The purpose of the Cash Balance Report (CBR) is to provide the in-country cash balance and inform the decision on the release of funds by the Global Fund. The standard information to be collected includes:
- The Principal Recipient (PR) cash balance as per the Cash Balance Report;
- Open advances at Sub-recipient (SR) level as per the PR’s accounting records; and
- PR’s open obligations.
The CBR is prepared for each quarter (Q1- Q4) and is submitted by all countries no later than 30 days after the end of the quarter.
The CBR is generated directly from Atlas (UN Reports>IPSAS Reports>Global Fund Reports>Cash Balance Report). The main purposes of the reports are as follows:
- To fulfil the Global Fund’s quarterly cash balance reporting requirement;
- To support Global Fund projects to substantiate the uncommitted and Progress Update/Disbursement Request (PU/DR) closing cash balances when reporting to the Global Fund; and
- To monitor cash balances.
With respect to the Global Fund reporting requirement, the CBR is generated by the UNDP Global Fund/Health Implementation Support Team. Country Offices (COs) confirm data and provide quarterly cash forecasts. The quarter is not financially closed at the time of submission to the Global Fund.
For internal UNDP use of the CBR, the following should be noted:
- The CBR is a modification of the Atlas Cost Sharing Deficit query.
- It is best used for closed periods. If a user is running the CBR for an open period, they should note that the commitments will not be reflected accurately. If a period is not yet closed, the CBR may not reflect all the transactions, and hence the cash balance is not final.
- The expenses and fund utilization sections of the CBR will reconcile with the amounts in the Global Fund Financial Report (GFFR) or International Public Sector Accounting Standards Combined Delivery Report (IPSAS CDR).
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