such a model would be based on global best practices.

WHO requires sufficiently flexible income to respond to emerging needs and priorities as well as to reprogram funds to underfunded priorities. AC for the projected Programme Budget 2012-2013 is ~25% and Core Voluntary Contributions Account is ~10%. Increasing full and highly flexible income from this projected baseline to 40%, for example, through more VC provided at a **higher order** of the Programme Budget, is feasible and important.

AC: Assessed Contributions
VC: Voluntary Contributions

Thank you for your help!
Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 21:33
providing a larger part of
Explanation:
Having worked on lots of corporate and social services / tendering documents in the past, I think what they're saying is that if they can get the VC to represent more than 10% of the projected budget, they can then increase the baseline and promise to cover more staff and organisational costs for the time period.

Gosh, that looks as dense as the original text - hope it makes sense to you!
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Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
United Kingdom
Grading comment
Many thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3 +4providing a larger part of
Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)


  

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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
providing a larger part of


Explanation:
Having worked on lots of corporate and social services / tendering documents in the past, I think what they're saying is that if they can get the VC to represent more than 10% of the projected budget, they can then increase the baseline and promise to cover more staff and organisational costs for the time period.

Gosh, that looks as dense as the original text - hope it makes sense to you!

Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Many thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jenni Lukac (X): I think if "allocated" is substituted for "provided" it becomes a little clear. Good explanation of something that can't be simplified!
20 mins
  -> I think the idea is that the contributions provide money into the budget, which can then be allocated to staff costs etc ... anyway: thank you!
agree  amarpaul: Nicely done, Liz.
23 hrs
  -> Thank you! I knew all that picking apart of social sciences and business stuff would come in useful one day!
agree  Phong Le
3 days 18 hrs
  -> thank you!
agree  Veronika McLaren
5 days
  -> Thank you!
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