The Committee notes that the UN Habitat monitoring and evaluation functions are dispersed across subprogrammes.

At the subregional level the countries of the region are distributed as follows

Assessments and analyses are done at the Entity level.

(ii) Systematic observational networks to identify the possible onset and distribution of climate change and assess potential impacts, particularly at the regional level.

IV.51 In addition to a monitoring and evaluation unit in the Office of the Executive Director, identical activities are also dispersed among the various subprogrammes.

That included setting up press briefings and interviews with senior officials, arranging for opinion articles and distributing press materials through United Nations information centres.

Conduct of diagnostic and evaluation studies at the national level.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE TOTAL CIVIL SERVICE ROLL BY GRADE AND SEX, 1995

His assessment and evaluation fell into three parts (a) conceptual clarifications (b) a description of the institutional arrangements for political involvement at the local level and (c) criteria for effective political involvement at the local level.

Structure of public employment by hierarchy and by service

One important step in promoting self evaluation has been the incorporation of a specific section on evaluation planning at the subprogramme level, in the programme budget instructions issued in September 2004.

The High Commissioner intends to strengthen UNHCR's evaluation and policy analysis functions.

The credit rating agencies would probably evaluate the United Nations for credit rating purposes based on various criteria, including

Additionally, the Pinggu District observatory issued an upgraded rainstorm orange warning signal at 12 50, August 12, and the Fangshan District observatory issued an upgraded rainstorm orange warning signal at 2 20 pm that day.

The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale Revised Edition, Infant Toddler Environment Rating Scale, and Family Day Care Rating Scale were initiated as performance measures.

Rating agencies have been and should remain an important aspect of modern capital markets. But to make ratings work, the raters need to be rated.

Internal audit ratings

The Committee encourages the full application of the PAS, including guidelines for the rating of achievement.

One proposed approach would reduce the significance of the raters opinions. In many cases, the importance of ratings comes partly from legal requirements that oblige or encourage institutional investors and investment vehicles to maintain portfolios of assets that have received sufficiently high grades from the recognized agencies.

The Commission took note of the report of the secretariat informing it that there had been partial implementation of the new job evaluation system resulting in the classification of 1,400 jobs since its promulgation on 1 January 2004.

The United Nations goal with respect to the credit rating would be to convince the credit rating agencies to treat the borrowing as quasi sovereign for credit rating purposes.

page 4 was an assessment of enterprise level partnerships and collaboration in three countries Ghana, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Accepting criticism for choices insufficiently understood is part of the job of High Commissioner.

In Zimbabwe, the Famine Early Warning System (FEWS), a donor supported programme, used the advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) satellite system to produce crop assessments during the growing season.

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Table 1 Internal audit ratings

Comments on subprogrammes

In principle, credit ratings are based on statistical models of past defaults in practice, however, with few national defaults having actually occurred, sovereign ratings are often a subjective affair. Analysts at ratings agencies follow developments in the country for which they are responsible and, when necessary, travel there to review the situation.

One delegation asked specifically how and for what purpose consultants were graded.

A Rating field uses stars to show a rating number.

To this end, key findings and lessons learned from self evaluation of the subprogrammes, from in depth and thematic evaluations and from evaluation of technical cooperation projects are being consolidated and disseminated within the Centre.

Group 3 comprises countries for which further information is required this category has two subgroups, one for countries in which a United Nations assessment mission is required, and a second for countries in which the mine situation has yet to be confirmed.

E. Sub global assessments

A. Subprogramme self evaluation

Each of the island's 37 schools will be evaluated and given a grade.

The decision by the Board, including on the scope of a review and the composition of a review team, shall be made publicly available as part of the report of its meeting.

Disappointment about the raters performance, and skepticism about the effectiveness of regulation, has led to calls to eliminate any regulatory reliance on ratings. If ratings are not backed by the force of law, so the argument goes, regulators need not worry about rating quality and can leave the monitoring of raters to the market.

The Board endorsed the plan to publish both preliminary and final PPPs and to publish in stages for consumption and the full GDP.

A description of how credit ratings for a United Nations bond would be established is set out below.

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