(a) Conducting advisory services missions on needs assessment and capacity building, including training

The assessment includes two one week training workshops in each city per year.

The training needs assessment also helped to identify the strategic training needs of the various ministries and universities with a view to providing them with training activities and eventually technical assistance.

In July, the CBTF held a Training Workshop on Integrated Assessment for African Countries in Nairobi, Kenya, for selected African research and training institutions and economic and trade bodies.

A working paper on land degradation (Guidelines for Field Assessment) was made available at the UNU website for training purposes.

UNITAR should continue to develop innovative training methodologies, such as e learning and web based interactive platforms, knowledge management and self needs assessment, as well as new approaches in public and private partnerships for training.

In paragraph 62, UNRWA agreed with the Board's recommendation that it (a) develop a comprehensive training plan based on a formalized needs assessment and (b) allocate an appropriate budget allotment based on identified training needs.

Training is generally seen as an important means of strengthening the capacities of African countries in the area of desertification monitoring and assessment.

In addition, technical assistance and training activities will be carried out on the formulation, management and assessment of social policies, programmes and projects.

For that purpose, a training needs assessment mission was conducted by UNITAR in Dushanbe during June 2005, identifying the short term training needs of the ministries and the civil society with a view to implementing five training workshops from September 2005 to September 2006 in the capital.

These included activities to improve home based group care and the training of teachers, social workers and parents in the assessment of disabled children.

The increase in systematic assessment is also a direct result of the Department's efforts to ensure extensive training in audience research and evaluation techniques.

In particular, assistance will be required for the training of the special units, especially the Border Police Unit, as shown by a recent internal assessment.

A new training manual on integrated environmental assessment and reporting is nearing completion and will form the basis for much of the future national level capacity building.

Additionally, it had put in place five nuclear, biological and chemical defence initiatives that included risk assessment, analysis and training elements as well as a disease surveillance system.

The unspent balance of 68,300 relates to lower actual costs of training resulting from the use of online courses, the customization of the course for change management and to the cancellation of planned impact assessment training owing to staff being engaged in other projects.

Those experts that opt not to participate in the training have to undergo a similar assessment successfully in order to enable them to qualify for participation in expert review teams.

A further three thematic evaluations (on computer based training, the Global Assessment Programme on Drug Abuse and the impact of support services on programme delivery) are being undertaken in 2005.

Continued United Nations support will also be required in the area of human rights training and monitoring, as indicated by an internal assessment of professional ethics status within the national police.

To date, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has provided technical assistance under the Global Assessment Programme to over 50 countries in the form of training, situation analysis and network establishment.

Meanwhile, the European Union, in cooperation with MONUC and FARDC, is working on an administrative reform plan for FARDC, including a salary structure and an assessment of training necessary for the various ranks.

(a) Assessment of the needs of the 10 selected universities and identification of four specific international economic and development issues within the broad areas on which the generic training modules will be developed

Following the strategy of United Nations human resources departments, United Nations libraries can help address these issues through leading knowledge management initiatives, coaching and training programmes, running workshops, interviewing, and applying knowledge assessment techniques.

In paragraph 200 of its report, the Board recommended that UNRWA (a) compile, on a periodic basis, a report containing details of all expenses incurred for training purposes as well as an assessment of whether the training objectives and needs have been met and (b) investigate the use of distance learning techniques.

Moreover, it is evident that enhanced risk assessment skills, ongoing security training and improved adherence to the minimum operating security standards have instilled greater confidence and capacity to operate safely in areas of higher risk.

Overall assessment

Threat assessment

Assessment mission

Assessment and

Staff assessment

Staff assessment

To enhance national input to AEO 2, training in integrated environmental assessment and reporting methodologies was carried out for all 53 countries in Africa, through the AEO collaborating centres, during the course of drafting the report.

181 In paragraph 106 of its report, the Board recommended that UNU finalize and implement a staff training policy in line with its needs assessment and resources and consistent with the United Nations professional development policy.

In addition, the UNEP Division of Early Warning and Assessment is involved in other global environmental assessment activities, such as the Global International Waters Assessment and the Global Marine Assessment, for which UNEP provides leadership and coordination, and the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, in which UNEP is a key partner.

While a number of countries may complain of assessment fatigue , both in general and in relation to specific technical assistance and training, others are still calling for such assessments to assist in defining and refining their needs.

The provision is also made for travel in connection with pre deployment assessment of contingent owned equipment and reconnaissance visits by military staff of troop contributors ( 964,600), the pre deployment training for military personnel ( 1,315,400) and the training of UNMIS personnel in areas such as communications and information technology, aviation safety, engineering, transport, personnel administration, finance and budget ( 982,600).

Monitoring and assessment

Assessment of risk

Assessment Infrastructure 58

Conformity Assessment Infrastructure

Impact Assessment Group

Paragraph 13 assessment

Sources for assessment

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Continuing assessment processes