واستحدثت الدراسة الاستشارية لعام 1996 صيغة شملت حجم الحيز المخصص وعدد الموظفين والمشاركين في المؤتمرات.
The 1996 consultancy study developed a formula which included space allocation, staffing and conference participants, and the resulting cost-sharing ratio would have assigned a significantly higher share to UNOV and a significantly lower share to UNIDO, with a slight increase for IAEA.