Secretary of the Commission Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary

21.54 The outputs of Programme Planning and Technical Cooperation Division include the following

It also requests UNEP to strengthen its scientific and technical capacity.

UNEP technical cooperation trust funds (statement V.1)

(a) Formulating and implementing scientific and planning programs needing remote sensing technology.

Technical guidance to assist in implementing new approaches will be provided through technical manuals, planning workshops and, where necessary, direct technical assistance.

Overview of UNEP capacity building and technology support in 2006 2007

Specifications

(i) planning skills, and

UNEP work in the field of technology support will be promoted and enhanced.

Welcoming the adoption of the Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity building of the United Nations Environment Programme,

NASA technologies were being used to help map, plan and improve country development programmes.

New technologies associated with global networking and enterprise resource planning systems will be evaluated in the 2006 2007 biennium and beyond by the Technology Officer.

Within the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts, both technical and substantive expertise is being strengthened.

21.52 Programme support comprises the Administrative Services Division and the Programme Planning and Technical Cooperation Division.

(g) Planning skills.

Recognizing that information technologies are important requisites for planning, development and decision making in science and technology, and recognizing also their far reaching implications for society,

Members of UN Biotech, most notably UNCTAD, the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), have contributed to the preparation of the present report.

Regarding TAP institutionalization, she noted that comprehensive and coherent work planning was under way and CSTs were involved in all steps of the annual work plan.

In implementing the Bali Strategic Plan, UNEP will also focus on demonstrating and implementing environmentally sound technologies.

External technical expert panel review of the ongoing monitoring and verification plan (biological provisions)

Capacity building and technology support are not new to UNEP.

A project to expand the capacity of the system and to upgrade its technological infrastructure is in the planning stage in the Information Technology Services Division of the Department of Management.

The Unit also provided technical assistance and planning support for security sector transformation and the establishment of a police force.

Next Specifications

To welcome the adoption of the Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity Building of the United Nations Environment Programme and in this regard

(b) 1997 1999 plan for technical cooperation

1998 2000 plan for technical cooperation

Recommendation to specify and quantify the direct technical inputs is being implemented in UNDP funded projects through technical support services contracts.

The Special Science and Technology Programme (PECyT) is the Federal Government's basic planning tool in this area.

The Board considers that the lack of an up to date strategy adversely affected the planning and approving of information technology projects.

(b) 1997 1999 plan for technical cooperation

OIOS anticipates that the recently established Information Technology Coordinating Committee at Headquarters will provide information technology support to the commissions and promote the re establishment of information technology planning and coordinating committees.

As such, infrastructure planning should form a fundamental element of the science, technology and innovation systems of countries.

Is responsible for planning, preparing, giving technical support to and following up evaluation activities carried out by the Programme.

A human rights adviser for technical cooperation programming has been seconded to UNOCHA.

The technical work planned for future sessions, covering all the reform elements included in the eight proposals, offered the best technical basis for negotiation.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has an ongoing initiative identifying successful land use practices, using indigenous GE.97 62237 and new technologies.

Ms. N. BENNET, United Nations Environmental Programmme, Paris, France Ms. Ruth HILLARY, Center for Environmental Technology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom

It also welcomed the technical and financial resources pledged by UNEP to contribute to this workshop.

Review of the ongoing monitoring and verification plan (missile provisions) by the panel of external technical experts

Examples of enhanced capacity building and technology support activities in 2005

IOM assists governments in planning and implementing consultations on migration and security, and in engaging in joint planning at the policy and technical levels.

Evaluates the achievements and plans for implementation of the IT strategy under the responsibility of the United Nations Office at Vienna and the governance and organizational structure of ICT.

Coherent delivery of UNEP capacity building and technology support at the national level