III. Initial needs assessment

Initial idea, much initial source code, Project admin

LADA Dryland Degradation Assessment Project

LADA Dryland Degradation Assessment Project

Needs assessment and project formulation

These are initial musings for this project.

34.10 The Development Account uses a three phase project cycle, starting with the initial project design, followed by project implementation and completed by evaluation and closing.

The proposal suggests functions and working methods as well as an initial pilot project.

An initial project development facility was put in place to achieve the following aims

OAS prepared and submitted the initial project proposal to GEF for funding through UNEP.

The project will focus on the development of an integrative assessment methodology.

The inventory review process is conducted in three stages initial check, synthesis and assessment, and individual review.

Following an assessment that the initial budget for the elections was insufficient (see S 2005 124, para.

Third claim unit Long term monitoring and assessment project Iran seeks compensation in the amount of USD 50,000,000 for a long term monitoring and assessment project to ascertain damages to its agricultural resources.

The estimated increase in costs of the initial project can be explained by the following factors

A question arises, however, as to how realistic initial assumptions are about project duration and achievements.

Assessment missions were conducted in Ethiopia and Georgia, where project development is under way.

One of the initial steps taken by the host Government in respect of a proposed infrastructure project is to conduct a preliminary assessment of its feasibility, including economic and financial aspects such as expected economic advantages of the project, estimated cost and potential revenue anticipated from the operation of the infrastructure facility.

It includes four projects aimed at facilitating identification the Ante mortem Database Project, the Identification Project, the Forensic Monitoring of Exhumations in Bosnia and the Forensic Logistics Assessment Project.

The initial verification and certification of an afforestation or reforestation project activity under the CDM may be undertaken at a time selected by the project participants.

Approval of the assessment would be subject to funding being made available for the project.

An initial assessment of the offers reaffirmed that those tabled in their current form had not put forward meaningful improvements.

The work should thus contribute to setting standards for such methodologies in such areas as pre project situation assessment and project monitoring and evaluation.

An initial Project Delphi report recommended that self evaluation mechanisms be instituted requiring individuals and units to determine actual performance measured against objectives. Headquarters would provide general guidelines, ensuring organizational uniformity, while units would generate additional specific, relevant elements for self assessment.

While project implementation in Geneva was progressing well, the initial objectives and time lines had proven too ambitious.

The same applies for volume adjustments relating to project activities which are fully reflected under the initial budget.

After initial testing in Africa, this project may be eventually extended to cover other regions of the world.

37. The United Nations Office for Project Services should develop a workload assessment and costing system.

(b) Desktop study or other means to make an initial assessment of the nature of the continental shelf and its limits

If any negative impact is considered significant by the project participants or the host Party, project participants have undertaken a socio economic impact assessment and or an environmental impact assessment in accordance with the procedures required by the host Party.

The Southern Sudan Fund has similarly approved a 70 million initial project proposal for rule of law capacity building.

The end users are taken into account at the initial stage of the design and planning of a project.

Following a needs assessment on organized crime, project ideas were formulated for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Georgia.

That assessment has led to the design and development of a pilot project on computerized court administration.

Further steps are being taken to improve ITC approaches and tools for needs assessment and project design.

58. A training programme on project preparation and appraisal with an environmental impact assessment component held at Dhaka provided training of about 25 officials of various economic ministries of Bangladesh on the techniques of project preparation and appraisal, including assessment of environmental impact.

One project, namely the acquisition of four portable vehicle barriers, estimated at 800,000, remains at the initial phase of implementation.

Furthermore, within the framework of the project cycle management, the issue of impact assessment and the adoption of a set of standards for impact assessment measures will be pursued.

In the area of penal reform, an assessment mission to Ethiopia was conducted and project development is ongoing.

Lack of funds have not yet permitted the fielding of needs assessment and project formulation missions. B. Training

7. The initial assessment and the project planning itself will require qualifications in hydrography and geosciences in addition to a full understanding of the relevant provisions of the Convention. The final preparation of a submission to the Commission also requires high level expertise in geosciences and hydrography.

Many aid projects provided expensive technology to developing countries that could not sustain such systems after the initial project was concluded.

On 3 October 2002, an international jury announced an initial project submitted by a group of Mexican architects as the winner.

The five country pilot test in 2004, promoting paid e cards, gave initial positive indication of the viability of this project.

(g) The development of a project on nuclear arms reductions, with the initial focus on tactical and short range nuclear weapons