(b) Achieving significant and measurable results in the field of demand reduction by the year 2008.

And then we apply all these other principles like transparency, professional management, measurable results, scalability, unclear , etc.

Overall, it is clear that more needs to be done to obtain further concrete and measurable results.

Could the results become more operational if the objectives become are more specific, measurable, realistic, and acceptable and time bound?

Indicators are measurable features that will help to determine whether and to what extent the expected results have been achieved.

(b) To facilitate the identification by Member States of effective and less effective programmes, on the basis of measurable results

Where others might look at measurable results, I tend to be interested in more ethereal qualities, like Does it bring joy?

With regard to results based budgeting, some of the performance indicators were not specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time bound (SMART).

35. UNCTAD s trade efficiency strategy should lead to the efficient implementation of its various programmes, producing practical and measurable results in the field and ultimately to the evaluation of such results.

So all the changes and reforms we were able to make have shown up in results that are measurable in the economy.

The Millennium Development Goals have been instrumental in raising public support for development issues and in focusing international efforts on measurable results.

(b) Achieving significant and measurable results in the field of demand reduction, including through prevention and treatment strategies and programmes to reduce drug use

The problem was so complex in Tunisia, however, that despite the measurable results of its efforts, the progression of desertification had not been stemmed.

Within this increasingly complex environment, UNICEF will pursue funding strategies that support common approaches to reducing transaction costs, streamlining operational processes and producing measurable results.

At the twentieth special session, Member States committed themselves to achieving significant and measurable results in the field of demand reduction by the year 2008.

They're photographable. They're measurable.

The results have been immediate and measurable, with an average increase in productivity of the clearance platoons of 37 per cent between August 1997 and August 1998.

But belief is not measurable.

avoided costs plus measurable benefits

Part of the strategy for achieving this is to empower managers, particularly in the Field, to plan and manage resource allocations and to be accountable for measurable results.

(c) Ensuring that impact is measurable

Regarding peacekeeping budgets, those for the financial period 2004 05 featured more measurable indicators of achievement and outputs and improved linkages between the results based budgeting frameworks and resource requirements.

He underlined that a strategic approach to technical assistance could translate into more efficient, better targeted, properly tailored use of resources to meet specific requirements and to produce tangible, measurable results.

Accordingly, WHO has established realistic and measurable targets for each health priority, improved programme evaluation on the basis of agreed targets and results, and further reoriented resources in accordance with priorities.

Innovation must be oriented to achieving measurable progress.

Such changes should be readily measurable using Sancho.

Establishing surveillance systems as measurable indicators for performance.

The commitments had been translated into measurable targets.

(b) Achieving significant and measurable results in the field of demand reduction, including through prevention and treatment strategies and programmes to reduce drug use, with particular focus on children and young people

The Committee trusts that full advantage will be taken of the fact that most activities of the Base are quantifiable and measurable and results achieved can be easily compared against planned outputs.

They also reflected the Secretariat's efforts to enable Member States to make fully informed decisions on peacekeeping missions by providing clearly measurable information on results and on the missions' contribution to them.

If it is not measurable, it does not exist.

that bring about real, measurable and long term environmental

(e) Objectively identifiable and measurable indicators should be included

The system has the basic objective of creating a fair, equitable, transparent and measurable system of performance management in support of a results based culture that recognizes and rewards excellent performance while adequately addressing underperformance.

I'm talking about ground base, nitty gritty, measurable physical differences.

But they influence each other in profound and measurable ways.

In that regard, measurable indicators and targets could be established.

It has an amount of impact on the planet that's measurable.

This will be measurable and comparable at national and international levels.

Measurable efforts to improve the legal system are only just beginning.

By demanding quantifiable results, donors may force program managers to choose easily achieved targets over less measurable actions that accord with sound humanitarian principles. Or reporting about aid programs may be skewed to keep donor funds flowing.

The Government was therefore beginning to train indigenous teachers to teach pupils in their own language, within each ethnic group, and the goal was to achieve parity in 20 years, with measurable initial results in five years.

The Office of Internal Oversight Services noted that results based budgeting is an approach that UNU could achieve only over a period of time as organizational units become more conversant with the approach and identify more measurable outputs.

The remaining sections of the biennial reports questionnaire and the analysis of the answers will provide more information and a better understanding of where countries stand in relation to achieving measurable and significant results in drug demand reduction.