Examples of using Functional clusters in English and their translations into Arabic
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Colloquial
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Political
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Ecclesiastic
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Ecclesiastic
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Computer
All other functional clusters are agency specific.
This section describes UNOPS managements results and budget framework, through the lens of the seven harmonized functional clusters.
Harmonized functional clusters and UNOPS corporate functions and core activities.
The proposal to locate new conventions in functional clusters deserves our attention.
The functional clusters in the development effectiveness category are UNFPA-specific.
The budget initiatives contained under the individual functional clusters of this output are elaborated in paragraphs 59 to 62.
The functional clusters in the management cost category are harmonized with those of UNDP and UNICEF.
The budget initiatives contained under the individual functional clusters of this output are elaborated in paragraphs 90 and 91.
Functional clusters of activities, organized largely by organizational unit, are assigned to each strategic institutional result.
The right side of the table links the development effectiveness andmanagement resources to the strategic plan outputs, through the functional clusters.
The budget initiatives classified as management and contained under the individual functional clusters of this output are elaborated in paragraphs 69 to 78.
The functional clusters for the seven recurring management results are harmonized between UNDP, UNFPA and UNICEF, allowing for reasonable comparability.
UNFPA identified variable costs for each organizational unit,enabling the allocation of cost recovery across functional clusters in the results and resources framework.
The functional clusters included under this output are: staff and premises security(Office of the Security Coordinator) and corporate human resources management(Division for Human Resources).
For each cost classification category, linkages are made between organizational outputs,performance indicators and targets, functional clusters and proposed resource requirements.
The costing of organizational effectiveness and efficiency is done through functional clusters, which are groupings of organizational units that carry out activities in order to deliver intended outputs.
For each of the cost classification categories, linkages are made between organizational outputs,performance indicators and targets, functional clusters and proposed resource requirements.
The functional clusters included under this output are: leadership and corporate direction(Office of the Executive Director and the Ethics Office) and corporate external relations and partnerships, communications and resource mobilization(Information and External Relations Division).
Table 1 of the budget estimates containsinformation with respect to the allocation of resources for 2012-2013 by the seven functional clusters, with performance indicators, a baseline and targets.
The three organizational effectiveness and efficiency outputs are linked to resources for seven management functional clusters(harmonized with UNDP, UNICEF and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, UN-Women)and three development effectiveness functional clusters(which are UNFPA-specific).
The Advisory Committee notes, from the results and resources framework, that accountability for the achievement of outputs is not tied to a single organizational unit butis shared across organizational units or functional clusters.
Table 1 of the budget estimatescontains a summary of the resources allocated for 2014-2015 by the seven functional clusters of UNOPS, along with the performance indicators and associated baselines and targets.
Agencies further noted that an inter-agency project was under development to open vacancies for General Service positions in the field to other United Nations common system organizations on a voluntaryand reciprocal basis, focussing on functional clusters.
The functional clusters included under this output are: corporate oversight and assurance(Division for Oversight Services), corporate financial, information and communication technology and administrative management(Division for Management Services, Management Information Services, corporate information technology, administrative and financial resources) and field office oversight, management and operations support(regional directors and representatives and direct support, and operations managers and direct support).
While the full cost of each functional cluster is tied to just one management output, the accountability for achieving theoutputs is shared across organizational units or functional clusters, as outputs reflect corporate priorities to which multiple units must contribute.
The functional clusters included in the output are: technical expertise for an effective response to development challenges(Technical Division) and programme planning, policy and management support(Programme Division, National Execution Unit, regional programme staff, deputy representatives, assistant representatives and deputy regional directors). They exclude the costs of the functional cluster, procurement and quality-assured supply base for reproductive health commodities, which is also classified as development effectiveness, for reasons outlined in paragraphs 66 to 67.
For example, for organizational effectiveness and efficiency outputs, while the full cost of each functional cluster is tied to one output, the accountability for achieving theoutputs is shared across organizational units or functional clusters, as outputs reflect corporate priorities to which multiple units must contribute.
Resources for management results by functional cluster Harmonized functional cluster.
Targets and resources for management results, by functional cluster Harmonized functional cluster.
Table 1 provides a summary of performance indicators, with associated baselines and targets,as well as resources per functional cluster.