Programme and budget

The Programme and Budget of the Organization which sets out the strategic objectives and expected outcomes for the Organization’s work is approved every two years by the International Labour Conference.

The Programme and Budget for 2010-11 carries forward the strategic orientation and the results framework set out in the Strategic Policy Framework 2010-15. Centred on the essential priorities of the Decent Work Agenda, it specifies the strategies the ILO will implement to achieve results over the biennium, alongside the capacities and the resources required to deliver those results. The ILO’s biennial programme of work is delivered in member States mainly through Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCP).

The results and achievements of the ILO are financed through three main funding sources:

1. the Regular Budget;
2. the Regular Budget Supplementary Account;
3. and Extra-Budgetary resources for Technical Cooperation.

The close integration of different budgetary resources available to the ILO is central to its strategy to deliver successfully on priorities in countries, regionally and globally through outcome-based workplans.