Item 109 Programme planning

Item 114 Programme planning

Programme planning item 125 .

Programme planning item 125 .

4. Programme planning (item 114).

Agenda item 125 Programme planning

AGENDA ITEM 114 PROGRAMME PLANNING (continued)

Finally, UNEP will conduct more specific projects at the national level.

(e) UNEP should improve the management and control over projects by ensuring that objectives and outputs are clearly specified, periodical reports prescribed for monitoring the projects are received promptly and completed projects are closed timely.

The number exceeded the planned target of 200.

Project participants shall include, as part of the project design document, a monitoring plan that provides for

(a) Provide assistance for the planning of projects, taking into account the specific cultural context in which the project will operate, and assist countries in assessing the nature and extent of drug abuse

(i) Project expenditures with respect to UNEP projects undertaken by cooperating agencies and supporting organizations are recorded in the UNEP accounts on the basis of actual expenditure of funds reported by them to UNEP.

Project participants shall include, as part of the project design document, a monitoring plan that provides for

Project formulation has been streamlined with the approval in 1998 of UNEP Manual on Project Design the measures to ensure timely submission of financial statements and progress reports were put in place (UNEP withholds cash advances from organizations that have not submitted the required reports).

This Project is developed by the Regional Labor Departments.

Agenda item 122 Programme planning (continued) (A 58 16)

UNEP participation costs (external projects)

The Compact's concrete initiatives included the establishment of sustainable businesses in least developed countries, a project currently being run by UNDP, and cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on environmental projects.

This phenomenon is currently being studied further under the UNEP Asian Brown Cloud Project.

The catalytic role of UNEP and the role of field offices in programme planning, project formulation and implementation should be clearly defined.

(c) Rules for planning and implementation of urban renewal projects by the municipalities.

UNOPS was engaged in a dialogue with UNDP regarding current service provision and future trends.

(iii) Field projects (extrabudgetary) 151 (80 national, 36 regional and 35 interregional projects) are currently planned.

Planning and preliminary design of the project 6 9 months

The nature, size, pace, reversibility and scope of any proposed project or activity

Germany gives high priority to contributing significantly to the deliberations under this agenda item and to the mentioned work plan.

The Field Offices are required to check the justification of the funding request and its consistency with the project s approved annual work plan.

1.16 The strategic planning framework has four objectives, namely to

17. The Office prioritized tasks as part of its 1996 and 1997 business planning process, and will be pursuing this approach as part of its normal planning procedures for future plans.

UNDCP guidelines make an in depth evaluation mandatory whenever a new phase of a project or a major extension is contemplated.

Nonetheless, it is difficult to plan effectively for many of the countries and projects the Office is involved in.

Some projects also have a component that addresses energy planning.

4. The merits and demerits of the present system of top down planning and its impact on project implementation should be reviewed to see whether a more composite and timely process should be developed in its place.

The activities are carried out by the Project Management and the Extrabudgetary Resource Mobilization Units of the Programme Planning and Operations Division.

Note 1. The United Nations Environment Programme and its objectives

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.

Beginning with the report submitted at the annual session of its Executive Board in 1997 (DP 1997 19), the Executive Director began to synchronize the annual report on the activities of the Office with the targets and objectives specified in the business plans.

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Group of 77 (programme planning (agenda item 125) (Second Committee))

To this end, UNEP will strive to attain the goals set out below.

Of those, some 114 have opted for national plans of action or policies specifically for children, while others have incorporated the goals, to a greater or lesser extent, in macroplanning or sectoral planning instruments.

It was noted that community identified project planning processes needed to be synchronized with the Government's planning budget cycle.

Thus, Malta has adopted procedures under which inter ministerial consultation and cooperation are both encouraged and required in the planning and execution phase of projects.

The Institute's task is to provide guidance in the formulation, promotion, execution and assessment of Government policies, plans, programmes and projects to promote gender equity.