Operating costs

Operational costs

Programme F.4 Field Operating Costs

However, it should be noted that all United Nations organizations in Bonn will face higher operating costs at the new premises, particularly for electricity, relating to increases in basic office size, lifts, air conditioning and generally higher energy costs.

The host country also makes some financial contribution towards operating costs.

Table 5. Operating costs of holding the eighth session of the COP in Bonn

They include provision for civilian personnel costs of 2,687,800, and 2,329,600 for operational costs.

It also covers the cost of the publications of the Court, the acquisition of supplies and equipment and general operating expenses.

An amount of 3,101,107 is eliminated from both operating costs and contractual services to avoid double counting of UNIDO's contribution to buildings management costs

The operational costs for a centre are tied to the value of work that will be carried out by that centre.

Operating costs incurred were at a level of 72 per cent of the originally proposed expenditure budget, partly due to deferred expenditure, but also for cost savings under certain budget items, such as printing.

Experience indicates, however, that recovering a share of operation and maintenance costs contributes to system sustainability.

(conference technicians and operating costs) 39.06 per cent

At the beginning of 2005, the designs were further revised with the view to reducing the construction and operation costs, while increasing the function.

Total operational costs, estimated at 2,329,600, are broken down in table 1 of the report.

But the lion s share of these investments result in lower energy usage, and thus reduced energy costs.

Under non post objects of expenditure, the resources relate to general temporary assistance, overtime, consultants, travel of staff and other operational costs, such as general operating expenses, supplies and equipment.

What makes the industry work is a commonly agreed informal business culture that is flexible, innovative, and keeps operating costs down.

Back office and support functions, such as payroll processing, helpdesks, staff records data entry, etc., are performed by the organization's own staff but in areas where operating costs are significantly lower than the average for the organization.

That also means ending government co financing of operating costs and demanding that the oil companies tap capital markets to bridge the shortfall.

In addition, the capital master plan would continue to incur more support costs and other operating costs on account of prolonged delays.

It has also funded a project covering the retrieval, conditioning and storage of solid operational radioactive waste from the power plant.

The Committee notes from the supplementary information provided to it that the expenditure under operational costs as at 31 August 2005 amounted to 20 million, which, if compared with the budget of 135.3 million, may indicate delays in the implementation of projects funded under operational costs.

Estimates suggest that the operating costs at enterprise level alone are in the order of 2 10 per cent of the value of exported produce.

Accordingly, relevant adjustments are made in all tables in the present report by transferring the posts and a minimum of operational costs to infrastructure and the substantive activities costs to the programme budget.

The state owned EDF, which normally exports power, ended up paying 10 times the price of domestic power, incurring a financial cost of 300 million.

Renewable energy costs will eventually go down, in step with technological innovation and mass production.

The current crippling impact of continually rising energy costs on our fragile economies is a current case in point.

Corruption also harms companies that produce goods and services in these areas as it increases operating costs and reduces competitiveness.

Capacity building of the PPAF will support operating costs, staff training, technical assistance for various studies and cost of fixed assets. The Fund has a special focus on women.

The engine generates the needed energy, the transmission guides this energy to the working unit, which ensures contact with outside world (processed object), and the control element makes the system adaptable.

If making a product in the EU costs more because of higher energy costs, the product will likely be made somewhere else, where energy is cheaper, and then imported into the EU.

Owing to the separate major programme for indirect costs, the resource requirements of the various programmes do not show a large component under operating costs .

(h) Relocate operating units to lower cost duty stations relocate corporate headquarters and support service functions to a zone more central to UNOPS operations, where support costs are lower sublease the Chrysler Building to assure full rental cost recovery.

User or community based organizations may be able to assume a share of operation and maintenance costs, provided that they are directly involved in management or other mechanisms of accountability.

As in previous years, in order to reduce operating costs, only documents containing draft proposals which require action at the meetings will be circulated in meeting rooms.

Fukushima showed that the risk of nuclear power is too high, which in turn has also increased the costs of this energy form.

To the extent that export support programmes provide below market rates or allow prices that are inadequate to cover operating costs, they could entail an export subsidy.

However, it had provided 10,000 to countries with established offices to help with additional operating costs, and it had allocated additional amounts upon request.

Capturing and monitoring the field operating costs, while the field structure is undergoing a significant change, is essential and can best be achieved by grouping these resources under an individual programme.

The Committee was informed that the estimate involved start up costs, which would decrease over time as the electronic system became fully operational and as staff became more aware of their obligations and more familiar with the filing system.

Staff costs, support costs and operating and other overhead expenses comprised 11.6 per cent, 3.8 per cent and 3.9 per cent, respectively, of the total cost of the project.

Moreover, because crude oil is priced in US dollars, a rise in the euro means a fall in energy costs.

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