Setting goals and targets

(iv) Presentation of the desired targets, goals and means to achieve those goals and targets

Recommendations regarding achievable goals and targets

Ensuring that policies have clear goals, targets and objectives and an implementation schedule

The MDGs are emphatically not unattainable goals with unrealistic targets.

The Marshall Islands remains committed to reaching the Millennium Development Goals and targets.

Spotlight Supply operations in support of the MTSP targets and the Millennium Development Goals

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

What approaches can be suggested successfully to meet the Millennium Development Goals and their targets?

14.2 Time bound targets or goals to increase the number of female students.

Most offices include the setting of goals or targets in their project management.

Gender equality targets set by Beijing and the Millennium Development Goals were indelibly linked and mutually reinforcing.

Cities need to establish clear goals and targets, as well as good monitoring systems to help them assess whether they are meeting their goals.

(a) Ensure that actions plans on gender mainstreaming include concrete goals, targets and indicators and clearly allocated responsibilities

At the Millennium Summit, we were confident that the goals and the targets we set were achievable.

Some participants said that the overarching objectives, functions and targets of the future IAF could be derived from the Rio Declaration, Forest Principles and Agenda 21 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) WSSD Plan of Implementation Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and other internationally agreed goals and targets.

In middle income countries and others where the goals are already within reach, Governments should adopt a Millennium Development Goals plus strategy, with more ambitious targets.

In middle income countries and others where the Goals are already within reach, Governments should adopt a Millennium Development Goals plus strategy, with more ambitious targets.

We have adopted the goals, targets and indicators as a reference framework for drawing up our public policies.

The Millennium Development Goals must no longer be floating targets, referred to now and then to measure progress.

For each of the goals there are a number of specific targets, 18 in total.

And it has helped countries to set meaningful targets in terms of measurable goals achieved by the world's leaders.

The Council could use the various goals and targets as its organizing principle for monitoring progress in conference implementation.

There is now a need to express these goals in a new global and comprehensive agenda for children, with updated goals, quantifiable targets and appropriate strategies to guide national action.

They advocated a review of the conditionality for debt finance and the establishment of a technically sound financial arrangement to bridge the gap between macroeconomic policy targets and millennium development goals targets and commitments.

Development goals and targets cannot be met within the time frames without a massive addition of resources, both financial and technical.

Governments are responsible for achieving, or enabling the achievement of, the goals and targets that have been set for education.

Three of the eight Development Goals, 8 of the 18 targets and 18 of the 48 indicators are health related.

283. The Committee recommends that the Government consider introducing a broad range of measures, including targets and flexible numerical goals.

The UNCTAD Least Developed Countries Report of 2002 had provided a preliminary analysis of the goals and targets of the Programme of Action and their relationship with the Millennium Development Goals.

In 2002, the World Summit on Sustainable Development, local governments reaffirmed their commitment to the goals and targets of Agenda 21, the Habitat Agenda and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

The United Nations Millennium Development Goals set ambitious targets for lowering poverty, improving health and nutrition, expanding education, increasing gender equality, and ensuring environmental sustainability. Those targets have served as a useful rallying call.

Strengthen political will and commitment to implementing the Cairo financial targets so as to achieve the Conference goals as an integral part of the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.

In support of that overall objective, a set of priority goals and targets, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), emerged, which we all pledged would be met by the year 2015.

Because of commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), business as usual was not an option and there was no choice other than stepping up initiatives to reach agreed goals and targets.

The MDGs encompass eight goals, 21 targets, and 60 indicators. Much criticism has focused on the use of these numerical targets and indicators, which, skeptics argue, are misspecified, mismeasured, and divert attention from equally important areas.

There were eight goals and 18 targets quite modest ones, actually that were to be achieved in most cases by 2015.

The capacity to innovate can be developed to contribute to the poverty reduction and sustainability targets of the Millennium Development Goals.

Statistical indicators have been developed for the monitoring of the implementation of goals and targets set out in the Millennium Declaration.

Action plans, in some instances including time bound goals and targets, are also in place in an increasing number of countries.

Reaffirming the commitment to implement Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, including the time bound goals and targets, and the other internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,

Reaffirming the commitment to implement Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, including the time bound goals and targets, and the other internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,

Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and other targets for children will be impossible without a commitment to accountability and adequate monitoring mechanisms.

The availability and reliability of data to compile these indicators are essential to monitor progress towards the achievement of those goals and targets.

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