FUNDING Predictability Sponsor Predictability and sustainability are essential to the Office’s capacity to plan and implement its activities with a minimum of flexibility and efficiency. On 1 January 2017, however, UN Human Rights could only count on US$21.4 million in pledged contributions, of which US$15.4 million represented annual payments of multiyear funding agreements. In 2017, UN Human Rights had this type of agreement with 15 donors, including 11 Member States (Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Qatar, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), the European Commission and three institutional donors (including the MacArthur Foundation and Microsoft). In-kind contributions A few Member States, particularly Colombia, Qatar and Senegal, which host UN Human Rights offices in their countries, provide in-kind support by covering various items, such as the rent of premises, utilities and vehicles. The corresponding contributions are credited to their assessed contributions to the United Nations regular budget. Member State Nature of in-kind contribution Rental of premises Estimated Fair Value in US$ 314,494 Provision of armoured vehicles and operational costs 93,802 Qatar Rental of premises and operational costs 138,600 Senegal Rental of premises 120,000 Colombia Junior Professional Officers Some Member States provided UN Human Rights with additional, indirect financial support by contributing to the United Nations Junior Professional Officers Programme, which is administered by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in New York. As of 31 December, UN Human Rights had 36 Junior Professional Officers (JPOs) who were supported by the Governments of Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States of America (see next table). 90 UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2017 Number of national JPOs Number of non-national JPOs Denmark 10 - Finland 1 - Germany 2 - Italy 3 - Japan 2 - Republic of Korea 2 - Netherlands 2 - Norway 2 - Saudi Arabia 1 - Sweden 2 - Switzerland 6 1 Spain 1 - United States of America 1 - 35 1 Subtotal 36 TOTAL United Nations Volunteers In addition, UN Human Rights benefited from indirect financial support through the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Programme, which is administered by UNDP. As of 31 December, UN Human Rights had 17 UN Volunteers who were fully funded by the Governments of Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland (see table below). Some of these Governments fund UN Volunteers from other countries. Sponsor Number of UN Volunteers from the donor country Number of UN Volunteers not from the donor country Finland 1 - France 1 - Germany 1 1 Ireland 1 - Republic of Korea 2 - Luxembourg - 1 Norway 1 - Sweden 1 - Switzerland 7 - 15 2 Subtotal TOTAL 17