consensus. A vote takes place when no consensus can be reached or on specific request of a member of the policy-making organ General Conference The Conference is the highest policy-making organ of the Organization and consists of all Member States of UNIDO. It meets every two years and approves the programme and budgets, establishes the scale assessments for regular budget expenditures for the forthcoming biennium and, every second time, appoints the Director-General for a period of four years. Industrial Development Board (IDB) The Board meets once in Conference years and twice in other years, and consists of 53 Member States of the Organization that are elected for a four-year term. It acts as a preparatory body for the Conference and reviews the implementation of the approved programme of work and of the corresponding regular and operational budgets for the forthcoming biennium. Among its other main functions, the Board recommends to the Conference a scale of assessments, as well as a candidate for the post of Director-General. Programme and Budget Committee (PBC) The Committee consists of 27 Member States of the Organization that are elected for a two-year term and meets at least once a year to consider, inter alia, the proposals of the Director-General for the programme of work and corresponding estimates for the regular and operational budgets. Secretariat The Secretariat of UNIDO is based in Vienna (Austria) and maintains representative offices in Brussels (Belgium), Geneva (Switzerland) and New York City (USA). As of 2013, UNIDO's organizational structure comprises The Office of the Director-General (ODG), the Programme Development and Technical Cooperation Division (PTC), the Office of the Deputy to the Director General (DDG), the Programme Support and General Management Division (PSM) as well as offices of Internal Oversight and Legal Services. The current Director-General of UNIDO is Gerd Müller (since December 2021). Country level representation Field representation UNIDO's system of field representation includes four categories of offices: Regional offices, which cover the country of their location as well as a number of countries in the same region, in which the Organization assumes the status of a non-resident agency Country Offices, which cover their host country Focal point offices maintained within national governments UNIDO Desks in UNDP offices. Technical offices at country level In order to provide additional support to UNIDO's technical activities, different types of technical offices have been established. These include: Investment and Technology Promotion Offices (ITPOs), which promote