Several activities of UNDP focus on this area.

Focus area 1 Young child survival and development

Focus area 1 Young child survival and development

Focus area 2 Basic education and gender equality

In relation to Millennium Goals for which this plan does not identify a separate focus area, Goal 7 (Environmental Sustainability) is addressed by the inclusion of a key result area on water, sanitation and hygiene under focus area 1 and through school based initiatives under focus area 2.

These are the outcomes sought through focus area 2.

Focus area 4 Child protection from violence, exploitation and abuse

(a) Strengthening advocacy and leadership in the MTSP focus area

Note Bold face denotes the primary contributions of each focus area.

E. Focus area 5 Policy advocacy and partnerships for children's rights

Similarly, some focus areas of this plan are likely to receive relatively greater weight within UNICEF cooperation in LDCs or emergency affected countries (e.g., focus area 1), compared to others in middle to higher income countries (e.g., focus area 5).

Age appropriate participation in decision making will be promoted through focus area 5.

As a focus area for field audits OIOS reviewed the Medical Insurance Plan (MIP), an area already identified by UNHCR as high risk.

Several delegations endorsed the mainstreaming of emergency response in the focus areas, but one delegation suggested that emergency response be a separate focus area.

Protecting water resources from contamination and excessive consumption will be a special area of focus.

Meanwhile, focus area 2 addresses issues facing children in the preschool and school going years.

There are ten specific areas of focus with a number of programmes under each area.

Support for addressing adolescent learning needs and expanding their learning opportunities is encompassed under focus area 2.

Some delegations urged that a larger proportion of regular resources should be allocated to this focus area.

At the corporate level, UNDP has tended to move rapidly from one area of focus to another.

Several delegates supported the multi faceted approach of the focus area, including the focus on high impact health and nutrition interventions, water and environmental sanitation and dracunculiasis eradication.

A description of the area of focus for this discussion panel is contained in annex III, section A.

One major area of focus in 2005 was support to the first joint office model in Cape Verde.

There is a tendency to focus on continuing education as an alternative in the area of indigenous education.

Several delegations welcomed the focus on gender issues in the focus area on basic education and gender equality but also wanted clear mainstreaming of gender concerns in the other areas.

Focus area 5 will promote knowledge generation on the overall situation of children and women and related causal factors.

By building capacities and strengthening partnerships to develop evidence, analysis, participation and civic education, focus area 5 will complement the other focus areas by addressing overarching and cross cutting policy issues.

This is further reinforced though support for mothers, infants and young children affected by HIV AIDS under focus area 3.

UNICEF estimates that health and nutrition combined will represent 75 per cent of total programme expenditure for this focus area.

UNESCO reports that its activities focus on science, education and the enhancement of skills in this particular area of activity.

In the area of information and communication technology, the Committee will continue to focus on capitalizing on investments in that field.

The second area of focus is removing barriers to resolve gender inequality in education and strengthening the programming in girls' education.

Through this focus area, UNICEF will also contribute to national capacities for emergency preparedness and support national efforts for conflict prevention.

UNHCR must play a mobilizing role in that area and focus greater attention on the necessity of resolving protracted refugee problems.

However, based on the preliminary results for 2004, the preparation of budgets and revisions thereto should remain an area of focus.

The focus of the Group shall essentially be one of developing concepts, methods and best practices in the area of services.

In the area of nuclear power, I would hope that we would focus more explicitly on the need of energy for development.

Reform efforts in this area focus on staff selection and mobility, on enhancing managerial skills and on identifying and mentoring tomorrow's leaders

A speaker welcomed the consolidation of immunization plus and ECD into one focus area, but said a holistic approach to ECD was needed.

Reform efforts in this area focus on improved financial information reporting, on cost saving measures, on enhancing transparency and on ensuring compliance, as follows

Speakers were pleased with the establishment of focus area 5, first call for children in policies, laws and budgets, and its intention to promote and assess progress on children's rights and focus on UNICEF engagement with PRSs and SWAps.

As part of the life cycle approach, focus area 1 of this plan will strengthen the UNICEF emphasis on very young children and their mothers.

Annual resource mobilization targets for each focus area will be set to encourage realistic global strategic planning for meeting the financial requirements of the MTSP.

Regarding focus area 3, HIV AIDS and children, speakers were pleased with the emphasis on treatment and prevention of new infections in children and adolescents.

She called for a focus on new sectors, and she appealed for adequate resources to be devoted to work in the area of creative industries.