Application Manuals

(c) Guidelines for open tendering should be included in the Procurement Manual, and the Manual should specify the frequency at which the Supplier Review Committee should review the evaluation of the potential suppliers

Member States should also develop emergency response telecommunication capacities and establish rosters of telecommunication resources to be made available during emergencies.

The Board recommends that guidelines for open tendering should be included in the Procurement Manual and that the Manual should specify the frequency at which the Supplier Review Committee should review the evaluation of potential suppliers.

Responding to this call is an important and current task.

In paragraph 120 of its report, the Board recommended that the Administration (a) promptly issue a comprehensive policy on ICT security, business contingency and emergency preparedness, and (b) update the corresponding user manual for back up services.

The final handbook should be distributed to countries' focal points.

The Manual should reflect best practices of special procedures.

These should appear in documents such as management directives, administrative policies, procedures manuals and accounting manuals.

For example, the Manual did not specify the frequency at which the Supplier Roster Committee should review the evaluation of the supplier applications and review recommendations for the removal of suppliers from the roster.

For detailed information on the different koffice applications, please consult their respective manuals.

The Office should soon complete the preparation of a handbook on alternatives to imprisonment and another on restorative justice.

Curricula and training manuals should be prepared for that purpose at the international level.

The development of the Manual on Good Practices by Parliamentarians by the Inter Parliamentary Union is welcome, and the Manual should be widely disseminated once completed.

Manual for dealing with obstetric emergencies.

The Manual did not specify the frequency at which the Supplier Review Committee should review the evaluation of the potential suppliers and review recommendations for removal of suppliers from the roster.

As a support to training in emergency obstetric care, WHO has, to date, provided 3,000 copies of the manual, Managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth in Dari, which has been endorsed by the Ministry of Public Health as the national standard training manual for emergency obstetrics care.

The State of origin shall develop contingency plans for responding to emergencies, in cooperation, where appropriate, with the State likely to be affected and competent international organizations.

(b) The plan should indicate the method of procurement, in line with the Procurement Manual and existing guidelines.

The revised Procurement Manual contains guidelines on supplier selection criteria.

(iii) A regional instrument on disaster management and emergency response

Supplier roster

Further, a new full time Vendor Roster Officer was assigned and, as outlined in the revised 2006 United Nations Procurement Manual, the vendor management programme is under revision.

(f) Include guidelines for open tendering in the Procurement Manual and specify in the Manual the frequency at which the Supplier Review Committee should review the evaluation of potential suppliers (para. 104)

(f) Supporting emergency preparedness and response and post emergency transition.

India, which had response capacities in place and therefore did not participate in the flash appeal, has reported great difficulty in raising resources for recovery purposes.

The Special Rapporteur appreciates the Government s responses to his urgent appeals.

(j) A manual and tool kit for better dissemination of the framework should be published.

There are also manuals that explain the procedure to the reverse auctioneer and suppliers.

11. The Office should finalize the handbook on procurement procedures as a matter of priority (para. 25).

Vendor registration

Emergency Preparedness and Response

Coordinating emergency response

(i) The need to implement pre impact operational contingency measures, including the stockpiling of necessary supplies

We believe that this bulletin should be used by all actors as a manual.

(a) The Office should finalize its handbook on procurement procedures as a matter of priority (para. 25)

In response to this, various bodies have issued guidelines and prepared manuals and model laws, based on best practices identified by international experts.

The Manual should be a guide for implementing general victim assistance.

Ensuring capacity for emergency response

Safety of operations, emergency response and contingency planning

Some of these manuals should be updated to include newest alternative technologies and procedures.

25. The Board recommends that the Office finalize the handbook on procurement procedures as a matter of priority.

Pursuant to the Declaration, the third section of the manual should include an additional chapter on the material and social assistance that should be provided to victims.

In paragraph 272, the Board recommended that the Administration consider the feasibility of compliance by missions with the Procurement Manual in respect of local vendor review committees vendor database officers with a view to revising the Manual, if appropriate, while ensuring proper controls and accountability.

IV. EARLY WARNING, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE