At multilateral level promote harmonization and equivalence.

Harmonization of Programmes

Harmonization of terminology

The commitments undertaken at the 2003 Rome High level Forum on Harmonization have been reinforced by the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness issued at the second High level Forum on Harmonization and Alignment and Managing for Development Results, held in Paris from 28 February to 2 March 2005.

C. Harmonization of reporting

Harmonization of conditions of service

As such harmonization would impact various statistical domains, the Task Force is of the opinion that this should be dealt with at a higher level.

C. Harmonization of international recommendations

B. Harmonization of international recommendations

Such an environment cannot be created unless two important tasks are successfully undertaken, namely, fiscal and financial reform at the country level, and monetary coordination and fiscal harmonization at the regional level.

Coordination and harmonization

Alignment and harmonization

Simplification and harmonization

Coordination and harmonization

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Harmonization and coordination of donor assistance

D. Simplification and harmonization

Simplification and harmonization of rules and procedures

(i) Transport of gases (harmonization and standardization)

Comment by the Administration. In the interest of harmonization across the United Nations common system, better governance disclosures will be considered by the High level Committee on Management of CEB.

While this recommendation is addressed to the executive heads of UNDG organizations, CEB members note that the issue of country level simplification and harmonization has been the subject of decisions by CEB itself.

(h) The demands upon the United Nations for cohesion, harmonization and country level cost reductions might appear to offer some potential for UNOPS common services support to UNCTs.

It would not be contrary to the level of harmonization sought to be achieved by these model provisions if a State were to adopt fewer circumstances in which enforcement may be refused.

Achievements of the Headquarters Procurement Working Group in the harmonization of procurement related regulations and rules and contracting tools have apparently not yet been replicated at the level of UNON and other field duty stations.

(c) The harmonization of the Model Regulations with the GHS

Monetary coordination cannot succeed in the absence of fiscal harmonization.

Harmonization of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, especially for child soldiers

Project management, inter agency harmonization, and others

2. Also recommends, with regard to the harmonization of practices, that

(g) Harmonization unification of the criminal code and the penal code

Available from http www1.worldbank.org harmonization PARIS FINALPARISDECLARATION.pdf.

Technical standards, including standards at the international level, are also being discussed (including definitional questions of technical and international standards, and how harmonization with international standards should be linked to the fulfilment of the objectives of VI.4).

Although it would be preferable to proceed with the harmonization as a first step, the harmonization effort should not prevent the consolidation of payroll systems from taking place simultaneously.

Improved harmonization is critical for accelerating the implementation of the AIDS response.

The harmonization of officer and director responsibilities is problematic for several reasons.

What additional mechanisms can be identified for aid harmonization?

The foregoing may also explain the limited overall implementation at the inter agency level of successive General Assembly resolutions calling for the harmonization of procurement policies, rules and procedures, in keeping with the above mentioned clauses of the Relationship Agreements.

promoting the harmonization and coordination of national laws and policies for combating corruption.

(iii) Listing, classification and harmonization with the GHS (including list of aquatic pollutants)

E. Harmonization of data collection activities with environmental economic accounting concepts and definitions

Continue to support the sectoral tables or similar harmonization mechanisms.

This poses significant challenges for in country coordination and harmonization.

UNICEF agrees that there is a need for greater harmonization.

JIU REP 2004 10, Harmonization of the conditions of travel throughout the United Nations system.

Local ownership, coordination of international efforts and harmonization of procedures are all essential for results.