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

Fuel efficiency standards for automobiles were legislated, and car producers implemented them.

Industry would benefit enormously if energy efficiency standards were demanding and continuously tightened.

Two US cities New York and Seattle have raised efficiency standards for new construction to record levels.

Fuel efficiency standards for automobiles were legislated, and car producers implemented them. In a more fragmented fashion, states established incentives for energy efficiency in residential and commercial buildings.

In addition to clear rules and regulations, operational standards should be developed wherever possible in order to improve operational efficiency.

The US has at long last done some of this in adopting new and much higher standards for automobile fuel efficiency.

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

This coalition of the willing could agree to certain basic standards to forego building coal fired plants, increase automobiles fuel efficiency, and provide targeted assistance to developing countries to enhance their energy efficiency and reduce emissions.

The Obama administration is now working to initiate a sensible long term approach to energy, with new fuel efficiency standards for motor vehicles, investments in technology, energy efficiency programs for dwellings, and environmentally sound exploration for additional resources.

(b) Provide training for judicial officials in order to enhance the efficiency of investigations and bring judicial decisions into line with the relevant international standards

(e) Compliance by the Office of the High Commissioner with the paramount consideration of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, and with due regard to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible, bearing in mind that the principle of equitable geographical distribution is compatible with the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity

On climate change, it makes sense to seek mini agreements that set minimum common standards for fuel efficiency, slow deforestation, or limit the largest economies carbon output.

Formal standard setting through standards organizations has numerous benefits for consumers including increased innovation, multiple market participants, reduced production costs, and the efficiency effects of product interchangeability.

The Charter of the United Nations, in Article 101, paragraph 3, provides that all staff members are required to meet the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity.

Provided this capacity remains in good repair, job losses through improvements in the efficiency of domestic production or through outsourcing to low wage countries will enhance standards of living.

1.170 To develop and expand the programme through adhering to international standards of outreach and efficiency so that the programme can be benchmarked and assessed against other practitioner institutions.

Efficiency __________

Efficiency

The Service takes a service oriented approach in its overall operation and in the development and maintenance of high standards of information technology stressing timeliness, efficiency, cost effectiveness and quality.

That allows us to have incredible efficiency and cost efficiency.

The paramount consideration in the employment of staff and in the determination of the conditions of service shall be the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

While the highest standards of efficiency must apply to the use of available resources, the General Assembly must not shy away from acknowledging that expanded responsibilities led to a commensurate increase in funding.

Staffing efficiency is only one measure of the cost efficiency of procurement performance.

Spectral efficiency, spectrum efficiency or bandwidth efficiency refers to the information rate that can be transmitted over a given bandwidth in a specific communication system.

Standards. Two standards are proposed.

Convinced that the common system constitutes the best instrument to secure staff of the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity for the international civil service, as stipulated under the Charter of the United Nations,

Convinced that the common system constitutes the best instrument to secure staff of the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity for the international civil service, as stipulated under the Charter of the United Nations,

We had knowledge about the electromechanical efficiency and then we can calculate the aerodynamic efficiency.

Transaction costs and efficiency

Turn now to efficiency.

Energy conservation and efficiency

Fourthly, efficiency is essential.

On another level, however, state bureaucracies are very different from private sector organizations, for they have their own characteristics and objectives, which will be endangered were they are reduced to quantitative standards of performance and efficiency.

In the trade area, this implies regional and bilateral accords. On climate change, it makes sense to seek mini agreements that set minimum common standards for fuel efficiency, slow deforestation, or limit the largest economies carbon output.

Convinced that the common system constitutes the best instrument through which to secure staff with the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity for the international civil service, as stipulated in the Charter of the United Nations,

Convinced that the common system constitutes the best instrument through which to secure staff with the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity for the international civil service, as stipulated in the Charter of the United Nations,

C. Transaction costs and efficiency

38. Shares the vision of the Secretary General to foster excellence among United Nations staff, inter alia, by rejuvenation, while ensuring the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, as well as equitable geographical representation and gender balance

It is vital that independent auditing and oversight arrangements ensure that ethical standards are maintained, that there is full accountability, that there is transparency in United Nations operations and that efficiency and the avoidance of waste are ensured.

But improved efficiency has its limits.

Effectiveness is more important than efficiency.

It does so with remarkable efficiency.

Measures taken to improve judicial efficiency

While the paramount consideration in the appointment of UNCCD staff is the necessity to secure the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, efforts are made to ensure that staff is recruited on as wide a geographical basis as possible.