Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations

Review of the efficiency of the administrative

The major international organizations operating in the area of industrial statistics are the Statistics Division of the Secretariat, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Eurostat.

The Secretary General also welcomes initiatives such as the one taken last year by the Consultative Committee on Programme on Operational Questions in collaboration with the United Nations Non governmental Liaison Service to organize an inter agency consultation on operational collaboration with NGOs.

OLIVIA Operational Low Cost Integrated Vital Information Access (FAO)

The portfolio mix will remain diverse, comprising complex, full service operations management portfolios and portfolios involving the provision of individual service support processes and inputs.

Graph 3. Trends in business acquisition under the project portfolio, 2000 2004

2005 project portfolio delivery projections, by business unit

However, it strongly recommended that efforts be made to centralize the information technology operations of the Fund with a view to streamlining both operations and benefits.

63. The Operational Services Division is divided into clusters.

It was also confirmed that Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was in the approval process with their executive body for the special operations approach.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Graph 2. 2004 Business acquisition under the project portfolio, by market segment

On 21 June 2005, the draft business plan was approved by the United Nations Communications Group.

At its meeting in March 2002 in Estonia the Task Force representatives6 decided to include organised crime in relation to terrorism in the operative work carried out under the auspices of the Task Force cooperation.

Labor productivity is also quite low For most economies in the region, service sector productivity is less than 20 of the OECD average. Even in South Korea, labor productivity in industry is 118 of the OECD figure, but only 43 of the average for services.

National institutions assisting persons interested in organizing and operating cooperatives include the United States Department of Agriculture s Cooperative Services Group, its Rural Utility Service, the Farm Credit System and the National Cooperative Bank.

Composition and mode of operation.

(f) Encourage business organizations, non governmental organizations, professional associations, cooperatives, revolving loan funds, credit unions, grass roots organizations, women's self help groups and other groups to develop and provide services to women entrepreneurs

All the assets, liabilities and businesses of the enterprise that exit before the combination shall be inherited by the enterprise formed after the combination.

As of 30 November 2004, new business acquired under the project portfolio of services reached 663 million.

(3)The recombination of debts shall be subject to the Accounting Standards for Enterprises No.

United Nations operational activities

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are software packages composed of several modules, such as human resources, sales, finance and production, providing cross organization integration of data through embedded business processes.

It comprises concerned United Nations political and operational partners, including the World Bank.

The reorientation of their methods of operation is an imperative for all agencies, such as UNDP, the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Consolidation of greeting card and related operations accounts

42. During the period under review, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) continued its strong support for the women entrepreneurship development programme, which is one of the 10 integrated packages of services provided by UNIDO.

Cooperatives were given the legal right to reorganize themselves in any other corporate form, to merge with other companies, to hive off parts of a cooperative or to split up an entire organization and to transfer its activities to existing or newly established companies.

The Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization is responsible for the preparation and integrity of the financial statements.

Development Business has launched Development Business Online in collaboration with the World Bank.

A 60 125 Add.2 E 2005 85 Add.2 Items 57 and 130 Operational activities for development Joint Inspection Unit Report of the Joint Inspection Unit on some measures to improve overall performance of the United Nations system at the country level Note by the Secretary General A C E F R S

ESCWA will implement the project in partnership with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UNCTAD and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

(d) Under item (d), an allocation of 50,000 for five work months of consultancy for the development of an agri business component of technical cooperation project for promoting entrepreneurship (EMPRETEC).

4. The Secretary General and the organizations of the United Nations system find that the JIU report addresses a subject of direct relevance to the operational activities of the United Nations system.

Working group on transportation and traffic operations

The programme will build on work undertaken by related groups at the regional level, including the Economic Commission for Europe OECD Eurostat Steering Group on Business Registers the Eurostat Steering Group on Structural Business Statistics the OECD Short Term Economic Statistics Expert Group (task force on short term indicators for services) the OECD Working Party on Indicators for the Information Society and the OECD National Experts on Science and Technology Indicators.

Monitoring of operations should be built into the methods and procedures managers select to control operations and to ensure that the activities meet the objectives of the organization.

In this group, 75.1 per cent work in agriculture, 4.5 per cent in industry and 20.4 per cent in the service sector.

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

United Nations Industrial Development (UNIDO)

It has strong operational linkages with NGOs and is developing collaboration with the private sector.

(d) To promote and strengthen coherence and restructuring within the United Nations system in the area of operational activities for development.

(ix) Advice on legal aspects of financial questions, including formulation and interpretation of the financial regulations and rules, treasury operations, banking arrangements and the operations and investments of the Joint Staff Pension Fund

62. A number of specialized agencies (UNESCO, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), FAO , the ILO and WHO) have also modified their field level operational procedures towards greater decentralization.