Guidelines and policies

12.1 Guidelines, policies on public healthcare

Developed policies and guidelines relating to efficient court reporting.

Progress has been made in developing policies and guidelines relating to protection and assistance for women.

Brazil held its first national conference on women policies in July 2004 to prepare guidelines for gender mainstreaming in national policies.

The guidelines correctly emphasize that these regulations should complement, not replace, counter cyclical macroeconomic policies.

Nor do the documents and guidelines make clear how UNDP should modify analyses and policies from a gender perspective.

GEF website, Operational Policies, Templates and Guidelines (undated), at http thegef.org Operational_Policies Eligibility_Criteria templates.html (last viewed on Apr. 19, 2005).

The agreed policies on human settlements provided appropriate guidelines for action by all stakeholders, including Member States and regional and international organizations.

The Meeting will hence look into examples of company and industry guidelines and best practices, country policies in encouraging such practices and current projects.

The Bill establishes guidelines for public policies and integrated actions by the public authorities, within all of the governmental bodies and spheres of operations.

The landmark resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council encourages governments to give due consideration to the Principles and Guidelines in formulating policies.

(b) Review existing policies, procedures and guidelines to determine whether they are sufficiently flexible to cater for the requirements of a computerised procurement process.

The Act will also encompass appropriate intervention from other ministries and relevant agencies to improve coordination and implementation of policies and guidelines pertaining to youth development.

A framework committee was developing guidelines on employment equality policies, recruitment and equal status, based mainly on best practices, and disseminating them to employers and organizations.

During this period, the Division of Human Resources Management (DHRM) revised and issued a number of human resources policies and guidelines such as the Consultancy Policy and Flexible Working Arrangements.

The Under Secretary General establishes departmental policies and guidelines, deals with specific policy and management issues and problems, and is responsible for the administrative, financial and personnel management of the Department.

The National Action Plan for Employment constitutes the main tool for planning and implementing employment policies. One of the guidelines of the National Action Plan is gender equality.

Including programming manuals, UNDP User Guide, MDG guidelines, and other relevant guidelines

issue of trafficking. The purpose of these principles and guidelines is to promote and facilitate the integration of a human rights perspective into national, regional and international anti trafficking laws, policies and interventions.

To make decisions regarding the advancement of the national policy on gender equality, in the context of European Union and International Organizations guidelines, aiming at gender mainstreaming in all policies.

Brazil's National Plan of Policies for Women, adopted in December 2004, was largely the result of Brazilian society having discussed and internalized the guidelines set forth in those international instruments.

Whether we call them strategies or guidelines or strategies and guidelines, they are recommendations.

(e) Define or update and disseminate clear training policies and guidelines where this had not been achieved, in line with the organizational learning framework endorsed by the Human Resources Network in July 2003

Her delegation was nonetheless convinced that the Basic Principles and Guidelines would be an extremely valuable tool for States when they were considering policies on remedies and reparation, and it therefore welcomed their adoption.

The mandate of the Committee includes the formulation of policies, guidelines, and measures to prevent and resolve human trafficking in all its forms, as well as to assist, protect and rehabilitate victims of trafficking.

But, a requirement prior to preparing such guidelines is the building of a consensus among all of the MEC Departments on the need for gender policies within education.

The respect and guarantee of human rights which includes sexual and reproductive rights are the guidelines by which the Brazilian Government formulates and implements family planning policies, and any other issue related to population and development.

Development of sectoral guidelines, e.g., guidelines for tourism, boating, diving, cruise lines, coastal construction and fisheries. Guidelines for marine excursion providers (diving, boating, recreational fisheries and wildlife watching)

In 2002, OHCHR issued Draft Guidelines A Human Rights Approach to Poverty Reduction Strategies as a tool that would support countries in integrating human rights into national policies and strategies to reduce poverty.

The United Nations Development Group collaborates with the Executive Committees in support of the broader goal of peacebuilding and develops policies, guidelines and procedures to improve the work of the United Nations country team network.

In these guidelines, the Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories are referred to as the IPCC Guidelines.

(c) Develop and use frameworks, guidelines and other practical tools and indicators to accelerate gender mainstreaming, including gender based research, analytical tools and methodologies, training, case studies, statistics and information, in planning and evaluating all policies and programmes

Strategic Guidelines

Reporting guidelines

More than being simple moral guidelines, the principles of humanity and dictates of public conscience are therefore legally binding yardsticks against which we have to measure all acts, developments and policies with respect to human rights.

Terms of reference, guidelines and rules

Provision of guidelines, manuals and training

The Headquarters based task force on sexual exploitation and abuse, led by Assistant Secretary General Jane Holl Lute, meets on a weekly basis and has clarified existing policies and provided new guidelines to MONUC and other peacekeeping operations.

The UNFPA Audit Services Branch will communicate these guidelines to country offices and monitor compliance with the guidelines.

UNICEF supported the development of policies and guidelines on infant feeding and PMTCT in 72 countries, as well as measures to ensure that HIV positive women receive support in using safe child feeding options in 60 countries.

Currently, the guidelines require parties to submit de listing petitions to their State of residence and or citizenship, and that Government depending upon its policies or sympathies may or may not submit the petition to the Committee.

The Protection Policy and Legal Advice Section prepares guidelines on protection policy and standards and provides legal advice on legislation and on interpretation and application of the 1951 Convention, as well as expertise to implement legislation and policies on protection.

E. Procurement guidelines

Adoption of guidelines