Other obstacles include slow disbursement of funds, administrative procedures of implementing agencies and lack of staff, time and capacity of national teams to deal with all the NAPA steps.

(f) Encouraging and facilitating, if necessary, collaboration and cooperation among the various oversight bodies.

Sub theme 2 The mutual interaction and dependency of science and technology education with research and development

The secretariat seeks to optimize coherence and synergy between its information systems.

IHL is weak as far as follow up and early warning mechanisms are concerned. It is therefore imperative to study possible institutional complementarity and mutual reinforcement between both bodies of norms.

In this coordination, the basic principles of mutual respect, synergy and complementarity should be the basis for partnership.

Pursuant to the mandate included in decision 4 CP.10, paragraph 1, the group considered possible elements on the role of the LEG in supporting NAPA implementation.

At the national level, collaboration and cooperation can make a considerable difference with respect to achieving widespread engagement in the implementation of sustainable forest management.

Some Chairpersons expressed the desire to see more cooperation and collaboration taking place, particularly with a view to establishing a uniform approach in the work of the functional commissions.

Cooperation will occur naturally as the agents identify mutual dependencies, synergies and opportunities to provide services products or ideas to one another.

OIOS explored different ideas on how to improve collaboration and synergies between subregional offices and ECA headquarters.

A regional HIV AIDS committee was formed in Kassala for collaboration, synergy and to monitor and evaluate plans of action among stakeholders in the region.

In response, a paper was prepared describing possible areas for future collaboration, including on issues relating to capacity building, technical advice, synergy and adaptation.

To strengthen cooperation and synergies between the three United Nations conventions the UNCCD, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.

In this context the group developed a technical paper (FCCC TP 2005 5) covering aspects relating to further prioritization of adaptation activities, securing financial resources, institutional arrangements, monitoring and evaluation and regional synergy.

The terms of reference of the LEG include a provision on facilitating the exchange of information and on promoting regional synergy, and synergy with other multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), in the preparation and implementation strategy of NAPAs.

Under JITAP, capacity building focused on the multilateral trading system (MTS) being delivered by ITC, UNCTAD and WTO through close cooperation and collaboration with the beneficiary countries.

Recognizing that crime was both the cause and consequence of poverty, insecurity and underdevelopment, he expressed his hope that UNODC could act as a catalyst and motivate development institutions to work with it in synergy.

9. Requests the Secretary General to enhance the promotion of regional cooperation, coordination and collaboration in the fight against crime, especially in its transnational dimension, which cannot be dealt with adequately by national action alone

9. Requests the Secretary General to enhance the promotion of regional cooperation, coordination and collaboration in the fight against crime, especially in its transnational dimension, which cannot be dealt with adequately by national action alone

Participants also highlighted some issues relating to conducting TNAs, including limitation of technology options available, ways to identify and prioritize technologies for adaptation, and the challenge to implement TNAs and to access GEF funding for these technologies.

Moreover, with the given budgetary constraints, some restructuring becomes important to ensure that the maximum efficiencies are achieved the hallmarks are consolidation, coherence, efficiency and synergy.

9. Requests the Secretary General to enhance the promotion of regional cooperation, coordination and collaboration in the fight against crime, especially in its transnational dimension, which cannot be dealt with adequately by national action alone

Recognizing that crime was both the cause and consequence of poverty, insecurity and underdevelopment, he expressed his hope that UNODC could act as a catalyst and motivate development institutions to work with it in synergy.

The Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs, which engages all the United Nations entities participating in the programme, ensures the avoidance of duplication of effort and the advancement of coherence and synergy among United Nations actors in the economic and social arena.

5. Emphasizes the need for concerted action by developing countries and their development partners, including relevant international organizations, with a view to strengthening cooperation and collaboration among developing countries at the subregional, regional and interregional levels

The management of the centres will depend on the type of linkages that are made with each relevant institution hosting a centre, the relationship developed with the host country and the synergies created with ongoing centres from other relevant organizations and multilateral environment agreements.

This requires that we intensify our consultations and coordination on the question of reforming the United Nations and developing its institutions, in accordance with a comprehensive vision based on enhancing solidarity, mutual assistance and partnership among peoples so that our Organization will be able to deal with current international issues efficiently.

Global Wildland Fire Advisory Group. The Wildland Fire Advisory Group of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction has been working towards enhancing international cooperation and collaboration on preventing and combating forest fires.