The Government Performance Project focused on management systems.

Establishing surveillance systems as measurable indicators for performance.

High performing systems are very clear what good performance is.

Thus, capacity for performance becomes a critical variable intervening between the organization's systems and practices and eventual performance itself.

It should also be noted that criteria based systems such as the Government Performance Project do not assume that spending more money on systems necessarily improves their content and capacity building performance.

(e) Strengthen accountability systems for all staff for gender mainstreaming, including through performance appraisals

12. Furthermore, performance management needs to be linked to systems, such as budgeting, accounting, auditing, strategic planning, internal management and client communication systems.

The existing procurement systems did not provide the underlying systems needed to effectively monitor performance against the activities and outputs set by the unit.

The costs of space based systems are in general higher than the costs of ground based systems, and careful cost performance trade offs are needed.

j. Knowledge management system, phase II workplace portal with enterprise search and performance reporting systems ( 363,400)

The results based management and performance management systems will reflect the priority accorded to these issues.

The Committee's previous recommendation that financial and programme performance systems be integrated has not been implemented.

With respect to performance management, she indicated that it was within the prerogative of executive heads to decide how to evaluate their organizations' performance appraisal systems.

(iv) Systems support maintenance of charts of accounts and other finance related reference tables in IMIS development of ad hoc applications systems liaison with other Headquarters systems administration of the tax reimbursement systems and performance of local area network administration functions

As UNDP streamlines its performance management systems, corporate learning strategies will be leveraged to further strengthen staff competencies.

The current lack of such systems in many countries jeopardizes the efficiency of transit transport operators and it is also detrimental to the efficient performance of customs transit systems.

The current lack of such systems in many countries jeopardizes the efficiency of transit transport operators and it is also detrimental to the efficient performance of customs transit systems.

(a) Boosting the production of equipment for the fuel and energy sector, including laser measuring systems, optoelectronic flame control systems, instruments to measure gas density, multiphase pumping plants and control systems for high performance gas pumping stations

And the most impressive outcomes of world class systems is that they achieve high performance across the entire system.

The Commission noted that although official certification of the performance management systems by the United States Office of Personnel Management was a requirement, many decisions concerning the management of pay for performance systems, including the size of the payout, were the responsibility of the individual department.

The business reasons for modernizing the secretariat s computer systems and re engineering its processes were cost reduction and improved performance.

One member considered that it would be worthwhile to develop separate pay for performance systems for managers in the United Nations system, as accountability and effective performance were critical for these positions.

(f) Acknowledging that performance management incurs costs, appropriate funds will be allocated for training, data collection, recording and related information systems

At the institutional level, rules, management systems and administrative procedures should require honest reporting, sharing of information and accountability for performance.

Ethical responsibility and quality management measures should also be swiftly implemented, together with common procurement management systems, model lease and contract templates, performance rating and evaluation systems, and vendor registration and review measures.

Different stages of development and the impact of cultural differences act to shape the nature, missions and performance of public administration systems.

It noted, however, that the organizations, and specifically the volunteer organizations, had maintained their performance appraisal systems on a calendar year basis.

Obviously, costs of space based systems are in general higher than those on ground, and careful cost performance trade offs are needed.

Having noted that the Fifth Committee had emphasized that an effective and credible performance system was the key for the possible introduction of a pay for performance system, one Commission member recalled that organizations had provided information on their performance appraisal systems some two years before.

Such constraints are frequently referred to in the reports and appear to explain the poor performance of monitoring and assessment systems currently operating.

The Government Performance Project findings were instructive in identifying how Governments organize the basic management systems central to good governance and public administration.

The shortcomings in performance measurement were partly attributable to the demands placed on staff for delivery of services, which limited the time that staff could spend on the development and implementation of performance measures and benchmarking systems.

Formal contracts or service level agreements are developed, which clearly state the expected performance of systems, with appropriate benchmarks and remedies to address malfunctions.

The World Bank's Public Expenditure Tracking System could be used, as appropriate, as a model for monitoring the performance and accountability of sanitation systems.

Moreover, at a time when performance based government is increasingly the norm, managing for results systems are becoming critical links between resources and results.

Experience elsewhere has demonstrated the importance of strong managerial support and linkages to other human resources systems, including consequences for different levels of performance.

Subsequently, they will be used as a base on which to build other human resource systems such as recruitment, placement, development and performance appraisal.

34. UNDP should develop, in association with the agencies, the information systems required to collect data for national execution performance indicators (para. 11 (h)).

PRTR reporting systems invite the public to participate in the regulatory system, both by monitoring the environmental performance of facilities and sectors and by engaging in dialogue with companies and government agencies on ways of improving such performance.

Regional management teams were established and have already begun strengthening systems for regional supervision of country programme management performance, reviewing and ensuring follow up on audit and management reports and developing performance indicators for reporting by all offices.

Use of criteria such as average cost and total number of services delivered formed the initial basis for performance measurement, as undertaken by traditional systems.

Neither will improvements in systems, technology and management practice alone solve the crisis they can raise performance levels, but cannot clarify direction or establish priorities.

It further noted that some of the organizations had several years of experience in administering 360 degree reviews as part of their performance appraisal systems.

The report will assess current economic development trends, examine the performance of housing finance systems, including community based intermediaries, and analyse policy responses and development prospects.

The conversion of a General Service (Other level) post is requested for the Information Management Systems Service for the performance of the functions of Computer Assistant.