Several experts noted that in many countries there is a lack of coherence between FDI policies and science and technology policies.

Improving the coherence of trade policies and development initiatives remains a critical element in achieving the MDGs.

Firstly, ensuring coherence between international policies and legislation was one of the main functions of the United Nations.

Such cooperation should ensure transparency and coherence in making environmental and trade policies mutually supportive.

As well as entailing greater operational efficiency, coordination also meant increasing the coherence of development policies and priorities.

Assessing national policies highlights the importance of appropriate counter cyclical macroeconomic management as a central criterion of international policy coherence.

There should, above all, be consistency and coherence between proclaimed adherence to trade liberalization and implementation of specific trade policies.

However, domestic capital market development requires wide ranging reform and achieving coherence between the policies is not easy.

System coherence

In line with the emphasis provided by the Monterrey Consensus, achieving coherence and consistency between policies is a central focus of the study.

The major institutional stakeholders agreed to facilitate the Monterrey Consensus through increased coherence, coordination and cooperation in the implementation of international development policies.

Secondly, country ownership, enhanced by the mobilization of all domestic resources and close cooperation and coherence of policies among development partners, is of crucial importance.

System wide coherence

System wide coherence

Addressing the question of coherence between the various policies, the observance of policy space, and strengthening the role of UNCTAD would help to deliver such an environment.

Successful implementation of summit outcomes required policy coherence and consistency, as inconsistencies between economic, financial and social policies were key obstacles to objectives being met.

Coherence and consistency of relevant policies, laws and regulations need to be improved so as to remove some of the barriers to the implementation of climate change strategies.

In this sense, France is paying the price for the lack of continuity, coherence, and appropriate funding given to social development policies over the past 30 years.

Any such reform would need to give priority to ensuring coherence in the macroeconomic policies of the major players, in both the developed and the developing worlds.

That lack of progress and the lack of coherence in global policies, combined with the asymmetry of international economic relations, had hampered the development efforts of the least developed countries.

Recognizing that coordination was a complex process, the importance of coherence and harmonized national policies in the area of science and technology was underscored, as well as the need for Governments to articulate such harmonized policies consistently throughout the system.

Many speakers underscored the importance of enhanced coherence.

It was organizing an international workshop on migration and development, to be held in 2005, that would examine policy coherence and the mainstreaming of migration into development policies.

22. Calls upon the international community, relevant multilateral institutions and developed countries to enhance coherence in their trade, investment and aid policies towards African countries

A. Coherence, effectiveness and relevance

There was a need for an appropriate balance between commitments and flexibility for development policies, and, related to this, a need to ensure coherence in governance.

Coherence, effectiveness and relevance of operational activities for development

Coherence was a central concept of the Monterrey Consensus.

That should be one of the outcomes of greater coherence.

(d) Ensure coherence in policy development

The four round tables addressed respectively the themes of (a) systemic issues (b) financial cooperation (c) policy coherence in the area of trade and investment and (d) domestic, economic and social policies.

179. Also integral to the role of international law in contributing to development is its capacity to enhance coordination in the execution of policies and promote coherence in their formulation and design.

E. Coherence, effectiveness and relevance of operational activities for development

We therefore call for renewed international attention to the need for coherence in development, trade and finance policies to avert the erosion of development gains and the aggravation of poverty in developing countries.

22. Reiterates the need for the international community, relevant multilateral institutions and developed countries to enhance coherence in their trade, investment, aid and debt policies towards African countries

International systemic coherence therefore assumed particular importance.

The overall endeavour calls for greater coherence.

It was also emphasized that the Monterrey principles also call for stronger coherence among States in their trade policies, their aid policies and in their financial decisions in order to ensure growth that is stronger and more stable and sustainable.

For starters, the coherence of Europe s policies toward Russia improved the EU threatened to use the World Trade Organization s dispute settlement mechanism when the Kremlin announced new protectionist measures in late 2012.

Goal 1 coherence, relevance and sustainability of UNIFEM products and services

First, it should ensure system wide coherence, including with the Bretton Woods institutions and the WTO, in respect to the policies and operational activities which impact the achievement of the agreed development goals.

It had adopted a new approach to enhance the effectiveness of foreign aid utilization in consultation with its development partners aimed at bringing coherence to their policies, practices and procedures for channelling aid.

Quantity, quality and coherence are our guiding principles.

The reform should improve coherence in the system.

Ensuring policy coherence is a major Government responsibility.