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Pilot training to strengthen municipal capacities in management of information systems (Habitat)

41. UNDP and Habitat continued to implement the Urban Settlement Governance and Management Programme.

(a) UN Habitat management ensure that the lessons learned from the Best Practices and Local Leadership Programme are more systematically integrated into the work of the other UN Habitat units

Based on requirements from nature management organizations, mapping of the potential habitat for large animals has been developed.

In the implementation of the Habitat Agenda, the main contribution of UNEP will be to complement the activities of UNCHS (Habitat) in the priority areas of environmental assessment, planning and management.

An evaluation of the role and effectiveness of the UN Habitat programme managers should be conducted early in 2007 for review by senior management at both UN Habitat and UNDP (see para.

UN Habitat should be encouraged to promote waste management linkages with its work on sanitation and freshwater, given the interest in cost effective and affordable sanitation technologies in small island developing States, as well as UN Habitat expertise in the design of interdisciplinary environmental management strategies.

48. Habitat activities concerning small countries are focused on settlement planning and development, disaster mitigation and housing and infrastructure management.

However, OIOS was concerned about the breakdown of internal controls over the financial management and financial reporting of Habitat II.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) actively participated in the Habitat II preparatory process and at the Conference in Istanbul, articulating water resource management as one of the key sets of issues in the Habitat Agenda.

The United Nations Office at Nairobi is to discuss modalities with the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) (UNCHS) management.

In collaboration with the World Bank, UNCHS (Habitat) has prepared and distributed several policy and research papers on key urban management issues.

An independent strategic evaluation of the performance and impact of the UN Habitat programme managers should be conducted before the end of 2006 for review by senior management at both UN Habitat and the United Nations Development Programme and reported to the UN Habitat Governing Council at its twenty first session .

The Habitat Agenda and the UN Habitat Strategic Vision

CARICOM supported the Disaster Management Programme of UN Habitat, which helped Governments, local authorities and local populations deal with natural or man made disasters.

In the 2004 programme plan and management review, UN Habitat reported on an innovative initiative aimed at promoting the Millennium Development Goal on slums.

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28G.15 The Budget and Financial Management Service is responsible for providing financial services to UNEP, UN Habitat and the United Nations Office at Nairobi.

Invites all Habitat Agenda partners to support concerted efforts towards the sustainable management of oases, including through joint programming, funding and execution of upgrading activities

The UNCHS (Habitat) World Bank UNDP Urban Management Programme conducted an analysis of the situation of street children and shelter in Eastern and Southern Africa.

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UN Habitat initiated the strategy of Habitat programme managers, in collaboration with UNDP.

It was also found that at UN Habitat there seems to be limited understanding of what a rights based approach to housing for all and sustainable human settlements development implies and that this challenge must be addressed by senior management of UN Habitat and OHCHR.

This information will help determine the benefits of habitat management work such as meadow creation and how best to maintain woodlands for bats and other associated species.

UN Habitat has been implementing results based management since 2000, in full compliance with the guidelines of the Programme Planning and Budget Division at United Nations Headquarters.

The national plans of action prepared for Habitat II show clearly that all Governments are making efforts to link settlement management policies and practices with shelter objectives.

(i) Recurrent publications quarterly issues of Habitat Debate (8) UN Habitat annual report (2)

Encouraged by the resumption by several Member States of voluntary contributions to the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation in response to the work undertaken by the management of the Centre to revitalize the Centre and give it a new impetus to advance the Habitat Agenda,

The Habitat Agenda commits Governments and UN Habitat to working in partnership with youth in order to develop and enhance effective skills and provide education and training to prepare youth for current and future decision making roles and sustainable livelihoods in human settlements management and development.

The Unit, which is organizationally placed under executive direction and management, is tasked with the responsibility of improving monitoring and evaluation systems and coordinating monitoring and evaluation activities of UN Habitat towards planned objectives, realizing the expected accomplishments and improving the organizational accountability of UN Habitat.

Unique provisions in the Kwanlin Dün First Nation Final Agreement include the commitment to establish two Special Management Areas Kusawa Park, and Lewes Marsh Wetland Habitat Protection Area.

1 Habitat Agenda, para.

Monitoring the Habitat Agenda

Cooperation with UN Habitat

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2. World Habitat Day