Are the results quantifiable?

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Whenever feasible, OIOS identifies quantifiable savings and recoveries.

Finally, the representative emphasized the need for clear quantifiable results.

We must transform discourse into clear and quantifiable commitments and dates.

34. Where appropriate, UNFPA should use baseline studies to identify the need and the potential recipients of the project, and, where possible, it should set out a project s objectives in clearly quantifiable and qualitative terms.

It was essential that the process of refinement be both specific and quantifiable.

Quantifiable, targeted commitments have been undertaken with a specific timetable for those countries.

The Committee recommends that quantifiable performance measures be included in the next programme budget.

The Brussels Programme of Action contains 18 quantifiable goals and targets in these areas.

The wider consequences of small arms proliferation were less quantifiable, but no less palpable.

The bulk of the Department s resources were devoted to the production of quantifiable outputs.

This initiative attempts to establish quantifiable indicators aimed at tracing political will and equity.

Within the RBM framework, Impact Analysis using established quantifiable indicators, needs to be undertaken regularly.

Cannabis production and trafficking are less readily quantifiable than heroin and cocaine manufacture and trafficking.

It was thus decided to include only those baselines and quantifiable indicators that were fully reliable.

The eight quantifiable Millennium Development Goals, derived from the Millennium Declaration, are to be achieved by 2015.

The only way to achieve that result was to set goals with quantifiable results and specific timetables.

Despite the above problems, UNCTAD recorded an overall implementation rate for quantifiable activities of 84 per cent.

And scientific theory means quantifiable relying on underlying generic principles that can be made into a predictive framework.

(ii) Make recommendations on pertinent, quantifiable and verifiable indicators which might be used in connection with action programmes.

(ii) Make recommendations on pertinent, quantifiable and verifiable indicators which might be used in connection with action programmes.

They must take immediate action, even in the absence of quantifiable commitments on the part of some developing countries.

Some investments, however, are made for the improvement of infrastructure in these cases, a quantifiable return is difficult to estimate the investment could be required to meet contractual obligations or to support effective and efficient business operations and, as such, would generally not generate a quantifiable return.

The main quantifiable information relating to the illicit drug traffic consists of data related to drug production, seizures and consumption.

Certain delegations cautioned that the requirement that criteria be capable of quantification meant that they should be readily and objectively quantifiable.

Although the objectives of the Management Systems Renewal Project were established early on, the related quantifiable goals were not fully developed.

The end result of this phase would be a quantifiable traders perception of the six sectors with regard to trade efficiency.

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

The Millennium Development Goals embody a quantifiable vision of human dignity and solidarity, as well as of important economic and social rights.

The absence of clearly defined objectives, benchmarks and quantifiable outputs makes it difficult to determine whether UNODC operations are efficient, effective and economical.

Also, they should build in clear goals and quantifiable targets as well as performance indicators to enable effective follow up, monitoring and evaluation.

They also demand a willingness to question previously held assumptions, all with the goal of producing quantifiable results in the best interests of children.

UNFPA acknowledges the necessity of including qualitative and quantifiable criteria to assess the quality and cost effectiveness of support provided under common service agreements.

On the other hand, those aspects of the tender which imply an appreciation of non quantifiable elements should not be the object of electronic auctions.

Many organizations would need to justify such expenses to their governing bodies and would need to demonstrate quantifiable and concrete benefits for such drastic changes.

The questionnaire invited remarks in relation to each specific criterion, an assessment according to the various activities7 of the international arrangement8 and suggestions for quantifiable benchmarks.

As in Austria, the values of only those features that are quantifiable and can be expressed in figures or percentages can be the subject of ERAs.

I'm in awe of their power in terms of imagination, in terms of technology, in terms of concept.

History has seen more rhetoric, and we must be able to transform this into genuine political will so as to trigger quantifiable action that produces tangible results.

Complying with bureaucratically established and quantifiable goals has in most cases led to a shift from active participation to participation of a passive or merely consultative nature.

The Advisory Committee is of the opinion that indicators of achievement and performance measures need to be presented in a quantifiable and more transparent and consistent manner.

It moves the organization from transaction processing to offering a set of high calibre skills in focused product lines, to achieve quantifiable results within a short time frame.

The estimate of 70 million for consumables was arrived at using all available information at the time, which included 24 completed in surveys with documented and quantifiable consumables.

9.3 During the biennium, the average vacancy rate for regular budget Professional posts was 8 per cent, whereas the implementation rate of quantifiable activities was 88 per cent.