The setting of benchmarks was as important as the use of indicators.

(ii) Updated proposals for workload standards, efficiency and related performance indicators

Along with changing the criteria of performance evaluations, the organization itself underwent a change in values and culture.

But these operations are cross subsidising small, under performing portfolios and a high fixed cost base.

We have overhauled our legal system, and we are adopting high standards of good governance in the corporate and public sector.

But what actually interests me a lot more is the fact that in the tip of each controller is a relatively high performing infrared camera.

Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is a chemical process used to produce high quality, high performance, solid materials.

Under the Millennium Challenge Account, attainment of performance criteria by countries receiving grants replaces the debt service of traditional bilateral loan assistance.

Use of criteria such as average cost and total number of services delivered formed the initial basis for performance measurement, as undertaken by traditional systems.

Indeed, how else to explain the poor performance of a country as well endowed as Switzerland, or as highly populated as Nigeria? And what accounts for South Korea s exceptional performance if not a coherent sports policy?

By maintaining high environmental standards, and promoting such standards among its trade partners, Europe can bolster the global market for clean energy technologies.

UNDP should establish a task force to produce a clear, realistic plan for adding RCA performance criteria and adjusting procedures.

Assessment criteria and procedures for the performance review, including terms of reference for the review, will be developed, if appropriate, in consultation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and other regional fisheries management organizations.

The police forces are in need of assistance and restructuring if they are to achieve internationally acceptable standards of operation to meet the challenges of the post war environment.

A free society requires a high degree of trust to reduce the burden of monitoring and control, and trust requires internalized standards of honor, truthfulness, and fairness.

The advantages of certification include its potential clearly to distinguish those companies that have achieved high levels of performance (as defined by the standards).

National governments introduce efficiency standards, taxes, and other policy instruments to improve the environmental performance of buildings, vehicles, and transport fuels.

As part of the Secretariat's effort to move towards performance based contracts, quantifiable performance criteria are being included in new service contracts.

Senior management should ensure that there is gender expertise in their offices that staff are accountable, and that gender mainstreaming is a criterion in performance assessments.

Prefabricated from the most traditional of materials, but that material because of the technology, the computing ability, the ability to prefabricate, make high performance components out of timber very much at the cutting edge.

PHILADELPHIA Imagine that you are shopping for a high performance car, but that you are not allowed to look under the hood. What s inside is a secret.

In firms with a high CEO pay slice, the probability of a CEO turnover after bad performance (controlling for the CEO s length of service) is lower.

The Advisory Committee takes note of the information provided in the report on the findings of a departmental task force that was set up to review workload standards and performance measurement (A 60 93, paras.

In paragraph 309 of the report, UNDP agreed with the Board's reiterated recommendation to establish benchmarks for performance for contract letting and to monitor performance against those standards.

2. In particular, each State Party shall endeavour to apply, within its own institutional and legal systems, codes or standards of conduct for the correct, honourable and proper performance of public functions.

But providing incentives for governments to maintain such forces at a high level of alert and setting standards for equipment, training, and professionalism is something the UN can and should do.

That is what we hoped to achieve by establishing the International Criminal Court, the rules of which, including its statute and rules of procedure and evidence, guarantee fair trials, the rights of both the accused and the defence, and high international standards.

Starting in the early 1950s, titanium began to be used extensively for military aviation purposes, particularly in high performance jets, starting with aircraft such as the F100 Super Sabre and Lockheed A 12.

The missile is designed to intercept and destroy a wide range of air threats, such as supersonic anti ship cruise missiles at very low altitude (Sea skimming) and fast flying, high performance aircraft or missiles.

The Project criteria were applied to all 50 States in two separate studies, undertaken in 1998 and 2000, to cities in 1999, and to counties in 2001.

Particular efforts have been made to make the frameworks more concrete, streamlined and reader friendly by applying standard criteria to the performance information provided and by presenting the addendum to the present report in landscape format.

The review will apply specific performance criteria to evaluate the level of funding, the effectiveness of the GEF in its capacity as principal operational entity, and the ability of the financial mechanism to respond to the needs of the Convention and the policy guidance of the COP.

Professional certifications such as Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) and Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) are becoming more common as professional standards are raised throughout the field, particularly in the United States.

Subsequently, the DEA headquarters complex was classified as a Level IV installation under United States federal building security standards, meaning it was to be considered a high risk law enforcement target for terrorists.

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By doing well, it is argued, people do good.

The waves are high.

The expectations are high.

8. Requests that, where applicable, benchmarks be developed by the Secretary General to assess the impact of and measure performance in the implementation of the recommendations contained in his report and that he submit them to the Working Group for its consideration

There still is room for improvement in the harmonization of practices, application of electronic solutions, performance measurement and benchmarking, and development of the professional expertise of in house procurement staff and of client organizations in the developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

UNICEF continued to strengthen the alignment of audit criteria to organizational performance, including the development of guidelines for information technology management, quality assessment of country office annual reports and auditing of UNICEF involvement in United Nations common services.