Such activity is supervised by the Directorate for Development Information.

ARTEMIS Africa Real Time Environmental Monitoring Information Systems

(v) Technological monitoring of GIS software.

Real time satellite images support the crop monitoring activities of GIEWS through ARTEMIS, which receives, processes and stores medium and low resolution imagery.

ARTEMIS Africa Real Time Environmental Monitoring Information System (FAO)

Provision of information on and monitoring of contraceptive use

There is not yet a culture of consistent monitoring of programme performance through the Integrated Monitoring and Documentation Information System.

The Advisory Committee requested information on the further development of the Integrated Monitoring and Document Information System (IMDIS) and the extent to which programme managers could obtain information from existing systems in order to monitor implementation and performance and ensure the systematic entry of data.

In paragraph 332 of its report, the Board recommended that the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) maximize the use of the Integrated Monitoring and Documentation and Information System (IMDIS) in its programme performance monitoring system.

1. Monitoring and control of new information networks such as the Internet

Expenditures are being monitored within the existing governance structure for the ICT strategy.

The Team has also passed this information to the CTC experts.

The Biosafety Clearing House provides information, expertise, and a monitoring system of transboundary movements of living modified organisms.

The Committee was informed during the hearings that IMDIS was used as a tool in self monitoring and evaluation.

This information assists the Commission in monitoring statistics and determining progress.

Due to limited resources, the Office was unable to make certain necessary enhancements to the Integrated Monitoring and Documentation Information System (IMDIS) and to provide full fledged monitoring and evaluation training to staff in offices away from Headquarters.

In May 2004, the Working Group established five Task Forces to review the following issues (a) use of indicators (b) enhancing the role of the Integrated Monitoring and Documentation Information System (IMDIS) (c) better use of monitoring and evaluation products (d) self evaluation and (e) strengthening central monitoring and evaluation capacities.

(c) advisability of developing international legal regimes to prohibit the development, production or use of particularly dangerous forms of information weapons, and of taking measures to combat information terrorism and crime, including the establishment of an international system (centre) for monitoring threats to the security of global information and telecommunications systems

UNICEF agrees to monitor information and communication technology benefits, costs and risks in accordance with information technology standards and existing governance processes.

(f) GIS for natural resources assessment, monitoring and management, in September 1999.

Priorities for XDR TB surveillance include facilitating access to reliable susceptibility testing to second line drugs and incorporating this, together with information about HIV testing, into existing TB surveillance activities.

Regular monitoring of SAICM will require the collection, collation and, in part, evaluation of information on SAICM implementation.

d. National forest policy and programs

Gender analysis should be integrated into monitoring processes and evaluations to provide in depth information.

The Monitoring, Database and Information Branch of the Department for Disarmament Affairs served as secretariat to the Group.

(e) Monitoring and assessing progress through networking among partners utilizing modern information techniques.

The Environmental Information Circulation and Monitoring System on the Internet (SISEI) programme is a capacity building programme for African countries on the use of information technologies for environmental information management.

Pilot testing of the community based monitoring information system (CBMIS) in selected areas, based on a number of essential indicators, will help monitor the success of the programme intervention.

These organizations support research programmes and the dissemination of geographical information systems (GIS) that can contribute to better monitoring and assessment of desertification.

The CBMIS provides good potential to monitor the Millennium Development Goals at the local level, and further discussions with the National Statistical Office and the United Nations Development Programme will be carried out to promote this dimension of CBMIS.

Since 1990, a series of information systems have been developed to ensure better monitoring and follow up of target 9.

She would welcome information on unsafe abortions and whether their numbers were being monitored.

The actual amounts provided as incentives will depend on the degree of change needed, the time needed to achieve the objectives, the profitability of the livestock enterprise, and the relative negotiating power of the parties involved.

(e) Improving the national information monitoring system of labour and health conditions of workers and employees and bringing it into conformity with similar European Union information systems

87. The Board welcomes the establishment of the Programme Management Information System to monitor activities and looks forward to further progress in resource planning.

Establishing indicator systems and information nodes for local level use, in close collaboration with national environmental and geographic monitoring services, could create solutions for strengthening baseline monitoring.

OIOS monitoring responsibilities via IMDIS continue to increase in tandem with growing demands for performance monitoring and reporting, including reporting on accomplishments and challenges, lessons learned and key results.

Certainly, that information would serve to guide the Council on the way forward in implementation and monitoring.

At the same time, the Information Technology Services Division has been developing procedures in accordance with the COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technology) control framework for mapping, monitoring, reviewing and assessing the performance of ICT functions.

Regarding the former, the Secretariat has initiated work to identify opportunities for arrangements for providing the monitoring information.

Monitor and analyse information on illicit drug abuse and drug prevention worldwide countering money laundering.

Such information was used to identify crop health problems, monitor food supplies and assess famine risk.

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The on orbit demonstrations will be conducted using the ARTEMIS geostationary satellite of ESA. (f) Earth observation

It also necessitates that credible and reliable performance information is being collected, understood, agreed upon throughout the organization, disseminated, monitored and reported upon.