Lyon, 16–17 May 2013 Auditorium

Governing Council
Fifty-fifth Session
GC/55/7 Rev.1
25/03/2013
Lyon, 16–17 May 2013
Auditorium
PROPOSED PROGRAMME (2014–2017)
AND BUDGET (2014–2015)

PROPOSED PROGRAMME (2014–2017)
AND BUDGET (2014–2015)

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
In accordance with the requirements of the Statute, the Director has the honour
to submit the Proposed Programme Budget of the International Agency
for Research on Cancer for the financial period 2014–2015.
Christopher P. Wild, PhD
Director
International Agency for Research on Cancer

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
1. SCIENTIFIC STRATEGY 2014–20173
2. DETAILED SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME 2014–2015 7
Area 1 Describing the Global Cancer Burden 7
Area 2 IARC Monographs 9
Area 3 Cancer Etiology 11
3.1 Infections 11
3.2 Nutrition and metabolism 12
3.3 Genetics 13
3.4 Environment, radiation, lifestyle, and occupation 14
Area 4 Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis 15
4.1 Molecular carcinogenesis 16
4.2 Epigenetics 17
4.3 Molecular pathology 18
Area 5 Cancer Prevention 18
5.1 Primary prevention 19
5.2 Screening 20
Area 6 Education and Training 21
6.1 IARC Research Training and Fellowship Programme 22
6.2 IARC Courses 23
Area 7 Methodology and Research Tools 24
7.1 Biostatistics and bioinformatics 24
7.2 Exposure assessment 25
7.3 Biomarkers 26
7.4 WHO Classification of Tumours 27
Area 8 Scientific Support 27
8.1 Laboratory services 28
8.2 Biobank 29
8.3 Communication 30
8.4 Research facilitation 32
Area 9 Research Leadership and Management 32
9.1 Direction and leadership 33
9.2 Programme management and development 34
9.3 Ethics 35

3. ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAMME 2014–201537
Area 1 Administrative Management 37
Area 2 Human Resources Services 38
Area 3 Conference, Office, and Building Services 38
Area 4 Grants, Budget, and Finance Services 40
Area 5 Information Technology Services 41
4. PROPOSED BUDGET 2014–201543
4.1 Presentation 43
4.2 Changes in budget presentation 44
4.3 Development of the programme and budget 45
4.4 Explanation of the proposed regular budget 46
4.5 Financing of the regular budget 49
4.6 Assessments on Participating States 49
5. BUDGET TABLES 53
A Proposed regular budget for the biennium 2014–201553
B Summary of biennial resources by area and sources of fund 54
C Summary of regular budget by area and year 55
D Summary of regular budget funded staff by area and staff category 56
E Analysis of staffing and resources by area/sub-area 57
F Summary of budget changes from previous biennial budget 60
G Summary of regular budget by component and cause of increase/decrease 61
H Summary of regular budget and proposed financing 62
ISummary of proposed financing from assessments on Participating States 63
and Governing Council Special Fund
I-a Comparison of assessments on Participating States based on current 64
and revised scales
ANNEXES 65
Information Table A Total staff and non-staff budget by Section and Group 65
Information Table B Annual inflation rates in France 2002–2011 66
Information Table C United Nations accounting rates of exchange: euro to US dollar 67
Information Table D Group classification of countries and assigning units for 68
assessed contributions based on current and revised scales of WHO