Determining an optimal level of accountability for results is also challenging.

At the country level, it will require optimal teamwork, with UNICEF Representatives leading and securing availability and involvement of all relevant staff.

Empirical studies suggest that there is an optimal level of migration that stimulates pursuit of higher education at home and spurs economic growth.

It will include the development of options for the optimal level of independence, organizational structure and resource requirements that meet identified best practices.

(i) Setting fees for registration and searching at a cost recovery level and

Fifteen is a pretty optimal number.

9. Appreciates the efficiency gains achieved by the University in order to make optimal use of modest and limited resources, and emphasizes the continuing need for cost effectiveness in conducting the activities of the University

Internal management structures will be leaner, with authority delegated to the operational level to achieve optimal productivity and optimal support to the COP, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, the subsidiary bodies and the other bodies established under the Convention and the Protocol.

(b) Obtain optimal return without undue risk

So it's the optimal way of combining information.

The estimated level of support cost income shows a reduction when compared with estimates for the previous biennium.

So, very quickly, what is the optimal time profile?

(c) The optimal organizational structure and adequate resource requirements

The major risks in not performing the above functions will be continued delay on the part of the Unit in addressing complaints by beneficiaries, increased cost to the Fund and failure to achieve optimal efficiency as regards cashiering and treasury operations.

Accordingly, no cost adjustments have been applied to this part of the resource plan and the level of projected resources remains at the 2004 2005 level, namely 10.5 million.

We got the results from that for the optimal engine.

Reaffirms that UNDP must ensure full recovery, at an aggregate level, of all actual costs for implementing activities financed from UNDP third party cost sharing, trust fund contribution and programme country cost sharing

The other combinations of challenge and skill become progressively less optimal.

Thus, for example, funds raised at the country level may not be used to finance programme expenditures at the headquarters level or in other countries, although the support cost income generated at the country level could cover some related headquarters administrative expenditures.

In paragraph 46, the Board recommended that UNITAR assess the adequacy of its resources and staffing level against its actual operational needs, with a view to ensuring the optimal use of available funds and timely implementation of its activities.

This lack of information may lead to a non optimal allocation of resources.

And he will, or she will, calculate the optimal design of the nozzle.

I mean, is this the optimal environment in which to raise our children?

The aim was to ensure the cost effective management of active and closed missions with the understanding that when the cost level, scope and number of active missions declined, the volume of backstopping activities would eventually decrease as well.

The risk was a less than optimal allocation of scarce resources, or a waste of resources.

Regarding energy supply, Parties mentioned several options, including ensuring an optimal overall mix of energy sources.

Connor (2005). Optimal Deterrence and Private International Cartels (draft). www.aae.wisc.edu fsrg web FSRG 20papers 05 20Connor.pdf.

Despite progress in expanding the use of SSC, mainstreaming of the modality is still not optimal.

In some areas, notably in North America and Europe, they have reached very high levels indeed, sometimes exceeding billions of US dollars or euros. But they seldom if ever reach the optimal level of three times actual gain. There could be several reasons for this.

And what Bayes' rule says is, given my beliefs, the action should in some sense be optimal.

The cooperation provided by UNMIK in the protection of witnesses has also been sometimes less than optimal.

Efficiency is not an arithmetical or managerial concept it is a function of optimal and just decisions.

Optimal strategic policies should be based on common welfare, gained through economic integration and redistributive social policies.

(c) The net increase of 883,400 under Programme support comprises 38,000 for posts, reflecting the proposed inward redeployment of one General Service (Principal level) post from subprogramme 4 in exchange for one General Service (Other level) post, and 845,400 for non post resources owing mainly to the implementation of a cost sharing mechanism to finance the cost of central data processing infrastructure services and support.

In most cases these possible intended reversals are being prompted by a diminishing level of effectiveness in alternative options in use or considerations related to cost and efficiency.

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.

The total cost of the initial phase has been estimated at the level of 8.4 million (equivalent to 7.6 million), with a UNIDO share of 1.38 million ( 1.22 million).

There is nothing inherently optimal, they say, about a level playing field in international finance. Attempts to develop a single European financial market have, in their view, forced countries to respond to the failings revealed by the 2008 crisis at the speed of the slowest ship in the convoy.

Establishing a large, standing international force under the UN s control is not feasible and may not be optimal. But providing incentives for governments to maintain such forces at a high level of alert and setting standards for equipment, training, and professionalism is something the UN can and should do.

But if you ask the average American what the optimal formula of longevity is, they probably couldn't tell you.

This network will provide them with tools to support the optimal development of their potential and their social integration.

This arrangement is expected to ensure, in a coordinated manner, optimal use of the resources available to the Organization.

Table 2 suggests that the organization of the procurement function within the United Nations system is far from optimal.

Cost

The provision of 116,900, at a maintenance level, would cover the cost of language training as well as administrative and financial training for the staff of the Secretariat units at Gigiri.