The Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau of Management authorizes the establishment of a reasonable representation allowance for certain UNDP staff who have extensive outside representation functions. Representation allowances are provided following appropriate authorization directly into the salary of the staff member concerned because these staff members often incur considerable miscellaneous personal expenses in connection with their representational responsibilities (e.g. ad-hoc refreshments, tea, coffee, transportation, gratuities, greeting cards, flowers and other symbolic gifts to hosts, local phone calls etc.).