We urge policy and action in the following areas

Policy and programmatic orientations of the national action plans

Future action to bridge the gap between policy and practice

These measures include policy reforms and action oriented programmes to address

(a) Strategic result 1 evidence based situation analysis for policy and action.

7. Emphasizes the importance of a consensus outcome and action oriented policy sessions

And no decisive policy action aimed at healing private balance sheets appears imminent.

To establish balanced programmes of research that are policy relevant and action oriented.

That is an overwhelming indictment that merits urgent policy action.

But no coherent action or policy followed this powerful statement.

Policy advice and planning assistance Policy assistance for food security and sustainable agriculture and rural development Tropical Forestry Action Plan (TFAP) and responsible and sustainable fisheries.

While Greece was having two rounds of elections, its recession deepened and policy action stalled.

Global Youth Action is trying to impact policy and lobbying organizations and authorities to include youth decision and policy making processes that will inevitably shape their lives.

These targets are in line with European employment policy (National Action Programmes).

But risks to the outlook are rising, and we need determined policy action to dampen them.

Department of Women's AffairsWorking in Partnership for Equality Gender Policy Guidelines and Action Plans 2001 2003.

The comparative advantage of UNIFEM resides at this very intersection of macro policy and micro action.

Environmental concerns needed to be better integrated into policy making and strategies for security, development and humanitarian action.

16. Policy instruments and measures in the appended summary revolve around these main areas for action and others.

The index identified specific strengths, weaknesses and gaps in policy and planning efforts, and helped to guide future action.

But its advice has not always brought about concrete policy action by members.

Canada had found round table discussions very effective in translating policy into action.

(a) National plans of action which identify shelter, settlements and urbanization problems as a national policy priority and which provide a basis for adequate housing and urban policy development.

This is particularly true when the policy dialogue is removed from action and needs on the ground.

The National Plan of Action on Women and National Policy for Women were the result of a thorough consultative process involving all stakeholders including NGOs. Similarly the National Health Policy and the National Education Policy also involved NGOs not only at the policy formulation but also policy implementation phase.

The Programme of Action has laid out a set of ambitious recommendations for policy and programme action and for mobilizing the resources necessary to move forward with implementation.

Our research projects and surveys have been appreciated for their scientific rigor, policy level recommendations and action oriented insights.

Fortunately, as the crisis has worsened, global policymakers have responded with coordinated policy action.

This policy change is a necessary parallel to the military action now taking place.

No policy area better illustrates this EU preference for talk over action than Pakistan.

The policy document summarises national action plans on several aspects of violence against women.

What accounts for the apparent lack of effective policy action across a broad range of countries and regions?

Many countries report action to improve the use of economic and policy instruments to promote sustainable forest management.

However studies by NGOs on various aspects of governance, increasingly form an input to governmental policy and action.

WMO is developing a gender policy and a time bound action plan to focus its gender equality activities.

In our country, international years have often been milestones in the development of public policy and social action.

The Council shall establish on a regular basis an action plan to guide policy and project activities and identify priorities.

The task force is mandated to supervise and coordinate action and policy on violence against women at the national level.

(b) To strengthen the economic and policy elements of national programmes of action in terms of both preparation and implementation.

Governments must live up to their commitments and implement the Programme of Action in the form of policy and legislation.

Does the national action plan adopt an integrated approach linking the supply and demand sides of youth employment policy?

Western policy is at a crossroads commentary or action shaping events or reacting to them.

The hurdles to further monetary policy action are high, but they are largely self imposed.

10 Household food security implications for policy and action for rural poverty alleviation and nutrition , International Fund for Agricultural Development, 1996.

Mechanisms such as the United Nations Inter Agency Coordination Group on Mine Action and the Steering Committee on Mine Action could help to build consensus around policy, strategy and operational issues.