HLCM proposal on Business Practices
Up one levelThe proposed plan has recently received the formal endorsement of the Chief Executive Board and is framed within the context of the current review of the role and functioning of CEB and took into consideration the management coherence requirements arising from the launching of the “Delivering as One” Pilots.
The package of proposals included in the Plan is built on the strong belief that improved business practices play an essential role in delivering better “programmatic” results and are, therefore, an important part of UN reform.
The proposals developed by HLCM address a number of key areas, covering all the major management functions of UN system organizations: Human Resources, ICT, Finance and Budget. Initiatives for common action on Procurement and Legal matters are also expected to be added to the plan. The goal is to have some of the proposals completed in as short a period as eight months, with the most complex ones taking two to three years to be finalized.
Taken together, the proposed activities represented a new level of commitment by the organizations of the UN system for a realignment and harmonization of business practices to respond to the new political demand for a coherent and effective UN system.
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Conclusions of the Fourteenth Session of the High-Level Committee on Management
- Observations from the conclusion of the Fourteenth Session of the High-Level Committee on Management regarding the harmonization of the business practise
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Summary of the informal consultations of the General Assembly on United Nations System-wide Coherence (Business Practices), 28 June 2007
- Mr. Jayantilal Karia, Director of the Accounts Division in the United Nations Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts, briefed on the efforts under way to harmonize business practices across the Unite Nations system.
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Summary of the General Assembly debate on the Secretary-General’s report, 16-17 April 2007
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Summary of the informal consultations and briefings of the General Assembly on United Nations System-wide Coherence, 6 and 20-22 June 2007
- This document provides a briefing about four topics: (i) Delivering as one at the country level; (ii) Humanitarian issues and recovery; (iii) Governance and institutional reform; and (vi) Gender.
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Delivering as One
- Report of the High-level Panel on United Nations System-wide Coherence in the areas of development, humanitarian assistance and the environment