The Executive Committee, inter alia, strengthens policy coherence and cost effectiveness in the economic and social area.

The crisis had shown the importance of promoting greater coherence between trade and macroeconomic, social and other policies.

As mentioned above, I hope a reinvigorated Economic and Social Council will give overall direction to this new coherence.

System coherence

The Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs was established early in 1997 to promote policy coherence in all economic, social and related activities of its member entities.

System wide coherence

System wide coherence

System wide coherence

B. Policy coherence

More integration and coherence in approaches by Governments and major groups to combine the social, environmental and economic dimensions of sustainable development.

(a) Coherence was increased.

Policy coordination and coherence

Other important issues included Corporate Social Responsibility and a development oriented coherence between national development strategies and decisions emanating from international financial institutions.

A. Coherence, effectiveness and relevance

C. Promotion of policy coherence

Successful implementation of summit outcomes required policy coherence and consistency, as inconsistencies between economic, financial and social policies were key obstacles to objectives being met.

Another important issue is policy coherence.

(ii) Policy coherence for SME development

(b) Policy coherence for SME development

The Economic and Social Council should be strengthened and empowered to participate in global economic policymaking and enabled to provide effective coordination and to promote coherence.

Coherence between the UNCCD and the GEF

International systemic coherence therefore assumed particular importance.

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They complemented the discussions at the high level segment and contributed to bringing greater thematic coherence to the various segments of the Economic and Social Council session.

Quantity, quality and coherence are our guiding principles.

The reform should improve coherence in the system.

Ensuring policy coherence is a major Government responsibility.

Cooperation on implementation should ensure coherence and harmonization.

Many speakers underscored the importance of enhanced coherence.

A more focused Economic and Social Council should provide strategic guidance, promote coherence and coordination and evaluate performance without interfering in the work of other financial and trade organizations.

Coherence, effectiveness and relevance of operational activities for development

Coherence was a central concept of the Monterrey Consensus.

The key concept at UNCTAD XI had been coherence.

The Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs, which engages all the United Nations entities participating in the programme, ensures the avoidance of duplication of effort and the advancement of coherence and synergy among United Nations actors in the economic and social arena.

It is about policy coherence, improved delivery and untying aid.

Eleventh is the pressing need for more coherence and synergies.

E. Coherence, effectiveness and relevance of operational activities for development

(iv) There must be stability, clarity and coherence in implementation

More coherence for enhanced oversight in the United Nations system

The four round tables addressed respectively the themes of (a) systemic issues (b) financial cooperation (c) policy coherence in the area of trade and investment and (d) domestic, economic and social policies.

The Union has undertaken a political commitment to coherence in development.

Goal 1 coherence, relevance and sustainability of UNIFEM products and services

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And we need to ensure greater coherence, both among the various United Nations representatives and activities in each country and in the wider United Nations system, particularly in the economic and social fields.

The United Nations system, including the ILO, with its body of norms, provides the social pillar of the multilateral system as the anchor for establishing policy coherence, and it must be strengthened, not weakened.