The Local Finance Committee may decide to allocate a fourth part of the fund to the running of the committee secretariat, for both operating and investment purposes. This share may not exceed 0.5 per thousand of the fund’s annual resources, with the exception of unused appropriations carried over from previous years. It is used to finance, in part or in full, the secretariat’s expenditure relating to the preparation and implementation of the Committee’s decisions, excluding any staff expenditure.