A coherent methodology, which gives results that are comparable across the GIWA project, was developed and used to conduct regional assessments by 55 regional assessment teams.

Between the two projects 27 pilot sites will be surveyed, using mainly the LADA assessment tools.

Impact assessment

C. Information to be used in the evaluation

Disclosure should be made of how the board has evaluated its performance and how the results of the appraisal are being used.

The use of criteria as tools for capacity assessment permits consideration of this concept in a practical way.

Suitability for Service.

Inclusion of an index in the TAR in order to facilitate its use

(a) INDO 1 land use assessment and monitoring using ERS I SAR data

An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by the Executive Director, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.

Rating the Raters

(b) Land use, land degradation assessment and monitoring the use of remote sensing techniques, in June 1998

Evaluation of grants and project results are contained in the reports from recipient countries, which amounts to self evaluation, but the Secretariat lacks resources for ex post or external evaluations (see also paragraph 14 above).

Some countries expressed their concerns about possible duplication with assessments carried out within UNCTAD and by other organizations, and questions were raised about the sources of information that would be used for the assessment.

(f) Assessment of environmental sensitivity and proper land use of coastal urban areas.

The use of environmental impact assessment, where appropriate

Assesses the adequacy, efficiency and effectiveness of the roster and determines adherence by the Procurement Division to procurement rules when evaluating applicants and using the roster.

Using more recent material, readily available, the GLASOD study has been improved by LADA.

This would, in its turn, allow banks and other lenders to better assess enterprise risks using modern ICT based techniques for credit risk assessment and credit scoring.

The global land degradation assessment and the work of the six pilot countries will allow identification of ways in which the assessment can be done at different scales using harmonized methodologies.

The third inter sessional meeting could assess the current use and availability of methods of identifying illicit crops and the use of environmentally safe and effective methods of eradicating them.

The inter agency mission, currently in use in countries such as Afghanistan and the Sudan, and the joint assessment mission, should be used where appropriate.

(iii) Evaluations coordination and management of the evaluation of programmes and projects, including the preparation of the annual evaluation report, subprogramme evaluations and project evaluations.

A number of speakers emphasized the importance of assessing and controlling the use of new borrowing once creditworthiness was established.

Features of the Assessment of Assessments

Aims of the Assessment of Assessments

Rating agencies have been and should remain an important aspect of modern capital markets. But to make ratings work, the raters need to be rated.

However, even in assessing the effectiveness of public administration, there are different strategies that can be applied.

Parties embarking in more detailed national land degradation assessments may wish to adopt the LADA methodological framework and to share their findings in order to refine the global LADA assessment.

Top down and bottom up methods are used to estimate GHG emissions from air travel.

Assessing the technical and juridical viability of border ports with shared infrastructure and

This study showed that the index can be used together with other parameters to assess land degradation.

66. Cost of support and assessment of need.

The concepts of the validity and invalidity of reservations should preferably be used only when the legal consequences of reservations were being evaluated by the subjects entitled to do so, in particular a State or a court.

Information on the number of letters, words, syllables and sentences for this document. Evaluates readability using the Flesch reading score.

The latter are assessed through use of key performance indicators.

The estimate would cover five assessment missions of approximately two weeks each.

47. Notes the progress made by the United Nations operational system in developing and using the common country assessment, and stresses that the formulation of the assessment is meant to be short, light and flexible

It was also suggested the commentaries should elaborate methods of assessing environmental damage, including impairment of its non use value.

LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND VERIFICATION AND VALUATION OF THE STAND ALONE CLAIMS The legal framework applied to the evaluation of the stand alone claims in this instalment is the same as that used in earlier E4 instalments.

harmonize or make comparable their monitoring and assessment methods as applied on their domestic levels, in particular in the field of river quality, emission control, flood forecast and water balance, with a view to achieving comparable results to be introduced into the joint monitoring and assessment activities

At the same time, the effectiveness of the use of regular resources will be assessed by tracking and reporting on results achieved.

(c) Preparation of modules for training supervisors, administrative and teaching staff in the use of information on the results of the assessment.

The results from the global LADA assessment will also allow Parties to identify potential actions at regional level.

60. In assessing the projects submitted, the Office of the Under Secretary for Vocational Training enjoyed the services of a team of assessors specially trained by the Vocational Training Centre (CEDFOPE) to evaluate the course contents.