Applications and initiatives to support disaster reduction and management and humanitarian efforts

52. Welcomes recent initiatives to promote border management cooperation in drug control between Afghanistan and its neighbours

Ontology in information management is a concept that has been emerging from the various Semantic Web initiatives.

These discussions include joint initiatives on maritime security, counterterrorism, weapons proliferation, disaster prevention and management, and energy security.

On the one hand, most countries are now involved in internationally agreed initiatives related to sustainable forest management.

UNEP has also undertaken initiatives to strengthen the capacity of women in rural areas in knowledge sharing and natural resources management, for example in water and sanitation management.

The increased number of country and organization led initiatives attest to greater collaboration and partnership for sustainable forest management.

Status, management and use of the resources for the promotion of South South cooperation and related resource mobilization initiatives

Enhanced community participation in environmental management, empowerment of CBOs and strong local initiatives have been encouraged by the Convention.

While earned revenues fell below projections, change management expenditures were contained and the implementation of some change initiatives was deferred.

To develop public policies that strengthen and stimulate the network initiatives, regulating and supporting the management of programs and projects.

In Africa, the ongoing initiatives for rehabilitating degraded land are focused on reforestation, soil conservation and integrated management of water resources.

Costa Rica would be submitting such new initiatives to finance sustainable forest management for consideration by experts in the coming year.

Commercial aspects of forest management, which are handled under numerous different initiatives with no common approach, can create conflict and confusion.

The initiatives aimed to build capacity, identify new sources of funding and promote the use of local knowledge and scientific management.

Initiatives like the World Water Forums thus inevitably highlight debates about what constitutes good water management, as well as elaborating useful concepts.

A school for teaching business management was opened at a centre for women's initiatives with the financial support of the Eurasia Foundation.

Galaxy Releases 1 and 2 were named among the most notable projects and initiatives in the area of e Management since 2002.

For example, improving energy efficiency and material use efficiency has been undertaken in many sectors under cleaner production and environmental management initiatives.

The GN has developed successful initiatives and programs toward increasing beneficiary representation in the GN Sivuliqtiksat A two year Senior Management Development Program that prepares beneficiaries to assume management roles in the public service.

Of particular importance to Kenya was the strengthening of water resource management initiatives, one of which was the African Ministers Council on Water.

(a) Developing partnerships aimed at achieving sustainable forest management, including initiatives among Governments, organizations and other stakeholders, both within and beyond the forest sector

The working group welcomed the initiatives taken by the Investment Management Service with a view to controlling risks, and diversifying and modernizing its operations.

Stressing the need for capacity building initiatives aimed at institution building, human resources development, strengthening financial management and harnessing the power of information and technology,

They also called on the international community to support the efforts by SIDS to increase the level of local ownership and management of fisheries initiatives.

Initiatives include improving water supply management in and around Tarawa coastal management protection measures such as mangrove re plantation and protection of public infrastructure strengthening laws to reduce coastal erosion and population settlement planning to reduce personal risks.

Notable developments in the integration of local and indigenous communities have included the establishment of community based management and ownership initiatives that are intended to generate income for local use and promote local responsibility for sustainable forest management.

Key initiatives in the pipeline include the multi layered approach to formalizing risk management in UNDP as part of its organizational culture in 2006 (paragraph 54).

I commend the role played by the United Nations Security Council and the G 8 in supporting the African Union's initiatives in conflict resolution and management.

Initiatives to maintain and strengthen dialogue with Member States, as well as between Member States, concerning the priorities and management of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, especially in the context of programme management reforms in UNODC, continued.

In central and eastern Europe, soil conservation activities are implemented with the support of initiatives focusing mainly on combating soil erosion, land fertility management and water conservation.

The second document provides a brief review of recent maritime security initiatives and discusses security risk assessment and management frameworks methods and applications relevant to maritime transport.

What remains are the values linked to the global order, defense of which requires leading by example, not by narrow, legalistic initiatives aimed at crisis management or conflict resolution.

There are also initiatives such as UNOSAT, RESPOND, MapAction and Global Map Aid implemented by non governmental organizations and private companies that provide value added products for disaster management.

23. Welcomes the appointment of a full time United Nations Security Coordinator at the level of Assistant Secretary General, and reaffirms the need to further strengthen security coordination and management and to sustain the initiatives aimed at increasing the efficacy of the security management system

(a) The development and management of thematic partnerships in respect of UNIDO activities and initiatives between UNIDO on the one hand, and donors and other relevant organizations on the other

In 2004, UNOPS spent 201,554 for training on the change management initiatives however, as at 13 May 2005, the UNOPS training budget for 2005 reflected a total allocation of 85,670.

Regional initiatives

Country initiatives

New initiatives

Tricontinental initiatives

Other initiatives

Regional initiatives

Partnership initiatives

Through the existing World Bank WHO capacity building programme and other initiatives, multilateral institutions and international partners will intensify their efforts to build national capacity on procurement and supply chain management.