Direct costs

direct environment related operating costs

A. Direct programme and administrative costs

(decrease) A. Direct programme and administrative costs

UNITAR General Fund direct costs and estimates, 1997

In this context, it is suggested that six elements should be included totally or partially under non programme costs, namely, direct administrative costs, executive direction and management, programme support (direct administrative support to programmes), conference services, public information costs and general operating expenses. The relevance of each is further described below. Direct administrative costs

Direct security costs are considered UNDP specific security costs that form an integral part of the biennial support budget.

Those standards, for example, require that all the indirect costs of a product be added to the direct costs.

But the direct costs are really only the tip of the iceberg.

In the Panel s view, the compensability of indirect costs is necessarily linked to the compensability of the direct costs to which they relate.

. Natural disasters have direct economic costs amounting to billions of United States dollars per year.

Today, United Nations staff faces an unprecedented level of risks and threats, and UNICEF notes with concern increasing security costs (both centrally shared costs and direct costs at each location).

Direct costs are defined as unequivocally linked with programmatic activities, while indirect costs are defined as those incurred during the management of programmatic activities.

The improved CNS ATM system will allow more direct routing of aircraft which will generate savings in fuel costs and other aircraft operating costs.

The perpetration of economic and financial crimes has a number of direct costs in developing countries.

The Panel agrees that the KOC Al Awda costs recorded under the headings Firefighter support and Construction equipment are properly classified as direct costs, or costs attributable almost exclusively to the firefighting effort.

They can take the form of direct subsidies, reduced interest rates or reduced costs for acquiring land.

A 7.5 million cost increase in this area is to strengthen staff security both through centrally shared costs and direct costs at field locations (see para. 20 below).

Governments should carefully evaluate direct and opportunity costs, as well as projected benefits, before entering negotiations on the process.

UNICEF continues to encourage thematic other resources to reduce transaction costs and make more resources available for direct programme assistance.

2. Direct environment related operating or management costs as of sales, value added, net earnings, divisional earnings or other unit of output costs, e.g. production cost or site cost of sales

In addition to these direct costs, crime impedes economic development by limiting movement and access to possible employment and educational opportunities.

It is difficult to evaluate the direct and indirect costs and benefits of these and other applications using available quantitative methods.

The Committee points out that much of the impact of efficiency measures is cost avoidance rather than direct savings, although some measures would have a direct impact on staff costs and other resource requirements.

The Panel notes that the reduction made by the Claimant in respect of costs incurred in fighting fires in the Wafra oil field consists solely of direct firefighting costs and does not include costs incurred in supporting the firefighting effort in the area.

Such losses do not include additional significant direct and external costs to the ocean ecosystem and coastal communities that rely upon it.

The areas of the business model development services, knowledge and advisory services, United Nations system coordination entail direct costs related to the programmatic activities in each area, as well as indirect costs for management.

For example, if sales declined for a specific product, companies could decide that, as long as they covered their direct costs and some profit, they would forego any inclusion of overhead (plant costs) in price.

29. At the end of 1985, the United Nations stopped direct broadcasting of radio programmes because of a sudden increase in transmitter costs.

Concerning cost recovery, one delegation asked if the new policy ensured that full costs associated with non core activities, direct and indirect, were recovered.

Adoption of the option one model may imply consolidation of UNOPS ability to contract directly with host governments or receive direct donor contributions for priority operations requested by host governments, especially if such direct contracting relationships reduce intermediary costs.

The Committee was informed that in addition to the centrally shared costs of 26.2 million mentioned above, the direct costs, or those incurred in field locations and charged against each office's support costs, are estimated at 24.8 million for 2006 2007, as compared to 29.6 million for 2004 2005.

The direct cost was 14,000 for 2,900 sets of 6 CD ROMs, but UNHCR did not compute the overall costs for conception, production and distribution.

The direct cost was 14,000 for 2,900 sets of six CD ROMs, but UNHCR did not compute the overall costs for conception, production and distribution.

71. Economic reports generally emphasize the direct costs of the destruction of production resources, electricity pylons, roads, bridges, shopping centres, factories, public institutions, banks, etc.

1.171 To meet the emerging standards for business training and business development services (BDS), where all the direct costs of training are met from participation fees and only the overhead and administrative costs are subsidised from donor contributions.

This figure is recorded using standard cost accounting methods, under which the direct costs (such as for consulting services) and the indirect costs (such as for utilization of electricity) of management improvement measures are calculated and summed up.

Those remaining elements, such as printing, public information services, or translation, that have a direct impact on the relevant programmes have been tabulated as operating costs.

These issues can be easily overcome by current technology, but the lack of standardization has a direct impact on the costs associated with the required customizations.

9. An analysis has been prepared of the direct costs for a third Trial Chamber, consisting of four judges, five Professional legal staff and two secretaries.

The distribution chain has become shorter, and a direct relationship between producers and retailers has emerged, driven by enabling technologies and the desire to lower transaction costs.

14. In general economic terms, various types of losses and costs confronting third States may be classified into two broad categories direct and indirect effects of sanctions.

The programme support accounts exist so that the United Nations regular budget does not have to cover undue direct and indirect costs of the various extrabudgetary activities.

While his delegation appreciated the generosity of sending Governments which agreed to pay the direct costs of gratis personnel, it was not fair for the entire membership of the Organization to share the indirect costs entailed by the use of such personnel.

(f) The direct and indirect costs of producing, translating and disseminating the materials are identified and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty seventh session