This idea of capacity as a platform for performance is central to the rationale for capacity assessment (although the term used here is capacity for performance, the criteria based approach can be applied to other dimensions of performance, such as quality, as well).

Monitoring, evaluation and the systematic assessment of performance

Programme performance reporting for 2004 2005 Advisory Note No. 3 Preliminary programme performance assessment, 25 August 2004.

Lessons from criteria based assessment activity

Table 5 provides a cumulative performance assessment under Sub Goal 2.

Criteria based assessment in other national settings

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.

OIOS developed an approach to self assessment, based on the concepts of results based budgeting.

Let our future commitment be result based and performance oriented.

The Working Group concluded that while the Secretariat has made significant efforts to introduce results based management principles and related systems, the change towards results oriented planning, budgeting and performance assessment is not yet complete.

The report should be based on submissions received, the Third Overall Performance Study of the GEF and other GEF documents, including GEF Council documents relevant to the assessment of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism.

(b) The Assessment of Assessments should be essentially science based.

As part of the Secretariat's effort to move towards performance based contracts, quantifiable performance criteria are being included in new service contracts.

UNICEF has completed an assessment of the reliability and accuracy of the Supply Division key performance indicators.

The replenishment process is a complex mechanism, which includes a full review of the policies pursued by the Fund, including the performance based allocation system for its resources and an assessment of the results and impact of field operations.

Scholarships are based on academic performance purely on the basis of open merit.

In order to update the practice of self evaluation within the context of results based management, a distinction was highlighted between (a) mandatory self assessment, which covers self evaluation in the context of the programme performance report, and (b) discretionary self evaluation, which allows programme managers to choose topics for internal assessment which will meet their internal evaluation needs.

Programmatic aspects of the budget have been integrated with the resource narrative by employing a consistent results based management approach linking clearly defined programme activities to programme objectives and expected accomplishments, with assessment of the latter provided for by key performance indicators.

Criteria based assessment in organizations as shown in the case study of the Government Performance Project offers one example of discussion and debate about various bottom up approaches and methodologies with respect to developing foundations and principles of public administration and governance.

Therefore, criteria based assessment shows potential as one alternative, as long as the views of citizens and community groups are incorporated throughout the assessment process, including during the determination of the assessment criteria.

Security and regional cooperation are paramount components of any assessment we may be making of United Nations performance and achievement.

Strategic choices should be based on a sound assessment of the conditions, problems and opportunities.

The assessment is founded on a framework for conducting integrated agricultural assessments at local, national, regional and global scales, based on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment framework.

A reliability centered maintenance program continually adjusted procedures based on actual performance data and operational experience.

A performance appraisal system should also be integrated into results based budgeting to improve its implementation.

Regional offices provide support and oversight in the application of results based and performance management methods.

The results based management and performance management systems will reflect the priority accorded to these issues.

Performance evaluation and reporting for UNICEF representatives includes an assessment of the level of participation with the United Nations country team.

Performance evaluation and reporting for UNICEF representatives includes an assessment of the level of participation with the United Nations country team.

At each level in the hierarchy, it is essential that there be clearly defined responsibilities and performance expectations and that there be mechanisms in place that enable both routine and formal assessment of performance.

There are several distinct steps in the criteria based assessment process, although some can occur concurrently.

We will continue to support a performance review of regional fisheries management organizations based on objective criteria.

The reporting and incident classification will be web based, standardized and streamlined, thereby supporting faster threat assessment.

The present report assesses actual performance against planned results based frameworks set out in the 2004 05 budget.

All missions are now required to complete quarterly Intranet based evaluations on vendor performance levels for Headquarters contracts.

Criteria based assessments, in contrast, describe conditions or parameters against which potential performance and capacity can be gauged.

Such constraints are frequently referred to in the reports and appear to explain the poor performance of monitoring and assessment systems currently operating.

The main reason is that the assessment of the humanitarian risk cannot only be based on objective criteria.

In some cases, Claimants proposed amendments which were not based on information obtained from monitoring and assessment activities.

This six year effort offers a criteria based approach to organizational assessment designed specifically for the public sector.

The present report assesses actual performance against the planned results based frameworks set out in the 2004 05 budget.

The present report assesses actual performance against the planned results based frameworks set out in the 2004 05 budget.

The present report assesses actual performance against the planned results based frameworks set out in the 2004 05 budget.

The present report assesses actual performance against the planned results based frameworks set out in the 2004 05 budget.

It should also be noted that criteria based systems such as the Government Performance Project do not assume that spending more money on systems necessarily improves their content and capacity building performance.