A/HRC/29/21 10. Table 2 below shows the breakdown of financial assistance and annual expenditures, complete with the amount authorized, status of reimbursement and total commitments to date with regard to the financial assistance provided for the travel of government delegates to Geneva. Table 2 Expenditures for travel of government representatives to attend sessions of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review and plenary sessions of the Human Rights Council Number of countries reimbursed Amount authorized/ pending claim (United States dollars) Amount paid (United States dollars) 2008 6 13 280 16 885 2009 17 33 846 23 568 2010 23 46 365 39 942 2011 21 81 778 11 698 2012 3 12 920 11 295 2013 6 35 176 35 176 2014 15 57 564 53 939 Year Total B. 192 503 Training 11. The terms of reference of the Fund allow the financing of briefings prior to the sessions of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review to assist countries in the preparatory process. These briefings usually consist of plenary segments and breakout group discussions during which the policies, procedures and modalities of the universal periodic review are examined, information is exchanged, and good practices and lessons learned are discussed concerning the organization of national consultations, the setting up of interministerial coordination mechanisms, the drafting of national reports and participation in the interactive dialogues held by the Working Group and the Human Rights Council in plenary session. 12. Increased efforts were invested in keeping States engaged in cooperation with the universal periodic review mechanism. This relates in particular to small island developing States and least developed countries with no representation in Geneva. Targeted outreach activities in 2014 involved bilateral meetings with the embassies of those countries in New York (10–14 February) and Brussels (26–28 November) and a training seminar in Casablanca, Morocco (9–11 December). 13. The bilateral briefings in New York and Brussels were part of a broad strategy to engage countries with limited human capacity through different entry points. The New York mission was part of a set of briefings that were initiated in 2009 as outreach activities to inform delegations about the universal periodic review process and mechanism. The initial format of the briefings was revisited in 2012 to focus on bilateral meetings at the Permanent Missions of selected small island developing States and least developed countries, including a general meeting with all interested delegations. In February 2014, meetings were requested with the Permanent Missions of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Fiji, the Gambia, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia and 4