Outsourcing of services and teleworking

This new approach includes outsourcing of institutional support services and places emphasis on the provision of localised services.

One case, US gambling services, is of relevance to the Internet technology enabled, cross border supply of services, including outsourcing.

Outsourcing

Outsourcing

(a) Based on the information provided by the Investment Management Service, which stated that new outsourcing could not begin before 2006, the increase in contractual services permitting additional outsourcing was not supported.

Outsourcing will be reviewed pending recommendations of an audit by the Office of Internal Oversight Services on it.

Outsourcing practices

Outsourcing practices

One prime example is that of business process outsourcing (BPO) services, where developing countries' participation is expected to grow.

Outsourcing in Africa

The outsourcing of services, one of the most dynamic sectors of the world economy, is giving rise to new trade opportunities for developing countries, with global outsourcing expenditures expected to grow to US 827 billion in 2008.

In this report the term outsourcing is used to refer to services provided by entities external to the United Nations system.

A few of the responses indicated the challenges encountered in outsourcing essential services, particularly the challenges of accountability and quality control.

(b) Increased application of information obtained through services provided under this subprogramme, including electronic services.

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The fear that continuing growth of services outsourcing may lead to employment losses in developed countries has given rise to protectionist tendencies.

Half of India's OFDI in 1999 2004 was in manufacturing (especially fertilizers, pesticides and seeds, drugs and pharmaceuticals), followed by non financial services, including IT services and business process outsourcing.

The fixed income portion of the advisory services plan is to be discontinued, based on the planned outsourcing of the fixed income portfolio.

Moreover, significant progress had been made by the various organizations towards more collaborative procurement and common services arrangements as well as outsourcing of goods and services to organizations with the necessary expertise.

Rapid progress must also be made to improve the development potential of trade in services by liberalizing the temporary supply of labour services (mode 4 of the General Agreement on Trade in Services) and cross border supply of services via outsourcing and offshoring (mode 1).

IAPSO is outsourcing its training curriculum.

Developing countries have a clear export interest in professional services through the movement of people, and more recently have taken advantage of increasing outsourcing opportunities.

Given that BPO services range from lower end or basic business process outsourcing to more integrated, expert based services that are web enabled, there are a number of possibilities for moving up the value chain.

In addition, 1.5 million relates to the estimated cost of outsourcing interpretation and translation services for the Mission, which are currently budgeted under general temporary assistance.

Draft resolution III is entitled Outsourcing practices .

In this report, the term in sourcing has been used to differentiate between external (to the United Nations system) outsourcing and internal outsourcing.

Outsourcing some operations also allows significant productivity gains ranging from 15 to 25 per cent, access to additional skills, and improvements in the quality of the services provided.

The new trend in the security and defence sector in African States was the outsourcing to private companies offering military assistance, consultancy and security services on the international market.

The expansion of the service sector has led to the increased outsourcing of services an important business strategy that has given rise to a new global division of labour.

Outsourcing should be seen as only one of the many options considered by managers in seeking to provide cost effective and quality services in support of their organizations mandates.

(d) Note by the Secretary General transmitting the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the review of outsourcing practices in the United Nations (A 51 804)

As export and outsourcing opportunities increasingly depend on satisfying security regulations in export destinations, undemanding domestic regulation hinders technology or the outsourcing of export development.

AND ITS APPLICATION TO PEOPLES UNDER COLONIAL OR ALIEN DOMINATION OR FOREIGN OCCUPATION AND ADVISORY SERVICES

Overall, the trade of outsourced services is taking place between developed and developing countries, as well as within each group, with developing countries strongly involved in the rise of outsourcing.

The Advisory Committee recalls in this connection that it had commented in detail on the outsourcing of MINUSTAH interpretation and translation services proposed in the budget submission for 2005 06.

The Committee points out that the proposed budget shows significant resource growth under a number of budget lines where outsourcing is proposed, including maintenance, security, communications support and other services.

The expanded use of outsourcing and the use of off site translation services should result in a reduction in the levels of temporary assistance required and a net cost saving.

This would virtually rule out outsourcing to a centralized service.

Higher growth is anticipated owing to rapid progress in transport as well as information technology increasing consumer demand for such services and increasing demand from industries, due to outsourcing and to the fact that services are increasingly becoming inputs to their production.

(c) Development of the field office management ledger application to extend ProFi transaction services to the field

(c) There is a need to limit the employment of retirees in the Secretariat and to find alternative means, such as outsourcing and developing in house expertise, of acquiring the required services.

The advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing pension secretariat services to the Fund, and of having the member organizations share certain costs, were reviewed as part of the consultations undertaken by the Secretary.

Ghana apos s application of the housing indicators shows increasing overcrowding, declining quality and declining access to services.