Criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management

These are also typically the goals and performance indicators of sales management.

(viii) Identify appropriate key performance indicators for the performance management of external audit services

Developing and implementing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management. Criteria and indicators play a key role in the shaping of a common vision of what constitutes sustainable forest management and in measuring and monitoring progress.

Criteria and indicators are regarded as an important tool for monitoring progress towards sustainable forest management.

(g) Further develop and implement criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management that are consistent with national priorities and conditions

Technical expertise is also being provided in support of the organization's work in developing results based management and standards and indicators.

This is also one of the indicators monitored through the human resources action plan of the Office of Human Resources Management.

Ongoing regional processes have made great strides in developing criteria and indicators that contribute to defining and assessing sustainable forest management.

These criteria and indicators processes have played a major role in the development of a common understanding of what constitutes sustainable forest management.

Drawing upon the work of regional processes on criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management, the Forum acknowledged, at its fourth session,5 that seven thematic elements offer a reference framework for sustainable forest management.

(f) Further recognizing the need to promote and apply comparable criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management as important tools for all members to assess, monitor and promote progress toward sustainable management of their forests

It is anticipated, however, that given further training, management direction and practical experience, the development of indicators and data collection methods will be improved.

The criteria and indicators processes have helped in developing a common understanding of the characteristics of sustainable forest management and in translating it into practice.

Sustainable Economic Opportunity The 30 indicators in the Sustainable Economic Opportunity category are divided into four sub categories Public Management, Business Environment, Infrastructure and Rural Sector.

Indicators

At its fourth session, the Forum, in its resolution 4 3, acknowledged seven thematic elements of sustainable forest management, drawn from the criteria identified by existing criteria and indicators processes, as offering a reference framework for sustainable forest management.

Among others, closer links should be fostered between the accounts and indicators, including links with sustainable development indicators, Millennium Development Goals indicators and indicators used in poverty reduction strategy papers.

Exposure Indicators

Universal Indicators

Performance indicators

Factual indicators

Legislative indicators

The Division of Administration has been using performance indicators for a number of years to assess and report on the management of finance, human resources and administrative processes.

Criteria and indicators (and the 7 thematic elements of sustainable forest management) can provide a sound framework, provided that countries have the capacity to collate the necessary information.

UNICEF representatives and their teams closely monitor the status of core office management indicators and take corrective actions where needed, making use of the Programme Manager System (ProMS).

Chemical indicators Chemical indicators are small molecules that can chelate calcium ions.

Countries state that particular progress has been made in regard to criteria and indicators, with the Forum, at its fourth session, acknowledging 7 thematic elements of sustainable forest management.

However, in my review of the 2004 work plan, it was noted that a formal risk management strategy to identify and prioritise risk indicators had not yet been implemented.

Progress in developing and using benchmarks and indicators, particularly ecological indicators, remains modest.

Objectives and indicators

Other Health Indicators

Selection of indicators

As indicated in paragraph 19 of the Executive Director's report, all offices closely monitor programme implementation and the status of core management indicators, which are provided in their annual reports.

There had also been a great deal of feedback from Member States with respect to evaluation methodologies, indicators, results based management, guidelines and the demand driven orientation of UNIDO activities.

The Joint Inspection Unit also proposed that the High level Committee of Management of CEB, should explore the possibility of articulating key performance indicators at the United Nations system level.

The expected accomplishment and indicators of achievement for the Division in the biennium 2006 2007 are detailed, together with resources, under executive direction and management and the programme of work.

29.8 The expected accomplishments and indicators of achievement for the Office in the biennium 2006 2007 are detailed, together with resources, under executive direction and management and programme of work.

recognizing the seven thematic elements of sustainable forest management which are drawn from the criteria identified by existing criteria and indicators processes and offer a reference framework for sustainable forest management, as acknowledged by the United Nations Forum on Forests at its fourth session,

27.6 The expected accomplishments and indicators of achievement for the Department in the biennium 2006 2007 are detailed, together with resources, under executive direction and management and the programme of work.

9.8 The expected accomplishments and indicators of achievement for the Department in the biennium 2006 2007 are detailed, together with resources, under executive direction and management and the programme of work.

The introduction of quantitative and qualitative success indicators would enable the Committee to evaluate impartially the impact of the recommendations of JIU and the depth of its analyses and management assessments.

In the area of project management at the country offices, UNDP will continue its efforts to reinforce and monitor the use of SMART principles in identifying indicators for results reporting (para.

14.8 The Programme's main expected accomplishments and indicators of achievement for the biennium 2006 2007 are detailed, together with required resources, under executive direction and management and the programme of work.

Workload indicators, 2006 2007