1.6 FINANCES The second paragraph of Article 5 of the Human Rights Ombudsman Act stipulates that the funds for the Ombudsman’s work are allocated by the National Assembly from the national budget. Within the Ombudsman’s own budget, separate funds for NPM’s work are anticipated in the sub-programme “Implementation of tasks and powers of the NPM”. In 2019, EUR 114,136 were spent on wages and other staff expenses. Wages and benefits amounted to EUR 87,249, the annual leave allowance to EUR 1,773, reimbursement and compensations to EUR 3,579, and payments for work performance for increased workload to EUR 602, while employer social security contributions amounted to EUR 14,547. EUR 976 was spent on premiums of collective supplementary pension insurance as per the Collective Supplementary Pension Insurance for Public Employees Act. EUR 43,954 was spent on material costs, i.e. EUR 12,831 on office and general material and services, EUR 220 on communication services, EUR 1,918 on business trips, EUR 2,878 on other operating costs, and EUR 25,907 on commercial rentals. From the funds earmarked for cooperation with NGOs, EUR 8,062 was spent in 2019, of which EUR 4,797 was for other operating costs and EUR 3,265 for current transfers to NGOs and institutions. 1.6 FINANCES 2019 NPM FINANCES 22 FUNDS ALLOCATED (AB) IN EUR CURRENT BUDGET (CB) IN EUR USED FUNDS IN EUR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TASKS AND POWERS OF THE NPM 181,054 166,152 166,152 WAGES 124,554 114,136 114,136 MATERIAL COSTS* 45,000 43,954 43,954 COOPERATION WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS 11,500 8,062 8,062 THE REPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA ON IMPLEMENTING THE TASKS OF THE NPM