Examples of using Some subprogrammes 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
It also suggested that the contents and titles of some subprogrammes should be amended.
For some subprogrammes, substantive expertise is explicitly stated in the mandate itself.
The view was further expressed that the indicators of achievement for some subprogrammes should be both quantitative and qualitative.
It was observed that some subprogrammes needed improvement to appropriately reflect the role and functions of the Office.
The view was expressed that the narratives ofvarious subprogrammes were not consistent since some subprogrammes described objectives and others listed activities.
Some subprogrammes, however, operate in only 7 of the 17 local municipalities(see para. 402).
It was felt that the level of resources in some subprogrammes did not reflect the importance of the activities to be carried out.
Financial and administrative matters. The redeployment of staff together with a high vacancy ratehas hampered the implementation of planned activities under some subprogrammes.
It was felt that the narrative of some subprogrammes was short and did not indicate how the Commission would carry out its activities.
The view was expressed that the narratives ofvarious subprogrammes were not consistent since some subprogrammes described objectives and others listed activities.
Regarding the focus and suggested renaming of some subprogrammes, the Committee was reminded that the programme of work had been prepared in accordance with the 2012-2013 Strategic Framework and already approved by the member States.
A budget performance report on a full biennium was not yet available,but it was clear that some subprogrammes were not receiving their due, in particular subprogramme 5.
While some subprogrammes have developed useful systems and activities for learning lessons, the lack of coordination and exchange of information precludes others within the same programme or in other programmes from benefiting from these efforts.
While some subprogrammes lead in the implementation of some focus areas, all are expected to contribute to all the focus areas to promote internal cohesion, through the Habitat country programme documents, to which they all provide inputs.
At the same time some delegationswere concerned about the limited resources assigned to some subprogrammes, especially to those related to subprogramme 14, Regional integration and cooperation.
OIOS acknowledges that some subprogrammes have a more limited and defined scope of activity; the regional divisions have the broadest mandate and are the only divisions delivering the core functions related to the prevention, control and resolution of conflict.
In particular, concerns were expressed about the low level of many performance indicators,the excessive number of performance indicators in some subprogrammes and the form of objectives in some instances.
The importance of their inclusion in some subprogrammes, in particular in subprogramme 4, Environment and development, was noted.
The medium-term strategic and institutional plan has to a large extent been integrated into the work programme and budget for the biennium 2010-2011 and will be implemented through the existing organizational structure with some subprogrammes taking the lead role in the implementation of the respective focus areas as follows.
The Advisory Committee further noted that under some subprogrammes, reference was made, as one of the outputs, to the development or upgrading of software and databases.
The inclusion of statements of expected accomplishments, pursuant to the Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation, was a step in the right direction,although the information under some subprogrammes was either missing or too vague.
Department subprogramme mandates range from the relatively specific to the broad. Some subprogrammes, such as decolonization and the question of Palestine, are more focused on specific tasks and outputs; other subprogramme mandates are broad, to give implementing divisions and units the flexibility to adjust to changes in their work environment.
She recalled that, during the consideration of the medium-term plan, the Committee for Programme and Coordination had experienced a great deal of difficulty in correcting some of the excesses of the Secretariat, whose wish to create a synthesis had resulted in some cases in selective treatment of very important mandates, a lack of coherence among objectives, performance indicators and expected accomplishments,and the artificial establishment of indicators in some subprogrammes which did not lend themselves thereto.
The work included in some subprogrammes of the programme of work and budget for the biennium 2014- 2015 builds upon previous and ongoing UNEP efforts(for example, those in the area of disasters and conflict and environmental governance). Nevertheless, those efforts are consistent with the expected accomplishments defined in the medium-term strategy 2014- 2017 and the programme of work and budget for the biennium 2014- 2015, and UNEP contributions to the expected accomplishments can be assessed earlier in the evaluation cycle.
Several delegations expresseddeep concern at the imbalance in the distribution of resources between subprogrammes in some sections.
Accordingly, the responsibility for implementing some of the subprogrammes is spread over more than one division or branch.
Clarification was sought on some indicators of achievement under subprogrammes 1, education, and 2, health.
A few delegations noted that no mention was made of an inspection element in subprogramme 25.3, and one delegation inquired about possible overlap of some contents of subprogrammes 25.1 and 25.3.
Nine programmes did so in some of their subprogrammes whereas nine others did not identify gender-related performance goals.
