The ways in which citizens can participate in such assessments are multiple.

A member State wishing to participate in a trade efficiency assessment would make an official request to UNCTAD to undertake the assessment.

ii. using a participatory approach to take account of the specific needs and socio cultural context of the population

Multidisciplinary teams undertook the participatory assessment in coordination with local and international partners in a total of 14 country operations.

There is a formal evaluation procedure based on the tasks performed by each participant during the sessions.

China focused on the development of participatory approaches rather than on technical issues and the testing of VSA indicators.

In addition, the UNEP Division of Early Warning and Assessment is involved in other global environmental assessment activities, such as the Global International Waters Assessment and the Global Marine Assessment, for which UNEP provides leadership and coordination, and the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, in which UNEP is a key partner.

About 40 young scientists are taking part in the GEO 4 assessment.

(ii) Assessment of contributions by non Member States for their participation in United Nations activities

All persons active in this field should evaluate ways and means of enhancing good governance and eliminating corruption from development programmes.

There are many other potential targets such as methods of citizen involvement in policy design that could be assessed.

However, countries participating in this way would be passive contributors and would not be able to take part in decision making, or be members of the writing team for the periodic assessments.

Evaluation matrix

Iceland has participated actively in the preparatory work of GMA.

In such a setting, citizens can participate in assessments through advisory mechanisms, through formal surveys, through on the spot assessments as offered, for example, by the Citizen's Charters of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and through grass roots participation in programme design and implementation.

Therefore, for Governments to be truly accountable in this setting, it is necessary that they conduct their affairs in a way that is amenable to assessment, that citizens have the opportunity to understand and participate in assessment processes, and that results be widely distributed.

LADA also cooperates with UNEP in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO 4) assessment and with Desertlink and MEDCOASTLAND.

The participatory review and appraisal should be viewed as an ongoing process that will occasionally report to regional and global levels.

(h) Security management. Participants should adopt a comprehensive approach to security management based on risk assessment that is dynamic, encompassing all levels of participants' activities and all aspects of their operations

Performance evaluation and reporting for UNICEF representatives includes an assessment of the level of participation with the United Nations country team.

To assess the extent of indigenous participation in the formulation of poverty reduction strategy papers (taking account of men and women in this process).

Participatory assessments have identified widespread exposure to sexual exploitation in West Africa and other areas owing to the lack of food and other material assistance.

At the same time, however, a great deal of preparatory work remains to be done, at all levels, to make the bottom up participatory review and appraisal meaningful.

The FRA 2000 project includes a vigorous activity for country capacity building, allowing countries to participate actively in the assessment process.

He affirmed that Governments should continuously evaluate their youth policies and involve young people in that evaluation, and that including youth in policymaking would increase the commitment of young people to the policies that affect them and create greater opportunities for cooperation and true youth participation.

Local and national research and university centres, and non governmental and community based organizations could be invited to participate and share their experience in participatory monitoring and assessment.

The TEAM will involve assessing the level of SME participation in exports and the areas in which SMEs are prevalent.

The limitations of participatory assessment include the complexity of the process, the difficulties in assuring the continuing availability of core stakeholders originating from the same community, and the availability of sufficient expertise to analyse and process information.

His assessment and evaluation fell into three parts (a) conceptual clarifications (b) a description of the institutional arrangements for political involvement at the local level and (c) criteria for effective political involvement at the local level.

They encouraged UNFPA to continue its participation in joint needs assessments and transition frameworks.

(4) to entrust an evaluation organ to carry out assets assessment, and take the assessment results as a reference when evaluating the net assets or converting them into stocks and

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The involvement of older persons in their communities is crucial for the bottom up participatory assessment of governmental policy and programmes on ageing.

Scope and Approach of the Present Evaluation Report

ix) assessing costs and benefits

XIII. Feedback and evaluation

It is expected that discussions will focus on assessing the major ways in which recent advances in telecommunications have affected the potential participation of smaller players (such as developing countries and small and medium sized enterprises) in international trade.

35. The paragraphs dealing with the forms of private sector participation did not elicit comment.

Canada also presented detailed information on how the assumptions, expert assessment and sectoral models feed into the evaluation of the main model for the estimation of emissions.

UNHCR is also intensifying its efforts to engage children in participatory assessments and to ensure that their views and concerns are integrated into UNHCR programming.

If any negative impact is considered significant by the project participants or the host Party, project participants have undertaken a socio economic impact assessment and or an environmental impact assessment in accordance with the procedures required by the host Party.

Awareness building and media involvement are included throughout the four step process, along with monitoring and evaluation.

Another is participation of interested citizens and parties in policy choice and assessment.

The bottom up approach envisages the involvement of older persons as primary, or core, stakeholders and major players in conducting the review and appraisal.

Implementation and taking stock of progress.