UNFPA should develop more accurate workload measures, specific to the full range of work undertaken, to ensure that General Service staff numbers are commensurate with need, and establish workload benchmarks and measures to determine more accurately the number of Professional staff needed (para. 9 (i) and (j)).

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Consideration and evaluation of benchmarks and indicators used to measure progress

(cont.) Measures taken or planned within the framework of national action programmes,

Measurement and criteria for evaluation

Traditionally, what was reported consisted of measures taken however, with this system of measurement, which now offers for the first time a benchmark for comparison, we have measurements of actual results.

How crazy is that? That our measure of progress, our dominant measure of progress in society, is measuring everything except that which makes life worthwhile?

Activity based costing standards could also provide good benchmarks to measure increases in efficiency.

Somebody's got to give me a policy, some kind of yardstick.

The results will be followed up in the form of a participation index and benchmarking.

It's all very one dimensional.

One measure of Fund resources is the total value of member quotas in the Fund.

It is an efficiency measure.

(c) Adopt performance measures for countries

Evolve standards of measuring efficiency in procurement

An annual review meeting of stakeholders will measure project achievements against benchmarks and success criteria.

(i) The tabular information that reviews benchmarks and indicators utilized to measure progress and an assessment thereof.

Issue 4. Is there a need for a common reference base and yardstick, applicable in all situations, against which situations should be assessed?

Employment generation programmes in the informal sector have to be based on three essential measures.

Developing accurate workload measures specific to the full range of work undertaken

Success and progress must be judged against a realistic standard.

reference base and yardstick) and Issue 6 (Avoiding setting

Time bound and measurable goals of the Programme of Action for the least developed countries not only provide benchmarks for measuring progress, they also serve as an effective means for planning, policymaking, institutional reform and resource mobilization.

1.170 To develop and expand the programme through adhering to international standards of outreach and efficiency so that the programme can be benchmarked and assessed against other practitioner institutions.

Matter of fact, as far as concerns go these days, it's about that size.

Action plans with time bound, measurable benchmarks and targets have been developed to facilitate increased implementation of gender mainstreaming.

76. As regards Issue 4 (Reference base and yardstick), Prof. Melander made reference to the so called Martens clause. Without any doubt, that clause was of importance.

Iraq contends that there is no evidence that the smoke plume from the oil well fires in Kuwait reached Syria, and states that Syria has not provided any information about the alleged depositions of pollutants from the smoke plume in its territory.

8. Requests that, where applicable, benchmarks be developed by the Secretary General to assess the impact of and measure performance in the implementation of the recommendations contained in his report and that he submit them to the Working Group for its consideration

(f) Egypt's consumption was above the Baseline in 2002, but achieved Baseline level in 2003.

Claimants often did not state the basis used to value losses, but where they did it was apparent that several different bases had been used.

Measure for Mismeasure

(3) The Contracting Parties shall establish, on the basis of a harmonized methodology, domestic water balances, as well as the general water balance of the Danube River Basin.

(Need for a common reference base and yardstick) and Issue 6 (Avoiding setting standards

Are they measuring the right things?

(f) Egypt's consumption was above the Baseline in 2002, but achieved Baseline level in 2003.

(a) Intersessional departures for 2005 and related matters

In that regard, the plans and priorities of individual countries were the basic benchmark against which coherence and effectiveness must be defined and measured.

These are some of the critical success factors identified by JIU as benchmarks for the organizations to measure their progress towards RBM.

Ratification of the universal instruments related to terrorism measuring progress

The census allows Australia to benchmark itself internationally.

We concur with the recommendation and will continue with the further development of appropriate measures.

They considered that the number of posts reported should not be considered an indicator of how well the standard was used.

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