Programme F.3 Regional Policy

Regional ICT Policy and Regulation

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The process of deeper regional integration requires the development of a regional pool of policy analysts.

(a) Policy alignment at the country, regional and global levels.

(a) Serve as a forum for regional security policy development

(f) Promoting regional cooperation in strengthening health and development policy and programme capability to address regional health challenges

Regional infrastructure and policy cooperation are essential for supporting economic development.

(e) Implementation of a more balanced and harmonious regional development policy.

14.54 In the biennium 2006 2007, capacities of regional offices will be strengthened to support regional environmental policy dialogue and coordinated policy implementation, and the delivery of UNEP technology transfer and capacity building activities at the regional, subregional and national levels.

The critical need to strengthen the Regional Office's capacity in the areas of social policy and emergency planning and preparedness has been addressed through the establishment of the posts of Regional Advisor for Social Policy and Economic Analysis and Regional Emergency Advisor.

Nigeria has elaborated strategies for implementation under the national housing policy, national urban development policy and the National and Regional Planning Decree.

In small economies, for example, costs could sometimes be lowered by relying on regional competition policy rather than on separate national policy.

The Southern Regional Seminar on the National Policy for the Empowerment of Women (NPEW).

These programmes reflect the health policy goals of WHO Regional Strategy Health for All.

The second is to generate policy options for improved regional compliance with environmental accords.

According to the Estonian regional development strategy, the aim of the regional policy is to achieve the balance of regional development to the extent that in all the counties

The team consists of policy specialists, supported by the global programme, who will work alongside regional programme staff, supported by the regional bureaux.

They also discussed difficulties encountered in meeting the commitments and policy objectives of the regional strategy, and suggested policy measures to address these difficulties.

8 national consultations 12 sub regional or regional workshops development and enhancement of field projects in more than 120 landscapes production of analytical papers and information materials and presentations in key policy fora promoting supportive policy reforms.

(a) Convening of regional forums or conferences that promote policy dialogues and facilitate a networking approach to regional development of the transport and tourism sectors

Activities entail the implementation of an initial feasibility study of new national and regional approaches to science policy development based on existing policy frameworks and current policy planning in the Pacific member states.

Recognizing the need to strengthen the regional approach to establish linkages between the global high level policy forum and implementation at regional, subregional and national levels,

The UNEP regional offices promote intergovernmental policy dialogue and regional cooperation, increase national capacity for environmental management and response to emergencies, raise awareness and enhance information exchange, and translate global policies into regional action.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has continued to pursue its policy of good neighbourly relations and active regional cooperation.

(d) Provides a forum for articulating common positions on regional and international economic and social policy issues

At the same time, all regional policy documents on ageing differ in terms of priorities for action.

Specifically, economic policy should centre on regional cooperation, investment facilitation and job creation social policy should focus on citizens' needs and aspirations and sustainable development policy should seek ways to offset the cost of environmental degradation.

The programme is preparing a generic policy paper on practical approaches to participatory governance at municipal and city levels, which will synthesize regional experiences and give policy options.

The participation of regional directors in these meetings would facilitate decisions on policy and programme issues (see sect.

It needed to diversify its exports, retain policy space and strengthen regional cooperation to tackle its economic problems.

At the same time, commitments under bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade negotiations on services limit certain policy options.

Organise a sub regional meeting of senior government officials and policy makers for crisis countries in West Africa

The disability programme held a regional workshop for all specialized staff to review the UNRWA policy on disability.

RBEC policy guidelines will be communicated through regional programmes synergy meetings held every three months in New York.

To promote the transfer of environmentally sound technologies, initiatives were undertaken to establish a regional cooperative policy mechanism.

Similarly, cooperation with other existing regional and subregional policy forums, such as NEPAD, ASEAN, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and the European Union will be strengthened.

The Indicators Programme is collaborating with national scientific and policy research institutions to create regional networks for the collection of indicators and for their interpretation as inputs to urban policy.

(c) Strengthen the vertical linkages between forest policy development and dialogue at the global, regional, national and local levels.

The Millennium Project Task Force 8 benefited from the global and regional estimations, in order to formulate policy suggestions.

For policymakers, it provides regional based policy training courses on the use of biotechnology in addressing socio economic needs.

Several specialized agencies still require that policy and financial questions be referred to their regional global headquarters for decision.

A book entitled Technology Policy and Regional Integration is being prepared for publication and should be available in 1998.

The evaluation therefore addressed itself to the range of UNDP work, including corporate and institutional policy its contribution to shaping national and international development policy and its regional and country programmes.