Azerbaijan to Pay More into 2011 CoE Budget than Armenia or Georgia

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) has adopted the organisation’s programme and budget for 2011, according to the CoE official website.

The programme and budget for 2011 reflects the need to control expenditure, reduce operating costs and redeploy resources to priority sectors.

The Ordinary Budget for 2011 totals €217 million, reflecting zero growth compared with the 2010 budget. Member states’ contributions stand at €211 million.

Among CIS countries, the largest allocation of the CoE budget has been made by Russia, at €29,758,380. 

The amount paid by Armenia is €341,967; Georgia, €358,974; and Azerbaijan, €850,624. 

Among the 47 countries, the largest membership fee was paid by France, which will pay €37,900,141 into the CoE budget. Following France in terms of the largest contribution to the budget are Germany, Italy then the UK.