And so, earlier was talked about cross discipline, about collaboration.

It was recommended that a meeting of the secretariats of all the functional commissions be held to discuss how the functional commissions could promote collaboration and cooperation among themselves.

The year 2004 saw a number of promising initiatives against trafficking, especially through cross border collaboration.

Another was a call for cross sectoral national youth policies, developed in collaboration with young people.

A meeting of the Chairpersons of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council with the Bureau of the Council was held on 19 July 2004 to discuss measures to promote collaboration and cooperation among the functional commissions and between the functional commissions and the Council.

Several proposals were made with a view to strengthening collaboration and cooperation and enhancing the work of the functional commissions. For example

Research networks or consortia can provide opportunities for cross sector information sharing and collaboration without requiring a major investment by individual parties.

Some Chairpersons expressed the desire to see more cooperation and collaboration taking place, particularly with a view to establishing a uniform approach in the work of the functional commissions.

It was recognized that each functional commission had unique characteristics, tended to address specific issues, and had different roles and practices. Nevertheless, dialogue and collaboration among them were desirable. It was felt that each functional commission should follow the approach that had proved to be most effective in each case.

Progress towards the goals thus set is reviewed in detail each year by the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council, while the Council itself takes a cross cutting, integrated view.

Being based in the UNEP regional offices allows the RNCs easily to cross the bridge toward collaboration and cooperation with other environmental agreements and relevant international Conventions.

The four key policy directions are Management of Integrated Service Delivery for Children and Youth with Complex Needs and their Families Cross ministry Collaboration for Children and Youth with Special Needs and their Families Sustainability of Services Transition Planning Cross ministry Information Sharing.

Functional rehabilitation

In knowledge based economies and cross border collaboration, a reliable information and communications infrastructure is essential for the conduct of research, and facilitating linkage between universities, industry and the Government.

The Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre second International Work Conference on Climate Change and Disaster Reduction brought together country practitioners and experts from the two fields to advance collaboration.

Regional level cooperation is also encouraged, for example, when incorporating relevant criteria and indicators into the forest work programme and in order to enhance cross sectoral integration and intersectoral collaboration.

Functional commissions and subcommissions

So, designers sometimes don't do things that are immediately functional, but they're functional to our understanding of issues.

It's beautiful and it's functional.

The system is not yet functional.

Technical training in management, functional literacy.

8.5 Adult and functional literacy programmes

Apprehensions have been expressed that some facilities such as Basic Health Units are either partially functional or not functional at all.

In its resolution 2001 27, the Council encouraged the functional commissions to increase their coordination and collaboration at the planning and formulation stage of their work programmes and to take into consideration the work of other commissions in choosing annual themes for discussion.

8. Encourages relevant United Nations organizations to strengthen the coordination and collaboration between development and humanitarian entities, including the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, in integrating disaster risk reduction into their activities

Already, industries that have traditionally operated independently from energy to utilities to transportation are moving quickly toward cross sector collaboration, radically altering the business environment, and creating opportunities for new low carbon business models to thrive.

I mean, the functional impairment is clear.

A light, beautiful and functional microblogging client

And we can then create functional livers.

Let's not forget it's a functional entity.

Membership of the functional commissions in 2005

Schooling and functional literacy training for girls.

This should be supported by enhanced cooperation and programme and policy coordination, including a scheme for integrated regional and cross sectoral collaboration, with the aim of improving coordination and implementation of sustainable forest management on the ground.

The newly implemented database is now fully functional.

A functional and unimpeachable juridical system is key.

The second thing is tools for collaboration, be they systems of collaboration, or intellectual property systems which encourage collaboration. Right?

We need to think that land is multi functional.

The key is to overcome what's called functional fixedness.

And we heard a little bit about functional MRI.

They're fully functional, field tested, ready to roll out.

Functional equivalence (A CN.9 WG.I WP.38, paras.

Programme collaboration

Election of members of the functional commissions of the Council

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