The setting of benchmarks was as important as the use of indicators.

(ii) Updated proposals for workload standards, efficiency and related performance indicators

Along with changing the criteria of performance evaluations, the organization itself underwent a change in values and culture.

Under the Millennium Challenge Account, attainment of performance criteria by countries receiving grants replaces the debt service of traditional bilateral loan assistance.

Use of criteria such as average cost and total number of services delivered formed the initial basis for performance measurement, as undertaken by traditional systems.

UNDP should establish a task force to produce a clear, realistic plan for adding RCA performance criteria and adjusting procedures.

Assessment criteria and procedures for the performance review, including terms of reference for the review, will be developed, if appropriate, in consultation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and other regional fisheries management organizations.

The police forces are in need of assistance and restructuring if they are to achieve internationally acceptable standards of operation to meet the challenges of the post war environment.

6.4 On the merits, the State party submits that the enforcement measures complained of did not constitute discrimination, as they were justified by objective criteria.

National governments introduce efficiency standards, taxes, and other policy instruments to improve the environmental performance of buildings, vehicles, and transport fuels.

Concerning the substantive provisions of the draft principles, it was noted that the draft principles should contain a set of procedural and substantive minimum standards, as this was an accepted trend under domestic law.

As part of the Secretariat's effort to move towards performance based contracts, quantifiable performance criteria are being included in new service contracts.

Senior management should ensure that there is gender expertise in their offices that staff are accountable, and that gender mainstreaming is a criterion in performance assessments.

The Advisory Committee takes note of the information provided in the report on the findings of a departmental task force that was set up to review workload standards and performance measurement (A 60 93, paras.

In paragraph 309 of the report, UNDP agreed with the Board's reiterated recommendation to establish benchmarks for performance for contract letting and to monitor performance against those standards.

Consideration of whether there has been a differentiation between Christians and other groups, and whether such differentiation is based on objective and reasonable criteria, would be part of the merits consideration.

2. In particular, each State Party shall endeavour to apply, within its own institutional and legal systems, codes or standards of conduct for the correct, honourable and proper performance of public functions.

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The Project criteria were applied to all 50 States in two separate studies, undertaken in 1998 and 2000, to cities in 1999, and to counties in 2001.

Particular efforts have been made to make the frameworks more concrete, streamlined and reader friendly by applying standard criteria to the performance information provided and by presenting the addendum to the present report in landscape format.

The review will apply specific performance criteria to evaluate the level of funding, the effectiveness of the GEF in its capacity as principal operational entity, and the ability of the financial mechanism to respond to the needs of the Convention and the policy guidance of the COP.

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