Infrastructure projects require extensive planning and significant upfront investment.

22. Reaffirms that, in accordance with rule 104.7 (b) of the Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, when an objective for Secretariat action cannot be achieved by the end of the plan period, both this longer term objective and more specific objectives to be achieved within the plan period shall be set

Item 109 Programme planning

Item 114 Programme planning

Gender sensitive guidelines for project planning were being finalized.

It was noted that community identified project planning processes needed to be synchronized with the Government's planning budget cycle.

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Programme planning item 125 .

4. Programme planning (item 114).

Agenda item 125 Programme planning

6. UNDCP should adopt a more prudent approach in the planning of its projects, ensuring that projects have realistic start dates and duration and sound procurement planning, financial resources and execution arrangements (para. 48).

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The earliest pilot projects were in the fields of land use planning and vegetation monitoring.

(e) UNEP should improve the management and control over projects by ensuring that objectives and outputs are clearly specified, periodical reports prescribed for monitoring the projects are received promptly and completed projects are closed timely.

Item 9. Medium term plan for the period 1998 2001

During the period under review, UN Habitat has undertaken the physical and social planning of the two sites, while site preparation is in progress.

Agenda item 9 Medium term plan for the period 1998 2001.

Savings in the liquidation of prior period obligations are credited to individual projects as a reduction of current period expenditure in accordance with UNDP UNFPA reporting requirements

The current planning document, namely, the biennial programme plan and priorities for the period 2006 2007,c focuses on objectives, expected accomplishments and indicators of achievement and, unlike the earlier medium term plans, does not include outputs and activities, which are now listed only in the programme budget.

The number exceeded the planned target of 200.

UNEP had not benefited from the project even two years after the expected date of completion of the project and an investment of more than 6 million

Project participants shall include, as part of the project design document, a monitoring plan that provides for

During the 2006 2007 biennium UNEP will aim at strengthening a selected a set of activities currently under way, with a view to gradually building the organization's enhanced capacity in delivering the Bali Strategic Plan and preparing for the next biennium.

The Compact's concrete initiatives included the establishment of sustainable businesses in least developed countries, a project currently being run by UNDP, and cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on environmental projects.

(i) Project expenditures with respect to UNEP projects undertaken by cooperating agencies and supporting organizations are recorded in the UNEP accounts on the basis of actual expenditure of funds reported by them to UNEP.

Project participants shall include, as part of the project design document, a monitoring plan that provides for

This Project is developed by the Regional Labor Departments.

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UNEP participation costs (external projects)

The fourth project, whose coverage extends to the Province Orientale, has a budget of 322,000 and is still in the planning stage.

(c) Rules for planning and implementation of urban renewal projects by the municipalities.

(iii) Field projects (extrabudgetary) 151 (80 national, 36 regional and 35 interregional projects) are currently planned.

A project on the intercomparison of data telemetry and transmission systems is currently being planned for implementation during 1996.

Planning and preliminary design of the project 6 9 months

39. The Board is concerned that UNEP has not benefited from this project even two years after the expected date of completion of the project and an investment of more than 6.0 million.

The project is building national capacity for planning and designing short cycle skills training programmes.

UNEP confirms that firm commitments and pledges from interested contributors are obtained before the commencement of projects.

1.16 The strategic planning framework has four objectives, namely to

At present, only four African countries meet its requirements.

63. In 1993, the UNDP Office of Project Services, the United Nations Office for Project Services forerunner, commissioned a review of its information systems and the development of an interim strategy covering the period to 1997.

This is particularly important at the mid point of the programming period, when TRAC 1.1.1 earmarkings for 2006 and 2007 have already been allocated in line with the need to programme resources in advance of planned delivery.

The first four missions were fully funded, and their development was on schedule and within cost guidelines.

The weakness of current voluntary funding inhibits the effective long term planning that is essential for the design and implementation of long term development assistance.

The Government of Benjamin Netanyahu is following the example set by its predecessors and is implementing new plans and projects or completing previous ones aimed at achieving full Jewish control over the Holy City.

Nonetheless, it is difficult to plan effectively for many of the countries and projects the Office is involved in.