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PERIKTIONI for the promotion of equal opportunities in research and technological development.

The international development architecture is rapidly evolving, presenting both opportunities and challenges.

Services trade can create employment opportunities and promote poverty alleviation and human development.

Conflict, it is noted, denies human development and further restricts opportunities for young people.

Are there opportunities to make aid more accountable and oriented towards the Millennium Development Goals?

Experience shows that it is possible to close the gap between relief and development and transform disasters into opportunities for sustainable development.

(f) Promote opportunities for self employment, entrepreneurship, the development of cooperatives and starting one's own business

Infrastructure development provides not only the foundation for technological activities but also opportunities for technological learning.

Events in 2005 offer opportunities for highlighting linkages between youth and sport for development and peace.

Such opportunities for dialogue between the various stakeholders in social development could lead to tangible outcomes.

Stressing that science and technology plays a critical role in facilitating human resources development, which can enhance opportunities for social and economic development,

Unless these countries exploit the long term growth opportunities offered by industrial development, they will be unable to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Especially important is the development of The OWLS Sports Club (Opportunities Without Limits), which will co ordinate the development of a range of different sporting opportunities for persons with physical and or learning disabilities, and in many cases their siblings.

l) Provide an enabling environment that removes gender specific barriers and creates opportunities for women's entrepreneurial development

When development prospects for different energy options are viewed in isolation from each other, opportunities for effective synergies in research and development strategies are missed.

It was proposed that an additional development goal on ensuring decent work and increasing employment opportunities be established.

Women and men should be given the same opportunities for training and career development within the national statistical system

The Millennium Declaration and the subsequent Millennium Development Goals do not specifically address the challenges and opportunities of ageing.

Developments in biotechnology have provided opportunities for improved disease diagnosis and more rapid development of vaccines and therapeutic drugs.

The Asian Development Bank had a project on expanding employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in poverty in Mongolia.

Opportunities for the development of joint technical assistance programmes with national, regional and international organizations were also being explored.

UNIFEM addresses feminized poverty in the context of the Millennium Development Goals, in keeping with regional realities and opportunities.

He noted that coastal zones are among the environments under most stress, yet offer important opportunities for economic development.

(iii) Promoting economic freedom and social development and pursuing active policies to provide opportunities for productive employment and sustainable livelihoods

Using waste water to irrigate tree plantations is another Clean Development Mechanism relevant application that could also create employment opportunities.

It was hard to estimate the losses in terms of jobs, economic opportunities, wasted development efforts and damage to infrastructure.

Opportunities

Greater gender equality can contribute to economic growth and development, and major initiatives to increase opportunities for women can transform society.

The UNFIP office now functions as a one stop service for opportunities to form partnerships to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Growth with equity had always been the thrust of Malaysia's development planning, with emphasis on efforts to enhance income generating opportunities.

Other Relevant Activities In September 1999 Franciscans International held a seminar on Implementation of the Right to Development Challenges and Opportunities.

For au pairs, the basic principle must remain that they provide support for a family while enjoying opportunities for personal development.

The timely development of recreation and welfare opportunities to provide appropriate outlets to alleviate the concentrated stress present in field missions

The 10 year review and appraisal identified a number of critical opportunities and promising strategies to enhance women's participation in development.

(l) Integrating increased employment opportunities for rural women into all international and national development strategies and poverty eradication strategies, including by, inter alia, expanding non agricultural employment opportunities, improving working conditions and increasing access to productive resources

Basic goal of the Community Initiative LEADER for agricultural development is to promote the development of agricultural areas, to urge local societies to create opportunities for new forms of employment.

UNCTAD XI had confirmed that UNCTAD should continue its work on enterprise development, taking account of developments in the international economic environment and identifying opportunities and challenges in economic development.

The World Bank Group apparently applies this concept to its corporate procurement operations with a view to increasing job creation opportunities, increasing income for minority groups, building capacity in all categories of expenditure, advancing economic opportunities and development.

Hopes for a development round in world trade opening up opportunities for developing countries to grow and reduce poverty now seem dashed.

Women have been given more favorable conditions and opportunities to contribute actively to the national political and economic, cultural and social development.

Trade unions see opportunities to promote implementation of sustainable development goals in the thematic cluster of issues of the current implementation cycle.

It offers the prospect of enhanced social and economic development through diversification and expansion of opportunities for sustainable use of forest resources.

Providing opportunities for all social groups to contribute to society remained one of the cornerstones of social integration and socially inclusive development.

Potential for rural development In relation to rural development, the simplicity and low relative cost of micro hydro systems open up new opportunities for some isolated communities in need of electricity.