Field office review

Field office review

1 D 1, 1 P 5, 6 P 4, 21 P 3, 6 P 2 (3 P 2b), 10 GS,

Management additional inputs and outputs

(a) Improved financial information reporting. In 2004 the field office management ledger was developed and implemented in all UNODC field offices.

The estimated provisions reflect the application of a 25 per cent delayed recruitment factor for international staff positions, 50 per cent for national officers and 10 per cent for national General Service staff positions.

(c) Staff employed in OHCHR field offices and

32. Notes that threat and risk assessments will be conducted primarily by the field offices and reviewed by the regional desks

Field offices are requested to provide assistance.

The field offices have been closed the Commission's staff contracts have been terminated and its assets in the field have, for the time being, been placed in the custody of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

MINUGUA field offices exercised good offices on countless occasions.

(f) UNODC country profiles (in collaboration with the field offices).

(d) Enhancing services to the UNODC field offices so that field office staff will have the same level of services and functionalities as the staff at Vienna

However, the field offices were required to provide copies of such contracts to Headquarters.

Country offices were responsible for the development and quality control of local training activities.

More specific areas of collaboration were identified through consultations with field offices.

A consolidated overview of the status of field offices is provided in the annex to the present document.

Field offices were able to make rapid use of thematic funds according to the needs of the affected populations.

Of the proposed additional 591 posts, 395 national General Service staff posts represent the conversion of 395 individual contractors who are already on the ground acting as interpreters translators and performing core interpretation and translation functions from to national languages (Swahili, Lingala and Chiluba), French and English.

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d. Maintenance of policy and programme coordination with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the management of information centres integrated with UNDP field offices

The transition programme involved the entire Mission, both at headquarters and in the field offices.

The computation of national staff costs is based on the G 3 step IV and NOA I of the national salary scale in effect from 1 May 2004 for national General Service staff and national officers, respectively, reflecting the actual pattern of expenditures during the 2004 05 period and distribution of national staff by grade level.

The major factor contributing to the variance of 1,190,100 is the increased self sustainment requirements in respect of military contingent and formed police personnel.

Estimated exchange rates, inflation rates and salary costs were used as provided by the field offices.

A major part of the budgetary requirements in the field offices is kept at the maintenance level.

A significant level of procurement is conducted by UNHCR field offices and implementing partners.

(f) Full deployment of the field office ProFi transaction system used in Uzbekistan to all UNODC field offices and follow up support

UNRWA wishes to mention that owing to the voluminous nature of the original documentation of construction activities in the field offices, it may be impracticable to centralize all records pertaining to construction, land and buildings for all field offices in one place.

The system to be extended to all field offices will include exchange rate verification.

Field offices have to produce a yearly, standardized annual protection report.

The 347 proposed temporary staff positions comprise 73 international staff and 274 national staff positions, inclusive of 15 national officers.

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Additionally, commitments provided to the United Nations Development Programme authorizing payments on behalf of field offices are obligated and expenditure is recorded against the field office.

The liaison would include placing some United Nations military observers and civilian police officers, in addition to civilian staff, in field offices in Darfur.

(s) Review the compliance of field office management with instructions (paras. 253, 255, 257, 259, 261 and 265)

UNHCR could not compute their aggregate amount, because it had not requested its field offices to report them.

It should be noted that cost plans are budgets that reflect approved estimates of field office requirements.

Review the compliance of field office management with instructions (paragraphs. 253, 255, 257, 259, 261 and 265)

The new system (PeopleSoft) to be extended to all field offices will include exchange rate verification.

In paragraph 56 of its report, the Board recommended that UNICEF (a) promulgate its instruction on monthly reporting on medical insurance plan expenditure by field offices and (b) review the accuracy of data submitted by field offices that are used in actuarial valuation.

In paragraph 93, the Board recommended that UNRWA evaluate the performance of field offices against specific targets and to report thereon accordingly.

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to ensure that petty cash management rules are adhered to by field offices.

The field offices have been requested to evaluate the need for posts or to report on the recruitment progress.

6. Invites the Secretary General to consider utilizing a strategic programming framework modality to strengthen the coordination and cooperation between the two secretariats as well as between the United Nations field offices and the Caribbean Community