A/HRC/13/61 highlighted its appreciation for and satisfaction with the Office’s technical cooperation activities. III. Financial status of the Voluntary Fund 7. The Finance and Budget Section and the Donor and External Relations Section of OHCHR provided the Board of Trustees with an update on the status of donors, the 2009 financial situation of the Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation and its functioning in the overall funding system. As at 30 September 2009, the total estimated income of the Voluntary Fund was $19,800,317, which represented an encouraging increase. The following documents were provided to the Board and are contained as annexes to the present report: estimated statement of income and expenditure of the Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights for the period from 1 January 2008 to 30 September 2009; list of donors to the Voluntary Fund; graph on income of the Voluntary Fund versus OHCHR other extrabudgetary resources 2000–2009; graph on expenditure of the Voluntary Fund versus OHCHR other extrabudgetary resources 2000–2009; and status of 2008–2009 expenditure by country. 8. The Board was pleased to note that the Voluntary Fund was in good health, and provided a very important source of financial support to the technical cooperation activities of the United Nations in the field of human rights. Despite the economic crisis, Member States and other contributors have generally maintained their levels of contribution. The Board expressed its gratitude and thanks for all donations to the Voluntary Fund, including the support from OHCHR and Member States, which manifests their confidence in the work of the Board of Trustees. It reiterated the importance of receiving funds from a wide range of donors, including from countries that benefit from the Fund, and encouraging even modest contributions as an important sign of support. 9. The Board reiterated its support of the continued policy set up by the High Commissioner to finance through the Fund human rights advisers within United Nations country teams, human rights components of United Nations peace missions and country/stand-alone offices with technical cooperation components. The Board underlined the general value of unearmarked funding for OHCHR. IV. High Commissioner for Human Rights: Strategic Management Plan (2010–2011) 10. The Board was updated on the High Commissioner’s Strategic Management Plan 2010–2011 and policies, operational framework and programmatic trends, including the process of implementing the OHCHR performance monitoring system at national, regional and global levels. The Board was briefed about the main challenges and expected accomplishments outlined in the Strategic Management Plan, which covers planning tools, indicators of achievements and the management process. 11. The Board was informed that the strategic management planning and the development of priorities entailed a consultative and participatory process using, for the first time, a bottom-up approach to planning. The importance for OHCHR of partnerships in the field was underlined, given that they enabled the field presences to accomplish activities with limited financial resources. 12. This process involved organizing workshops with staff to provide further guidance on how to develop the Office-wide expected accomplishments and indicators and thematic 4 GE.10-10528