Operational costs

Operational costs

186,641,300 under operational costs.

(Operational costs) or 2. (Procurement and Construction).

They include provision for civilian personnel costs of 2,687,800, and 2,329,600 for operational costs.

Production or labour costs constitute only a relatively low proportion of their total operational costs.

Decides to reduce operational costs by 1 million dollars

The savings realized under operational costs were attributable to

It is the fixed costs that limit the diffusion of the networks. So, a strategy for inclusive growth has to focus on ways of either lowering or paying for the fixed costs that connect people to networks.

Military and police personnel costs would increase by 40.5 per cent, civilian personnel costs by 1.3 per cent and operational costs by 48.9 per cent.

Costs and financing The cost of supplying water consists, to a very large extent, of fixed costs (capital costs and personnel costs) and only to a small extent of variable costs that depend on the amount of water consumed (mainly energy and chemicals).

Total operational costs, estimated at 2,329,600, are broken down in table 1 of the report.

They can even capture opportunities if they are able to innovate and show flexibility because of their lower fixed costs.

(b) Within market tolerance, increase managerial flexibility and alignment of structure with demand by converting fixed costs into project based variable costs where feasible, while containing the overall cost structure.

Trade facilitation looks at operational improvements at the interface between business and government and associated transaction costs.

As to operational costs, the estimate had been reduced on the basis of the revised deployment schedule.

It is therefore recommended that the costs associated with investment advisers be separated from other operational expenses.

If income is expected to be low (perhaps because of other missing networks), it does not pay to connect a firm or a household to the network, because the fixed costs will not be recouped. Growth is not inclusive because fixed costs deter markets from extending the networks that underpin it.

a Reflects adjusted distribution of approved resources between military and police personnel and operational costs categories of expenditure.

a Reflects adjusted distribution of approved resources between military and police personnel and operational costs categories of expenditure.

Thus, it is recommended that the following costs, associated with contractual services, be separated from other operational expenses

It should be noted that costs for administrative and operational services (AOS) are now included in programme expenditure.

Updated requirements under operational costs reflect a reduction of 1,131,200 in comparison with the initial estimate of 1,795,200.

Traditionally, NATO applied a policy of costs lie where they fall each member picked up all the costs for the operational contribution that it made to an Alliance operation.

The Board notes that a 49 per cent ( 4 million) decrease in change management costs is primarily a response to meet the fixed portion of Atlas costs as well as the reimbursement costs of United Nations agencies, which were not budgeted for.

Bearing in mind the efforts undertaken to mobilize the necessary resources for the operational costs of the Regional Centre,

Bearing in mind the efforts undertaken to mobilize the necessary resources for the operational costs of the Regional Centre,

The reduction includes the related impact on operational and other non staff costs of the Committee's recommendations on posts.

The Committee notes from the supplementary information provided to it that the expenditure under operational costs as at 31 August 2005 amounted to 20 million, which, if compared with the budget of 135.3 million, may indicate delays in the implementation of projects funded under operational costs.

With regard to operational costs, the Advisory Committee recommended that expenditure for official travel and air transportation should be reduced.

As enterprises seek to reduce operational costs, they have the option to outsource non core activities to countries that can provide a high level of service with much lower labour costs.

Insufficient resources to cover the operational costs have hampered the effective functioning of the Centre and impacted on the staffing situation.

The operational costs for a centre are tied to the value of work that will be carried out by that centre.

Accordingly, relevant adjustments are made in all tables in the present report by transferring the posts and a minimum of operational costs to infrastructure and the substantive activities costs to the programme budget.

UNOPS management proposes to work out a strategy to address the fundamental problems of income volatility and high fixed costs that characterize the existing organizational arrangements.

Previous reviews of UNOPS have highlighted an inadequate service pricing mechanism, lack of product delivery focus, and structural imbalances in operations, contributing to high fixed costs.

Reasons include lack of investment in health infrastructure, not enough health professionals and donor reluctance to finance the increased operational costs, especially salaries.

Lastly, MONUC must administer its operational costs, particularly those relating to official travel, in a more effective manner and make savings wherever possible.

Also requests the Secretary General to make every effort to achieve savings on operational costs taking into account the recommendations of the Advisory Committee

Secretariat wide operational costs cover acquisition of furniture and equipment, printing, staff training and contributions to common services of the United Nations in Bonn.

The restrictions violate established principles of international law, and moreover raise transaction costs for operational agencies, which are ultimately borne by the international community.

One problem is that workers have fixed costs, such as transportation to work or a health plan, that do not decline when hours (and thus pay) are cut.

And the nose is fixed, the whole animal is fixed.

Our municipalities, rural and urban, play the operational course of infrastructure things like waste disposal, energy demand, as well as social costs of unemployment, drop out rates, incarceration rates and the impacts of various public health costs.

Capacity building of the PPAF will support operating costs, staff training, technical assistance for various studies and cost of fixed assets. The Fund has a special focus on women.