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In addition to the advisory services provided through the Director of

the Narcotics Division, the Executive Director of the Fund will also have

at hic disposal the services of a wall, highly competent secretariat to assist him in the administrabicu mi management of Line Bind. This vill

include the evaluation of projects from the filial and organizational. (as distinct from the technical and professional) stand points. Decisions

will have to be made as to the suunt of financial support to be allocated

to a project, the term for which support will be made available, the

organizational arrangements with the designated executing agency or agencies

with whom contracts will have to be negotiated, and so on. For all of these

functions the Executive Director will rely on the support and expertise of

the small core of highly competent officers who will comprise his om

immediate secretariat.

It will also be necessary of course to ensure the follow-up and monitoring

of projects throughout the period of their implementation. This is a direct

responsibility of the Fund administration and the Executive Director vill need

to have his own staff for this purpose. A special unit, to be established in

the Executive Director's office, will be responsible for following up and

reporting to him on the progress being made by the executing agencies responsible

for the various projects, and for evaluating performance in individual cases. This process of follow-up and feed-back of results will be invaluable to the

Executive Director in the decisions Le vill have to mel e as to future projects,

and the auspices under which they should be undertaken. This "feed-back" process

will also contribute greatly to the Executive Director's ability to evaluate performance, to identify weaknesses and strengths in the evaluation as well as the implementation process, and to determine future directions of policy.

This

The fact that many of the specialized agencies as well as the Narcotics

Division itself and the INCB will be involved in the presentation and implementation of projects requires, in the view of the Secretary-General, the constitution of an inter-agency advisory committee to provide for the Executive Director of the Fund a channel for communication, consultation and edvice on broad policy questions affecting the participating agencies as a whole. advisory committee would in no way be intended to serve as an appeals tribunal, on differences arising with respect to individual projects or agencies, but the Executive Director would be free to refer to the committee any matters on which he felt the need for further advice or policy guidance. Final decisions would of

course rest with the Executive Director, and the Executive Director alone.