This document summarizes the work programme for the secretariat for the biennium 2016–2017 and outlines the amount of core budget and supplementary resources required to implement its mandates and achieve the expected results. It should be considered in conjunction with document FCCC/SBI/2015/3, which contains the proposed programme
budget for the biennium 2016–2017, document FCCC/SBI/2015/3/Add.2, which lists the activities to be funded from supplementary sources, and document FCCC/SBI/2015/3/Add.3, which presents the proposed budget for the international transaction log.