Management study of UNEP Trust Funds and Counterpart Contributions

The present study was commissioned as part of the ongoing programme of the Evaluation and Oversight Unit of UNEP and was approved by management to be carried out within the 1999 work programme of the Unit. It did not arise from a specific request by the Governing Council, but rather from the realization by the secretariat, that the trust funds and counterpart contributions, which are an important form of support for UNEP activities given the sluggishness of contributions to the Environment Fund, have evolved without comprehensive policy guidance from the Governing Council.