UNDP is committed to cost containment through improved efficiency, performance and effectiveness.

Timely issuance of accurate and comprehensive cost plans, performance reports timely obligation of resources.

Nonetheless, the Agency remained committed to implementing further measures to improve performance, cost effectiveness and transparency.

Staffing efficiency is only one measure of the cost efficiency of procurement performance.

The Advisory Committee recommends that vigorous efforts be made to negotiate a cost effective and performance oriented contract.

The business reasons for modernizing the secretariat s computer systems and re engineering its processes were cost reduction and improved performance.

New technologies, advanced manufacturing processes and new materials might make it possible to achieve increased performance at reduced cost.

What that means is that you have to have a high performance or value for cost.

More widespread use of PMCs will require better capability to predict long term performance and more cost effective fabrication methods.

(b) x number of cost plans, performance reports, allotment advice requests to the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts

Workload statistics, performance indicators and cost information will be routinely refined and provided for both Secretariat and external use (e.g. by intergovernmental bodies).

The Advisory Committee is of the view that cost sharing should be applied and the results systematically reported in performance reports.

67. The cost of the evaluation of the Tribunal should be borne by its budget and reported in its performance report.

And the cost of a transistor cycle, which is a measure of the price performance of electronics, comes down about every year.

Review the performance of the BAT BEP guidelines, focusing on their technical feasibility and cost effectiveness, with special attention to developing countries.

Obviously, costs of space based systems are in general higher than those on ground, and careful cost performance trade offs are needed.

The performance dimensions (quality, quantity, timeliness and cost) associated with each group of outputs would provide information for executive decision making and legislative scrutiny.

Advanced materials continue to penetrate the marketplace, usually beginning in niche markets where performance is more important than cost.

In this connection, the Committee recommends that the Standard Ratios and Standard Cost Manual be reviewed and updated periodically in the light of past performance.

The Commission welcomed the proposals submitted by UNDCP in order to enhance its performance, its cost effectiveness and the transparency in its budgetary procedures.

Specific policy instruments that can be considered include incentives, performance requirements, investment targeting, and the provision of public goods (notably low cost and high quality infrastructure).

When applied to current operations, performance management systems need to include full cost accounting and strategic planning, thereby linking current operations to past and future operations.

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.

The costs of space based systems are in general higher than the costs of ground based systems, and careful cost performance trade offs are needed.

The contractor failed to perform and, because the performance bond had not been obtained, an estimated additional cost of 400,000 was incurred by the United Nations.

Least cost energy planning and integrated resource planning are approaches in this direction, which are also applicable to services required by the municipality itself (performance contracting).

11. The Fourteenth Meeting of Experts emphasized the need to develop ways to circulate performance measurement information among public administrators, responsible bodies and the public in order to enhance accountability, programme performance and cost effectiveness, noting that effective governance involves opening access to information on government performance to bureaucrats, elected officials (especially in legislatures) and the public at large.

The indicators programme has proved to be a cost effective tool for countries to assess their performance and develop their urban and shelter sector policies and capacity building priorities.

This allows for cost savings and has been made possible by the emergence of suppliers specialized in almost each function relating to the performance of modern business.

UNFPA has held discussions on the service level agreement with UNDP with the aim of reviewing the performance indicators and cost drivers of the activities of UNDP Treasury.

19. The Advisory Committee was informed that savings would result from that arrangement the cost effectiveness of it should be monitored and indicated in the next performance report.

And then the cost. The cost!

It should be added in this respect that the General Assembly and ACABQ have called for a system for measuring the cost effectiveness of procurement performance by the organizations.

Performing evaluations of the contractor's performance at an early stage of the construction work will assist the office in controlling and mitigating contractor deficiencies and prevent possible unnecessary cost overruns and delays.

The Director, Office for Audit and Performance Review, UNDP, drew attention to two recent Atlas reviews of cost implementation, which was under finalization and control framework and compensatory controls, which was completed.

Any shortfall that remained as a result of the increased cost of the new contract could be included in the next performance report of UNMIK.

The performance cost to reboost is 3.64 m s for each 100 km or 1.69 kg of propellant for each 1,000 kg of spacecraft mass.

Performance and reporting

A national project that met national needs could also provide for the design and manufacture of low cost, high performance small satellites and related subsystems for sophisticated defence, science and selected commercial opportunities.

Recommendation 3. Building managers should periodically review the balance between the use of in house staff and outside contractors for performing building services from the viewpoints of performance, reliability and cost effectiveness.

24. The importance of capacity development activities is not adequately reflected by their financial cost, but rather by their impact on policy making, programme development and performance, operational efficiency and so forth.

The performance cost for reorbiting is 3.64 metres per second for each 100 kilometres, or 1.69 kilograms of propellant for each 1,000 kilograms of spacecraft mass.

Such indicators might address overall national performance and sectoral sub sectoral performance.

Concurrently, Governments are developing better mechanisms for performance monitoring and performance management.

Harmonization of cost classification and strategic cost management