(i) Staff appointed to technical cooperation project posts

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Some OIAs, including development finance institutions, provide technical assistance and funding for feasibility studies, project development and project start up.

OHCHR's first technical cooperation project in Somalia was initiated in October 1999.

Finally, technical assistance was provided to the UMA to elaborate a comprehensive technical assistance project jointly with other UNCTAD programmes.

This research also constitutes a PhD project in collaboration with the Technical University of Braunschweig.

As regards the necessary technical support, this issue is currently dealt with under a PHARE project.

The importance the Federal Government gives to this program is manifested in the goal assumed under the PNPM (p.44) to attend, between 2004 and 2007, 350,000 women in the Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Project and the Technical and Sustainable Assistance Project.

This project uses a system of revolving credit accompanied by technical assistance in the form of training.

The secretariat continued to provide technical cooperation through project activities under (a) the Norway funded project on assessment of trade facilitation needs and priorities (Project INT 0T 2CS) (b) the Sweden funded project on the establishment of trade facilitation platforms (Project INT 0T 3BJ) and (c) the Islamic Development Bank funded project on international multimodal transport operations in the ECO region (Project RAS 0T 1BR).

The National Project Director of this project was a woman and was awarded the pride of performance award and the Commonwealth Broadcast Association's award for gender programming and technical excellence.

A global project on Strengthening the Legal Regime against Terrorism provides the framework for delivering technical assistance to countries.

Project to provide technical assistance to least developed countries in the preparation of their national adaptation programmes of action.

Additionally, FAO is the technical executing agency of the project for regional development of the Highlands of Fouta Djallon.

Under the FAO technical cooperation project, a project was initiated in Togo to strengthen the capacity of the Government to develop rural radio systems, programmes and activities to promote food security.

Resources to contribute to activities relating to the project of advisory services and technical cooperation were provided from voluntary contributions.

In keeping with the project milestones identified by contractor representatives and the team of technical experts assisting the Authority with the implementation of this project, a midterm meeting will be convened in 2006 to review the progress of the project and to decide on the specific methods to be employed to complete the project.

(i) Management of extrabudgetary resources, particularly concerning technical cooperation projects, including project documents review, allocations issuance, monitoring of expenditure implementation and financial reporting.

A global project on strengthening the legal regime against terrorism, begun in January 2003, provided the overall framework for the delivery of technical assistance.

Between 2001 and 2004, 78 projects were developed and implemented and the NGO was responsible for the project review in addition to providing technical support.

The Electoral Assistance Division with UNDP and the Secretariado developed a technical assistance project to assist in the holding of local elections in the country.

(d) Planning the technical cooperation programmes of ESCAP, including support to substantive divisions in project development and implementation managing technical cooperation trust funds and overseeing relations with donor Governments and agencies by serving as focal point for resource mobilization

(ii) Technical material development of a database for the management of geographic information and a database on management of the project cycle in the OHCHR Intranet maintenance of the field activities and technical cooperation menus of the OHCHR website

Also in preparation is the establishment of a network of automatic speed cameras, a longer term project that requires both technical preparation and possibly new legislation.

OHCHR, together with UNAMA and UNDP, have continued to support AIHRC through a joint technical cooperation project that has been extended to the end of 2005.

Another policy option would be to mobilize donor financial support for national or regional project development facilities that would provide seed capital, training and technical assistance to national and local authorities and community based organizations in developing bankable project and programme proposals.

UNDP is currently utilizing the quarterly review report in Atlas to enable country offices to correlate both financial and project progress information and will explore the possibility of using a weighted aggregate technical implementation rate for monitoring project expenditure and implementation status.

As part of a project funded by the Inter American Development Bank, ECLAC provided technical support to countries to promote access to and use of census databases.

A project, initiated through the FAO Technical Cooperation Programme, on institutional capacity building focused on integrating gender concerns in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries programmes.

It was noted that future work with transit countries was envisaged regarding technical assistance on the implementation of transit arrangements and regarding a project on transit corridors.

The visit took place in the context of approval by IAEA of a cooperation project that will provide Uruguay with technical support and high technology detecting equipment.

Some participants said that the Technical Cooperation Project approach, developed by FAO, is the best tool to help countries implement sustainable forest management and other IPF IFF objectives.

The kit was the outcome of a FAO technical cooperation project that focused on capacity building for the promotion of cooperatives for small farmers and women group activities.

Work continued on the implementation of the coordinated research project entitled Improvement of technical measures to detect and respond to illicit trafficking of nuclear and other radioactive materials .

The unique nature of its activities calls for a special working relationship between Procurement Services and the substantive branches of the Programme Development and Technical Cooperation Division in view of the technical, complex and project specific nature of the requirements for goods and services.

Finally, the Secretary General invites the Government to continue its cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in finalizing and implementing the technical cooperation project.

Although the technical preparations and the swing space are equally important in the implementation of the plan, the capital master plan project will not materialize without the necessary funds.

At the request of the PA, UNDP called upon UNCTAD to participate in the design and implementation of a technical assistance project to support Palestinian capacity to address the

(Project Pacific Southeast Asia, Project Kalkan Central Asia, Project Amazon South America, Project Baobab Africa)

The United Nations Development Group (UNDG) inter agency audit task group, of which UNFPA is a member, finalized a technical note on the appointment of project auditors in September 2005.

Noting with satisfaction that the Islamic Development Bank continues to expand its field of operation and activity concerning project financing, import and export trade financing, technical assistance, technical cooperation, special assistance, scholarship programme and other fields of cooperation in the Member States and the Muslim communities

Activities could include cooperating on authoring technical papers on adaptation technologies and participating in the preparation of a handbook or manual for the assessment and development of project proposals for funding.

A technical note on the appointment of project auditors is being finalized by the inter agency audit task group of the United Nations Development Group, of which UNFPA is a member.

In 2001, MAB launched the UNESCO MAB UNEP GEF regional project Building Scientific and Technical Capacity for Effective Management and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Dryland Biosphere Reserves in West Africa .

He called upon other Member States to contribute to the project, which would give developing countries a clean and renewable source of energy and increase the visibility and technical capacity of UNIDO.