The core-budget for the operations of the SACAM Network shall derive from funds of UNESCO’s Regular Programme and Budget approved for the activities of SACAM by the General Conference, particularly those earmarked for implementing the Seville Strategy for Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO Offices in New Delhi (India), Teheran (Islamic Republic of Iran) and the MAB Secretariat in UNESCO, Paris.   Other UNESCO contributions to SACAM may derive from the Director-General’s allocations for specific draft resolutions relevant to SACAM and approved by the General Conference, National and Regional Participation Programmes requests and specific proposals submitted to, and approved by the International Co-ordinating Council and the Secretariat of the MAB Programme.

Any SACAM Member State may provide funds to support SACAM activities, through funds-in-trust or voluntary contributions schemes of UNESCO, or directly to a recipient Member in another SACAM country(ies).  SACAM Members, individually or jointly may prepare projects for consideration of funding by regional and/or international donors as well as launch fund-raising campaigns to support SACAM activities.

A SACAM Member may provide support to activities in kind:  e.g. a SACAM Member may agree to host and meet all local expenses of visitors from other SACAM States if the latter (or other Members such as UNESCO) are meeting the costs of international travel of visitors; all such contributions in kind made by SACAM Members shall be acknowledged in publications which are  the outcome of the activity under consideration. 

The activities of the network shall be administered and coordinated by the UNESCO-New Delhi Office, in co-operation with UNESCO-MAB, Paris and a national focal point in each SACAM Member Country.  Any SACAM Member country may discuss with UNESCO-New Delhi Office, short-term arrangements for one of its specialists assisting UNESCO-New Delhi Office, in implementation of SACAM activities.  Countries belonging to  SACAM  activities i.e. Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, may also unanimously decide, at any time in the future, to assign Secretariat responsibilities to one among themselves.

Any amendments to the text of the Statutes of the SACAM including those concerning the termination of the operations of SACAM shall come into effect only with the unanimous approval of all its Members.