When Chinese seek a benchmark model for social protection, they go on study trips to Scandinavia.

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The Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) is the official Software Engineering Institute (SEI) method to provide benchmark quality ratings relative to Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) models.

It was observed that the UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services (the Model Law ) contained procedures aimed at achieving competition, transparency, fairness, economy and efficiency in the procurement process and that it had become an important international benchmark in procurement law reform.

iii. Benchmark for Women in senior positions'

The census allows Australia to benchmark itself internationally.

(a) Establishing appropriate benchmark indices, proportions and performance targets

The benchmark for this study is admittedly far from ideal.

(i) To benchmark OIOS against similar audit and oversight bodies

Part of the Mixed' project is developing an international benchmark.

In such systems, the government directly controls the benchmark interest rates.

But policymakers continued to benchmark recovery prospects to pre crisis growth performance.

I have been tracking these so called benchmark revisions for about 40 years.

Source K. Zandvliet, Women in senior positions, developing a benchmark, The Hague, 2003.

Those 13 steps continue to be the performance benchmark for the disarmament process.

Subtract 2.5 for inflation, and you get a benchmark expected real return of 1.26 .

Third, benchmark interest rates are already near zero, and have been for a while.

We remain open to considering all proposals and will evaluate them against that benchmark.

(f) The strategy to continuously benchmark the performance of OIOS against other such service providers.

WP Activity 8 Evaluate the state of the art of common benchmark and indicator systems

The group targeted June 2005 as a benchmark date in their preparations for COP 7.

The next step is the Women in senior positions' benchmark, which is currently being developed.

Staffing has proceeded slowly, but there is scope for this benchmark soon to be met.

The government (the visible hand) sets the benchmark price for risk free financial assets through monetary policy and control over fiscal deficits, while the market (the invisible hand) sets the risk premia of risky assets above the benchmark rate.

If the Washington Fiscal Consensus proves correct, when benchmark rates eventually edge upwards, they will move slowly.

The summit has endorsed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as the benchmark of progress towards that objective.

As from 2004, independent companies will also be able to assess their own results against this benchmark.

The last remaining technical benchmark was the requirement for 65 per cent staffing of State defence institutions.

The model was offered through the 1973 model year.

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Peace and security in Darfur should be an essential benchmark for normalized relations between the US and Sudan.

Just as Spain (not Germany) remains the benchmark in European football, so Europe speaks broken English at best.

It should be a benchmark in the ongoing work on violence against women and pave the way forward.

We believe that those 13 practical steps continue to be the performance benchmark for the nuclear disarmament process.

Such staffing has proceeded slowly, but it is hoped that this benchmark will be met early in 2005.

This model is directly related to the charity tragedy model.

The fundamental benchmark interest rates in modern financial markets are the so called risk free rates on government bonds.

The first benchmark report was presented to parliament in April 2003, the objective being to devise points of reference.

K. Zandvliet c.s., Women in senior positions, developing a benchmark, November 2002 (House of Representatives Documents, SZW 03 234).

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But the system rests on the assumption that the government will set accurate benchmark interest rates for risk free assets.

Its performance on the LINPACK benchmark was 35.86 TFLOPS, which was almost five times faster than its predecessor, ASCI White.

They also allow developing countries to benchmark their performance, helping them to take policy decisions to narrow the digital divide.

Benchmarks used include the benchmark prices established by the Inter Agency Procurement Services Office and the consultancy fees being charged.