Programme Implementation Report (PIR)

PIR provides quantitative post facto reporting on programme implementation for each biennium.

Cycle	2 years

Structure of reports	Director-General’s Foreword Executive Summary Organizational Performance Evolution of total resources Cost of field programme support FAO language policy Implementation of PWB outputs Summary of Programme Implementation (presented by PWB headings) Annex: report on unscheduled and cancelled sessions

Extra-budgetary	Integrated

Baseline data for monitoring	The approved PWB, and associated output data-base, specifies the planned outputs for the biennium and the resources available under each entity (subject to normal circumstances i.e. no exceptional build-up of arrears and the evolution of currency and cost developments remaining compatible with assumptions and the capacity of protection mechanisms to absorb the negative impact of deviations). This information represents the baseline for monitoring and reporting to Governing Bodies through the PIR, including changes to original plans due to a variety of factors. N.B. More detailed annual workplans are also developed internally from the biennial PWB baseline information, and are subject to similar monitoring arrangements.

Submission procedures	The PIR is submitted as a post facto report in the year following the biennium being reported.

Review bodies (legislative bodies) and their functions	The PIR is submitted to the following bodies: Programme and Finance Committees (see composition under "programming and budgeting" and "evaluation"); FAO Council; FAO Conference.

Responsible offices in the Secretariat and their functions	Office of Programme, Budget and Evaluation

Management information system (MIS)	PLANSYS and its various modules are the main supportive information system, pending introduction of a new generation of programme-budget formulation and monitoring system.

Other methodological issues	More detailed output by output reporting is provided on FAO’s Website.