Two projects were completed, with the assistance of a consultant, to showcase projects in action.

The United Nations Population Fund is providing assistance in those projects.

Several regional and subregional technical assistance projects are also in progress.

Providing expert assistance in setting up programmes and projects concerning the region.

395. International assistance is involved in various Tunisian education projects and programmes

The Electoral Assistance Division provides support in vetting all projects under the Fund.

(c) In individual cases theatrical projects may enjoy financial assistance from other foundations.

a UNFPA executed projects include procurement assistance by the UNFPA headquarters Procurement Unit in respect of government projects amounting to 72.6 million.

Support cost reimbursed from procurement assistance in respect of government projects (schedule 3) Subtotal

The key challenge in the provision of such technical assistance is twofold firstly, to increase the number of technical assistance projects.

Information was provided on 56 technical assistance projects, not including assistance to central and eastern Europe.

Assistance to internally displaced persons is provided through quick impact projects in the returnee communes.

assistance to interested Governments in the formulation and implementation of country specific enterprise development projects

(a) Increase in the number of technical assistance projects initiated in the area of criminal justice reform

Priority is given to projects providing direct assistance to torture victims.

D. Mechanisms for the implementation of technical advice and assistance projects

104. WFP is contributing to human resource development through its micro projects and its assistance projects in Goma, Bukavu, Uvira, Kisangani, Mbuji Mayi, and Kinshasa.

Implementation of technical assistance projects in Africa by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

A new issue of the Occasional Papers series of the European Institute, on managing international technical assistance projects in criminal justice,Matti Joutsen, Managing International Technical Assistance Projects in Criminal Justice, European Institute Occasional Papers No. 8 (Helsinki, 1996).

Under its new policy, Japan had already extended assistance to 32 projects in 12 countries on mine clearance, victim assistance and mine risk education.

The projects provide for assistance in facilitating cooperation within the subregion through the conclusion of agreements on extradition and mutual assistance with neighbouring countries.

This pertained to projects for the preparation of national communications as well as to programmes and projects under the operational strategy, like technical assistance and investment projects.

Projects of technical cooperation and assistance shall take the standards contained in the Declaration fully into account.

These practices are applied in member countries through technical assistance and South South cooperation programmes and projects.

UNDP financed projects to improve postal services are ongoing in Armenia and Turkmenistan several preparatory assistance projects are also being carried out by UPU with UNDP funds.

The IDB has approved 9 projects of technical assistance in this field, totaling more than US 14 million.

Such assistance is provided through UNDCP headquarters, the network of UNDCP field offices and projects in drug control.

2. Technical and financial assistance to develop on going pilot projects in Maghreb and Sahel border areas ( 134,500)

These have been identified as electoral assistance, border monitoring and short term projects.

(e) Provide, as resources allow, financial assistance to projects, as well as training

The laboratory continued to develop, implement and follow up on technical assistance projects.

This assistance is being planned to contribute to maternity and child health projects.

Implementation of technical assistance projects continued in Colombia, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Lebanon, Mozambique and South Africa and new projects were launched in Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.

In addition, increased activities are expected in respect of technical assistance to law reform projects in Member States based on UNCITRAL standards.

To date, the programme is managing some 15 technical assistance projects supporting Member States in preventing and controlling corruption.

The unutilized balance was due mainly to the delays in construction projects, which resulted in a reduced need for temporary assistance.

OECD has collected data and regularly publishes a document summarizing bi lateral assistance projects.

UNISPACE 82 recommended appropriate assistance and called particularly upon international financial agencies to support demonstration projects to provide opportunities for hands on experience in space technology and applications for the developing countries through direct involvement in such applications projects or pilot projects

The official development assistance which Burkina Faso received from bilateral and multilateral donors took the form of independent technical cooperation, technical cooperation under specific projects, investment projects, programming and budgetary assistance, food aid and emergency relief.

The remaining 41 projects were country specific of these, 28 were implemented in assistance to seven African countries in southern, central and eastern Africa, seven in assistance to five Asian countries, and six in assistance to countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The data in figure III take into account any research or documentation components in training or technical assistance projects and vice versa.

In some cases, these kinds of projects are undertaken with the assistance or support of intergovernmental organizations, funds or agencies.

Technical assistance has been provided to UNDP country projects in seven countries under the weapons collection, management and destruction programme.

A number of assistance projects have continued to be funded by UNDP, in close collaboration with other agencies and organizations.

In general, at the country and regional levels, funding assistance for NGO executed projects was primarily for reproductive health activities.