Improving the performance of senior management

The National Environmental Management Act of South Africa, for example, has been an enabling act aiming at improving environmental management while facilitating sustainable development and improving coordination and governance of environmental issues.

Improving the performance of the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management

Improving the performance of the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management

Success in the 1990s built steadily on improving performance begun in the 1980s.

The review itself would serve to promote organizational learning in improving performance for results.

The new challenge currently facing the world was to go beyond short term environmental performance and to strive for environmental sustainability.

(c) Improving stewardship of environmental and ecological resources for sustainable development, including enhancing agricultural productivity

Enhance forest based economic, social and environmental benefits, including by improving the livelihoods of forest dependent people

(d) Improving the coordination of energy statistics with social, economic and environmental statistics at the international level

ISAR noted that an enterprise's environmental performance could affect its financial health and hence its sustainability.

Clean technology is a concept of relative environmental performance, which is subject to change over time.

Improving industrial performance, including harmonization of industrial policy in the cotton textile garment value chain through public private partnerships

Integrating Environmental and Financial Performance at the Enterprise Level (UNCTAD ITE TED 1). United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

For example, improving energy efficiency and material use efficiency has been undertaken in many sectors under cleaner production and environmental management initiatives.

The group took the view that the board should disclose its policy and performance in connection with environmental and social responsibility and the impact of this policy and performance on the firm's sustainability.

During the year, NASA initiated a redesign of the external tank for structural weight reduction, which will improving the performance of the Shuttle system.

I am very encouraged that the issue of improving reporting performance and late submissions will be considered in a coordinated manner by our committees.

Many new UNHCR initiatives have been launched in recent years with a view to improving the Office's internal functioning and external response and performance.

Other measures in this subsector focused on improving availability, efficiency and emission performance of public modes of transport, and included consideration of the integration of urban planning, transport and environmental policies, speed reductions, fuel economy ratings, rationalizing of urban and inter urban transport, education and awareness raising on transport issues, and regular vehicle inspection to improve fuel efficiency.

In Lithuania, a cleaner production programme is being implemented with support from the Norwegian Government to improve environmental performance, competitiveness and regulatory compliance of industry.

The situation is especially dismaying, given that, for several years, Turkey s human rights performance had been improving dramatically under Erdoğan s leadership. The use of torture had declined sharply.

Results based management involves the following key steps defining strategic objectives specifying results that contribute to these goals and aligning programmes, processes and resources behind them engaging in ongoing monitoring and assessment of performance and improving accountability by means of continuous feedback on performance.

The basic thrust is fully in compliance with one of the central features of the United Nations wide reforms the emphasis on improving performance through the adoption of RBM.

The problem of relative environmental performance could be overcome either by setting up a proper review mechanism or by including entire plants or technologies in the list.

It also responds to the particular importance that UNIDO's Member States attach to RBM as a management tool for improving organizational performance, enhancing transparency of reporting process and thus accountability.

Coordinated by the relevant ministries, in close cooperation with the multinational force, our forces have grown, and efforts to increase training and equipping them, and improving their performance, are ongoing.

Reporting on the progress in preplant soil use, he indicated that new and modified formulations of existing fumigants and new application methods were improving performance of alternatives to methyl bromide.

He hoped that UNIDO would further strengthen performance management and would focus on meeting the priority needs of developing countries, improving its internal procedures, and consolidating and expanding its financial resources.

It did, however, seem that Africa was at a turning point stronger leadership was emerging, African countries were assuming ownership of their development programmes, and economic and social performance was improving.

The selection of the current China Environmental Award was aimed at honoring entities and individuals that have contributed to improving the environment and people s livelihoods so as to reflect popular will.

In recent years more scholarships (monetary stipends), education grants and school feeding programmes have been introduced with a view to improving children's access to the education system and their performance in school.

28B.23 The Division will focus on improving the presentation of budgets and performance reports and strengthening the results based frameworks, as well as making resource requirements and expenditure information more transparent.

The Council charter requires it to provide expert advice to government on how to improve outcomes for indigenous peoples, including improving programme performance and service delivery in a whole of government environment.

The environmental impact of 1.5 billion inhabitants forms the other major challenge. India's past population growth has been accompanied if much too slowly and unequally by improving health, education, and economic welfare.

Proposals included securing access for the rural poor to natural resources acknowledging and improving the role of rural communities as stewards of rural environments and providing compensation through payments for environmental services.

(c) Establishment of a gender statistics network for information sharing and peer learning, beginning with best practices on improving gender indicators in the formulation and the tracking of the performance of national budgets

At the operational level, the Office of Audit and Performance Review has already started adopting a preliminary risk based audit planning methodology with the purpose of improving the country office audit coverage (para.

In order to achieve the financial and mental self reliance of those living in poverty stricken regions, while improving the environmental conditions that they live in, NICCO is engaged in the following activities Environmental conserving, sustainable rural development, Vocational trainings, Education and healthcare programs, and Emergency humanitarian aid upon disaster strikes.

As for the process of improving the performance of the United Nations, we should like to affirm that for that process to succeed, it must be continuous and comprehensive, without time frames or deadlines.

The United Nations Millennium Development Goals set ambitious targets for lowering poverty, improving health and nutrition, expanding education, increasing gender equality, and ensuring environmental sustainability. Those targets have served as a useful rallying call.

His delegation understood the importance of improving global environmental governance and supported the Secretary General's idea of creating a global early warning system, in the context of a revamped International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

Currently, however, while the economic and social situation of the subregion is discussed and recommendations related to it are issued, not enough emphasis is made on improving the planning and performance assessment of subregional offices.

The European Commission has been an important source of financing for Chernobyl efforts, particularly for research into the health and environmental effects of the accident and their mitigation, and activities aimed at improving nuclear safety.

Many Americans will reject Bush this November because of the poor performance of the economy or the quagmire in Iraq. Others will oppose him due to his environmental record or his budget priorities.