(Thousands of United States dollars. Budget year is 1 July to 30 June.

Regional Commissions New York Office

Regional priorities will be developed by each regional office.

The administrative capacity of the Department will be strengthened through the creation of an Executive Office.

The OWAFD has the administrative status of a department, whereas the ONCWA was only a bureau under the Office of the Permanent Secretary.

The establishment of several new units is proposed in the Office of the Director of Administration.

Implementation of the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the management audit of the regional commissions

The Bureau of the Executive Board consists of a president and four vice presidents representing the five regional groups.

In general, management had accepted those recommendations and OIOS would continue to monitor their implementation.

He performed the constitutional conformity test of regional laws, providing advice to the office of the Prime Minister.

It has a somewhat different function from the other Regional Administrative Agencies, owing to its .

Regional offices provide support and oversight in the application of results based and performance management methods.

However, OIOS received mixed reviews from the subregional offices on the impact of regional advisers in the subregions.

Comment by the Administration. The Office of Human Resources Management continues to monitor strict adherence to the administrative instructions mentioned.

60 239. Implementation of the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on its management audit of the regional commissions

OIOS observed, however, that the intensity and effectiveness of subregional office support varied considerably between offices and in regard to different regional economic communities.

OIOS is aware that with their limited resources and given the varying mandates of different regional economic communities, subregional offices are not able to engage all of them in a thorough and effective manner.

These arrangements allow the office based in Vienna, with the support of the Nairobi office, to cover regional operations under the regular budget, as well as those of the funds and programmes and peacekeeping missions.

Prodi's Commission decided to send Commissioners into the field their offices were no longer next to the President's office, but located in the department for which each was responsible.

Comment of the Administration. The Office of the Prosecutor and the Language Services Section are meeting for this purpose at two weekly intervals.

The public prosecutor's office appealed but the case file was lost on its way to the Budapest Regional Court.

Implementation of the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the management audit of the regional commissions (A 60 378)

Implementation of the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the management audit of the regional commissions (A 60 378)

The Acting Chief of the Regional Commissions New York Office introduced the report of the Secretary General (A 60 378).

(a) The Organization should continue to promote the adoption of common principles and standards relating to the functioning of public administration, such as those enshrined in the regional and international conventions and in regional charters

ECA should develop a separate subprogramme of work for each subregional office in its biennial budgets, so that expected accomplishment and all other elements of the logical framework should be specific to a subregional office.

The Board notes that the Administration has failed to notify the United Nations Office at Nairobi of matters concerning property movements.

The Department was able to consolidate three sections of its Office of Mission Support and vacate Nigeria House.

There are one or two RNCs in each regional office, depending on the number of countries in the region.

In order to underline the importance of this project, in October 2004 the office of the public administration reform coordinator was moved to the office of the Prime Minister, who is in charge of the overall reform process.

The inventory is also useful for sharing governance experience in Africa through the World Wide Web and for promoting regional partnerships.

OIOS noted that currently subregional offices have insufficient capacity to provide the framework either for knowledge sharing between Member States in their subregions or disseminating best practices between different subregions and regional economic communities.

It is equally important that a common outreach strategy be developed jointly by ECA headquarters and the subregional offices and then customized to specific subregional needs by communication officers redeployed to each subregional office.

OIOS was assured that these issues were being addressed by the implementation of the Management Systems Renewal Project (MSRP).

The United Nations regional commissions and regional public administration organizations were approached with the same set of questions.

Comment by the Administration. Regional offices are required to submit the inventory reports on non expendable property semi annually.

Comment by the Administration. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs continues to identify and investigate inactive project balances with a view to transferring them to active projects.

Comment by the Administration. The Brazil office moved its human resources data into Atlas as from January 2005.

Comment by the Administration. In addition to appointments of limited duration, UNOPS also administers UNFPA special service agreements.

Thereafter, the Governing Council Bureau will meet every morning before meetings start (time and venue to be identified).

We will now take a decision on the draft resolution, which is entitled Implementation of the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on its management audit of the regional commissions .

Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the inspection of programme and administrative management of the subregional offices of the Economic Commission for Africa

Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the inspection of programme and administrative management of the subregional offices of the Economic Commission for Africa

OIOS found only one reliable survey dealing with the subregional offices' needs and performance.

Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the inspection of programme and administrative management of the subregional offices of the Economic Commission for Africa