The commitments had been translated into measurable targets.

Indicators look beyond the mere quantity of the activities and outputs of the projects and attempt to measure their impact.

Sustainability indicators and monitoring Indicators can be used to set targets for policies and to measure success in achieving them.

She was convinced that effective implementation of the due diligence standard required measurable indicators, time bound targets and disaggregated data to measure compliance.

Clearly articulated priorities and policies are better able to be translated into projects and programmes with measurable goals and indicators of progress.

The national health policy sets out to achieve certain measurable goals and objectives by the year 2000.

The development of action plans with concrete, measurable targets has proven particularly effective.

Programmes and activities should specify measurable indicators of success in achieving such objectives.

However, it has not yet been possible to devise a universally accepted measure for this capability.

(c) Adopting a global goal for forests that could provide a vision for the next 10 years, supported by voluntary measurable targets at the national level that could facilitate the building of a stronger commitment to sustainable forest management and highlight the role of forests in contributing to the implementation of broader international development agenda

Table 13.5 Objectives for the biennium, expected accomplishments, indicators of achievement and performance measures

The Millennium Development Goals must no longer be floating targets, referred to now and then to measure progress.

They agreed on shared universal values, and they ushered in hopes for timed and measurable development goals, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

To facilitate this, measurable targets will be set up when projects begin.

In paragraph 65 of its report, the Board recommended that UNU identify measurable quantifiable targets, accomplishments and performance indicators to improve the performance measurement process, reflect the real performance of projects and programmes and be able to link the physical accomplishments with financial expenditures.

The only way to achieve that result was to set goals with quantifiable results and specific timetables.

In measuring risk, it was also important to keep the investment objectives and time frame in mind.

Measurement and criteria for evaluation

How crazy is that? That our measure of progress, our dominant measure of progress in society, is measuring everything except that which makes life worthwhile?

7. Introducing measurable time bound goals and indicators to allow a common basis for national evaluation of the implementation of the above mentioned policies

27. In UNEP, project objectives and outputs were not specified in clearly measurable terms and milestones for different stages were not set.

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C. Income measures

A benefit is measured by the degree to which the risk of failing to achieve a stated objective is reduced.

It's all very one dimensional.

The MDGs success means that there is a lot of interest in expanding them to include a broader set of issues. But many of the potential new goals lack unanimous support, and adding a lot of new goals or goals that are not easily measurable may sap momentum.

Each Party included in Annex I to the Convention shall establish voluntary goals measured in these indicators.

It's coming into some tricky things then when we are measuring MDGs.

So is this fair now to measure this over 19 years?

Identifying and measuring progress on global priorities and strategic objectives

Action plans with time bound, measurable benchmarks and targets have been developed to facilitate increased implementation of gender mainstreaming.

Identifying and negotiating goals at the beginning of a reporting period allows managers to measure performance against predetermined goals assignments at the end of a reporting period.

(iii) Development of measurable indicators corresponding to the High Commissioner's five commitments

At the beginning of 1997, these key goals were translated into five readily measurable aims and will continue to be used as priorities for the 1998 budget.

Time bound and measurable goals of the Programme of Action for the least developed countries not only provide benchmarks for measuring progress, they also serve as an effective means for planning, policymaking, institutional reform and resource mobilization.

The mandates would then become a reference point for structuring the objectives over the short, medium and long term.

It is an efficiency measure.

Evolve standards of measuring efficiency in procurement

The MDGs success means that there is a lot of interest in expanding them to include a broader set of issues. But many of the potential new goals lack unanimous support, and adding a lot of new goals or goals that are not easily measurable may sap momentum.

9. The terms of reference of the work assignment must be clear and specific and include objectives and targets as well as tangible and measurable outputs of the work assignment.

Could the results become more operational if the objectives become are more specific, measurable, realistic, and acceptable and time bound?

36. Stresses the need to include in the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006 2007, to the fullest extent possible, quantifiable and verifiable indicators for measuring expected accomplishments, so as to give a clear indication of the progress towards the accomplishment of objectives set

The appropriate amount of debt reduction should be measured against the explicit development objectives defined by the NEPAD process.

In particular, there was little indication of the quality of output expected to be achieved, or how progress towards the achievement of objectives should be measured.

A. Indicators to measure the implementation of the Convention