Upon inquiry, the Advisory Committee had been informed that the Secretariat had made no deliberate attempt to increase actual vacancy rates over the target rates.

I thought it was very indecent of Accenture to ditch Tiger Woods in such a sort of hurried and hasty way.

49. The efficiency of the procurement process is still of great concern to the Advisory Committee.

Advice on services infrastructure and trade efficiency issues

The Board had also noted the comments made by the members of the Committee and by the Advisory Committee regarding the rate of implementation and impact of its recommendations.

Furthermore, Danish home visitors have brought advice into homes of Danish parents concerning baby sleeping positions so as to minimize cribdeath.

VIII.27 The Advisory Committee welcomes the efforts to achieve efficiency gains in the Office of Human Resources Management.

Item 4 (c) Development and transfer of technologies Item 4 (e)(i) Implementation of the Buenos Aires programme of work on adaptation and response measures (decision 1 CP.10)

The Advisory Committee requests that efforts to identify efficiencies and cost savings be made.

35. The Advisory Committee notes the comments with regard to efficiency reviews in the report of the Secretary General.

In its view, the Advisory Committee utilizes conference services as efficiently as possible.

The Advisory Committee agrees with that view and recommends that the present contribution rate of 23.7 per cent be retained.

36. The Advisory Committee requested information on the role and terms of reference of the Efficiency Board and the Advisory Panel on Management and Finance (see annex VI to the present document).

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70. There is also, in the view of the Advisory Committee, a need to be clear as to what efficiency means.

The Advisory Committee notes, however, that the actual delayed deployment rate as at 28 February 2005 was 14.5 per cent.

Respective roles and terms of reference of the Advisory Panel on Management and Finance and the Efficiency Board

The SBSTA discussed the subject of intergovernmental technical advisory panels (ITAPs).

(b) Technical cooperation advisory services daily contacts and provision of advice.

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Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA)

1. In answer to a query by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions regarding the respective roles and terms of reference of the Advisory Panel on Management and Finance and of the Efficiency Board, the following information is provided.

advisory assistance,

Consultants

(i) Advisory services advisory services and substantive human rights support at the request of Governments and United Nations country teams, programmes and agencies (40) development, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of national and regional technical cooperation projects (40) and implementation of a programme of technical cooperation in Cambodia

Consultancy services

Advisory group

Consultative functions.

Political consultations

Merchandising consultant.

V.61 The Advisory Committee notes that the overall vacancy rate is 7.3 per cent and that the vacancy rate for General Service staff is even higher, at 8.7 per cent, representing 25 posts.

Upon request the Advisory Committee was provided with a detailed breakdown of the costs for each consultancy envisaged, including the area, the number of consultants, the duration, the rate applied and the related travel costs.

Nonetheless, the Advisory Committee is of the view that current vacancy levels remain far too high (see para.

(d) Providing technical advisory services to member States in improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the public sector

The Advisory Committee understands that it would be a firm of consultants or firms, instead of individuals.

I.40 Upon request, the Advisory Committee was provided with information concerning efficiency gains reflected under section 2 of the proposed programme budget.

The Committee was informed, upon inquiry, that the vacancy rate for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997 was 26 per cent for international staff and 15 per cent for local staff.

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