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The assessed budgets of the Specialized Agencies should be reviewed to ensure they have sufficient core resources to deliver against strategic mandates.
The assessed budgets of the Specialized Agencies should be reviewed to ensure they have sufficient core resources to deliver against strategic mandates.
Performance, funding and accountability of UN organizations are integrally linked.
Performance, funding and accountability of UN organizations are integrally linked.
Funding must follow performance and reward results both for the One Country Programmes and for Headquarters funding.
Funding must follow performance and reward results both for the One Country Programmes and for Headquarters funding.
The purpose of linking funding to performance is to improve outcomes not to reduce funding.
The purpose of linking funding to performance is to improve outcomes not to reduce funding.
In fact, a more effective UN could be an important partner in effectively using additional ODA.
In fact, a more effective UN could be an important partner in effectively using additional ODA.
The price of poor performance should not be paid by reduced UN funding into countries but by the management and institutions.
The price of poor performance should not be paid by reduced UN funding into countries but by the management and institutions.
A reformed UN system demonstrating improved outcomes would be better placed to capture increased aid.
A reformed UN system demonstrating improved outcomes would be better placed to capture increased aid.
The Board, assisted by a special Development Finance and Performance Unit in its secretariat, should publish internal evaluations of UN system spending and performance, as well as evaluations of individual Funds, Programmes and Agencies’ plans to which the Board would have access.
The Board, assisted by a special Development Finance and Performance Unit in its secretariat, should publish internal evaluations of UN system spending and performance, as well as evaluations of individual Funds, Programmes and Agencies’ plans to which the Board would have access.
Performance of UN organizations should be measured against internationally agreed development goals.
Performance of UN organizations should be measured against internationally agreed development goals.
These assessments would inform funding decisions both by donors making direct contributions as well as through the discretionary MDG Funding Mechanism, available to the Board as discussed above.
These assessments would inform funding decisions both by donors making direct contributions as well as through the discretionary MDG Funding Mechanism, available to the Board as discussed above.
Modernization and reform of business practices, to be led by the Secretary-General, should be implemented urgently.
Modernization and reform of business practices, to be led by the Secretary-General, should be implemented urgently.
Processes for resource planning, human resources, common services and evaluation must achieve full compatibility as major drivers of coherence in the UN system.
Processes for resource planning, human resources, common services and evaluation must achieve full compatibility as major drivers of coherence in the UN system.
There should be greater opportunities for staff mobility and a system-wide agreement on results-based management as well as an independent UN system-wide evaluation and common evaluation methodologies and benchmarking.
There should be greater opportunities for staff mobility and a system-wide agreement on results-based management as well as an independent UN system-wide evaluation and common evaluation methodologies and benchmarking.
The UN must systematically grasp opportunities for expanding joint services.
The UN must systematically grasp opportunities for expanding joint services.
Programme countries and donors should be able to see and compare the true overhead costs of delivery through the introduction and publication of consistent administration and back office costs.
Programme countries and donors should be able to see and compare the true overhead costs of delivery through the introduction and publication of consistent administration and back office costs.
To promote transparency and accountability, We recommend that a UN common evaluation system be established by 2008, based on a common evaluation methodology.
To promote transparency and accountability, We recommend that a UN common evaluation system be established by 2008, based on a common evaluation methodology.
Humanitarian Assistance
Humanitarian Assistance
The UN has a unique and leading role to play in humanitarian disasters and emergencies.
The UN has a unique and leading role to play in humanitarian disasters and emergencies.
We recommend this role be further enhanced by:
We recommend this role be further enhanced by:
Stronger coordination between the UN, national governments and NGOs, including the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement, through a “cluster” approach to establish lead roles to deliver specific needs such as shelter, water, food, etc.
Stronger coordination between the UN, national governments and NGOs, including the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement, through a “cluster” approach to establish lead roles to deliver specific needs such as shelter, water, food, etc.
Fully funding the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to facilitate quicker, more effective flows of funds in response to disasters.
Fully funding the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to facilitate quicker, more effective flows of funds in response to disasters.
Clarifying UN mandates with regard to responsibility for internally displaced persons.
Clarifying UN mandates with regard to responsibility for internally displaced persons.
More investment in risk reduction, early-warning and innovative disaster assistance strategies and mechanisms.
More investment in risk reduction, early-warning and innovative disaster assistance strategies and mechanisms.
Stronger leadership, quicker funding and better cooperation in post conflict and post-disaster transition, with a clear lead role for UNDP once humanitarian coordination winds down.
Stronger leadership, quicker funding and better cooperation in post conflict and post-disaster transition, with a clear lead role for UNDP once humanitarian coordination winds down.
Periodic assessment and review of the performance of UN Agencies and NGOs involved in humanitarian assistance.
Periodic assessment and review of the performance of UN Agencies and NGOs involved in humanitarian assistance.
There is an increasingly compelling case for urgent action on the environment.
There is an increasingly compelling case for urgent action on the environment.
Environmental priorities have too often been compartmentalized away from economic development priorities.
Environmental priorities have too often been compartmentalized away from economic development priorities.
However, global environmental degradation - including climate change - will have far-reaching economic and social implications that affect the world's ability to meet the MDGs.
However, global environmental degradation - including climate change - will have far-reaching economic and social implications that affect the world's ability to meet the MDGs.
Because the impacts are global and felt disproportionately by the poor, coordinated multilateral action to promote environmental sustainability is urgently required.
Because the impacts are global and felt disproportionately by the poor, coordinated multilateral action to promote environmental sustainability is urgently required.
We recommend that international environmental governance should be strengthened and made more coherent in order to improve effectiveness and targeted action of environmental activities in the UN system.
We recommend that international environmental governance should be strengthened and made more coherent in order to improve effectiveness and targeted action of environmental activities in the UN system.
We recommend that as a basis for reforms toward improving system-wide coherence, an independent assessment of international environmental governance within the UN system and related reform, should be commissioned by the Secretary-General.
We recommend that as a basis for reforms toward improving system-wide coherence, an independent assessment of international environmental governance within the UN system and related reform, should be commissioned by the Secretary-General.
We recommend that UNEP should be upgraded and have real authority as the environmental policy pillar of the UN system.
We recommend that UNEP should be upgraded and have real authority as the environmental policy pillar of the UN system.
We further recommend that UN entities should cooperate more effectively on a thematic basis and through partnerships, with a dedicated agency at the centre.
We further recommend that UN entities should cooperate more effectively on a thematic basis and through partnerships, with a dedicated agency at the centre.
The Global Environment Facility should be strengthened as the major financial mechanism for the global environment, to help developing countries build their capacity.
The Global Environment Facility should be strengthened as the major financial mechanism for the global environment, to help developing countries build their capacity.
It should have a significant increase in resources to address the challenge posed by climate change and other environmental issues.
It should have a significant increase in resources to address the challenge posed by climate change and other environmental issues.
We have also made a number of recommendations to make sure the UN helps countries mainstream environment in their strategies and actions, to elevate the status of sustainable development in the UN institutional architecture and in country activities, and to achieve the needed balance among the three pillars (economic, social and environmental) of sustainable development.
We have also made a number of recommendations to make sure the UN helps countries mainstream environment in their strategies and actions, to elevate the status of sustainable development in the UN institutional architecture and in country activities, and to achieve the needed balance among the three pillars (economic, social and environmental) of sustainable development.
Gender: A key to effective development
Gender: A key to effective development
We recommend the establishment of one dynamic UN entity focused on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
We recommend the establishment of one dynamic UN entity focused on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
We consider gender equality to be central to the delivery of effective development outcomes, and the Secretary-General tasked us with a specific mandate to suggest radical changes to improve performance.
We consider gender equality to be central to the delivery of effective development outcomes, and the Secretary-General tasked us with a specific mandate to suggest radical changes to improve performance.
We therefore propose a step change in the UN’s delivery of gender equality and women’s empowerment, by:
We therefore propose a step change in the UN’s delivery of gender equality and women’s empowerment, by:
Consolidating the three existing UN entities into an enhanced and independent gender entity, headed by an Executive Director with the rank of Under Secretary-General, appointed through a meritocratic competition demonstrably open to those outside the UN.
Consolidating the three existing UN entities into an enhanced and independent gender entity, headed by an Executive Director with the rank of Under Secretary-General, appointed through a meritocratic competition demonstrably open to those outside the UN.
The gender entity would have a strengthened normative and advocacy role combined with a targeted programming role
The gender entity would have a strengthened normative and advocacy role combined with a targeted programming role
The gender entity must be fully and ambitiously funded.
The gender entity must be fully and ambitiously funded.
Gender equality would be a component of all UN One Country Programmes.
Gender equality would be a component of all UN One Country Programmes.
The commitment to gender equality is and should remain the mandate of the entire UN system.
The commitment to gender equality is and should remain the mandate of the entire UN system.
Coordination with other multilateral agencies
Coordination with other multilateral agencies
The UN and the Bretton Woods Institutions were established with the intention that they would work together in a complementary way.
The UN and the Bretton Woods Institutions were established with the intention that they would work together in a complementary way.
Over time both the Bank and the UN institutions have gradually expanded their roles so that there is increasing overlap and duplication in their work.
Over time both the Bank and the UN institutions have gradually expanded their roles so that there is increasing overlap and duplication in their work.
There is a balance to be struck between healthy competition and inefficient overlap and unfilled gaps.
There is a balance to be struck between healthy competition and inefficient overlap and unfilled gaps.
The BWIs and the UN need to work more closely together to remove unnecessary duplication, and to build on their respective strengths.
The BWIs and the UN need to work more closely together to remove unnecessary duplication, and to build on their respective strengths.
We therefore recommend as a matter of urgency that the Secretary-General, the President of the World Bank and the Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund set up a process to review, update and conclude formal agreements on their respective roles and relations at the global and country level.
We therefore recommend as a matter of urgency that the Secretary-General, the President of the World Bank and the Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund set up a process to review, update and conclude formal agreements on their respective roles and relations at the global and country level.
These reviews must be periodically updated as well as assessed.
These reviews must be periodically updated as well as assessed.
This process should be undertaken on the basis of the enhanced performance, strengthened delivery and more influential role that the UN will have if our reforms are implemented.
This process should be undertaken on the basis of the enhanced performance, strengthened delivery and more influential role that the UN will have if our reforms are implemented.
We have proposed a comprehensive set of recommendations that taken together could make the UN much more responsive to the needs of its Member States, particularly developing countries.
We have proposed a comprehensive set of recommendations that taken together could make the UN much more responsive to the needs of its Member States, particularly developing countries.
The UN would become more effective, more focused and better able to deliver results.
The UN would become more effective, more focused and better able to deliver results.
If UN system organizations, Members States and all stakeholders act on our recommendations it could become a driver in development to eradicate poverty, in partnership with civil society and the private sector.
If UN system organizations, Members States and all stakeholders act on our recommendations it could become a driver in development to eradicate poverty, in partnership with civil society and the private sector.
A reformed UN would be able to capture the increases in development resources that were committed in 2005, strengthening its enabling role in development and delivering more effective global public goods for the benefit of all.
A reformed UN would be able to capture the increases in development resources that were committed in 2005, strengthening its enabling role in development and delivering more effective global public goods for the benefit of all.
The recommendations are not a menu of options, but a whole.
The recommendations are not a menu of options, but a whole.
Each is individually vital to make the system greater than the sum of its parts, not lesser as it has sometimes been.
Each is individually vital to make the system greater than the sum of its parts, not lesser as it has sometimes been.
The recommendations should each be implemented with vigour, with urgency, and without diluting their purpose.
The recommendations should each be implemented with vigour, with urgency, and without diluting their purpose.
We recognize that implementing these reforms will involve significant challenges and sometimes the sacrifice of individual interests for UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes.
We recognize that implementing these reforms will involve significant challenges and sometimes the sacrifice of individual interests for UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes.
They will need to work more closely and effectively with the rest of the UN system in the interests of a greater common good.
They will need to work more closely and effectively with the rest of the UN system in the interests of a greater common good.
Donors are also challenged by these recommendations, which propose changing the way they fund the UN in line with the principles of multilateralism and national ownership at different levels.
Donors are also challenged by these recommendations, which propose changing the way they fund the UN in line with the principles of multilateralism and national ownership at different levels.
Our most important constituency are the billions who do not enjoy the prosperity and well-being that many of us take for granted and whose deprivation inspired a global call to action – the Millennium Development Goals.
Our most important constituency are the billions who do not enjoy the prosperity and well-being that many of us take for granted and whose deprivation inspired a global call to action – the Millennium Development Goals.
It is for the sake of the poor and the destitute that we need an efficient United Nations, one that is well governed, well funded, and one that will remain a global repository of hope.
It is for the sake of the poor and the destitute that we need an efficient United Nations, one that is well governed, well funded, and one that will remain a global repository of hope.
We have it within our grasp to make a real and lasting difference through essential reforms set out in these proposals.
We have it within our grasp to make a real and lasting difference through essential reforms set out in these proposals.
All stakeholders in the UN system have a responsibility to seize this opportunity.
All stakeholders in the UN system have a responsibility to seize this opportunity.
The difference of our actions and decision on reforms will for millions around the world be the difference between hope and despair, and for some the difference between life and death.
The difference of our actions and decision on reforms will for millions around the world be the difference between hope and despair, and for some the difference between life and death.
-I want to thank the Committee for their solid scientific work with this report, which has contributed to our knowledge on thorium.
-Jeg vil takke utvalget for grundig faglig arbeid med rapporten som har bidratt til kunnskap om thorium.
I register that the report neither provides grounds for a complete rejection of thorium as a fuel source for energy production, nor does it offer enough reason for embracing it as such.
Jeg registrerer at rapporten utvalget har avlevert, ikke gir grunnlag for å avvise eller omfavne thorium som brensel.
The Government’s viewpoint has not changed, meaning that there exist no plans to allow construction of nuclear power plants in Norway.
Regjeringens politikk ligger fortsatt fast, det betyr at det foreligger ingen planer om å tillate bygging av kjernekraftanlegg i Norge.
The report in pdf.
Rapporten i pdf
Professor Mikko Karas presentation on the press conference in pdf.
Professor Mikko Karas presentasjon på pressekonferansen i pdf.
The government’s expert committee on green competitiveness today delivered its report, with proposals and recommendations to the Prime Minister, Erna Solberg and Minister of Climate and Environment, Vidar Helgesen.
Regjeringens ekspertutvalg for grønn konkurransekraft leverte i dag sin rapport med forslag og anbefalinger til statsminister Erna Solberg og klima- og miljøminister Vidar Helgesen.
The committee consisted of Connie Hedegaard and Idar Kreutzer.
Utvalget har bestått av Connie Hedegaard og Idar Kreutzer.
Hedegaard has previously been European Commissioner for Climate Action and Minister of Climate and Energy in Denmark.
Hedegaard har tidligere vært klimakommisær i EU og klima- og energiminister i Danmark.
Idar Kreutzer is managing director of Finance Norway.
Idar Kreutzer er administrerende direktør i Finans Norge.
– I thank the committee for a thorough and substantial report.
– Jeg takker utvalget for en grundig og innholdsrik rapport.
Two persons with solid expertise in policy development and change processes in business have compiled it.
Den er utarbeidet av to personer med solid kompetanse innen politikkutvikling og endringsprosesser i næringslivet.
Thanks also to the business community for their many, valuable and dedicated inputs to the committee.
Takk også til næringslivet for mange, gode og engasjerte innspill til utvalget underveis.
The report will be an important starting point when the government prepares a strategy for green competitiveness, says Prime Minister, Erna Solberg.
Rapporten vil være et viktig utgangspunkt når regjeringen skal utarbeide en strategi for grønn konkurransekraft, sier statsminister Erna Solberg.
– In the years ahead, both the Norwegian and the international economy must shift towards a low-carbon society.
– I årene framover må norsk og internasjonal økonomi omstilles til lavutslippssamfunn.
If we are to succeed, Norwegian businesses must contribute.
Skal vi lykkes, må norsk næringsliv bidra.
Our ambition is to create new, profitable jobs in businesses that assist Norway and other countries in this green restructuring, says the Prime Minister.
Vi vil at det skal skapes nye, lønnsomme arbeidsplasser i bedrifter som hjelper Norge og andre land i den grønne omstillingen, sier statsministeren.
The committee has as a premise that Norway should reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent by 2030 and become a low-carbon society by 2050.
Utvalget legger til grunn at Norge skal redusere sine klimagassutslipp med minst 40 prosent innen 2030 og bli et lavutslippssamfunn innen 2050.
– Stronger means are now being introduced in climate policy worldwide.
– Det blir tatt i bruk sterkere virkemidler i klimapolitikken verden over.
Restructuring towards a low-emission society requires a broad commitment and the ability to seize new opportunities, says Minister of Climate and Environment, Vidar Helgesen.
Omstillingen til lavutslippssamfunnet krever bredt engasjement og evne til å gripe de nye mulighetene, sier klima- og miljøminister Vidar Helgesen.
In line with the mandate the committee received from the government, it has requested opinions and input from key industries, enterprises, organisations and academia from various parts of the country.
I tråd med mandatet utvalget har fått fra regjeringen, har det hentet inn synspunkter og innspill fra sentrale næringer, bedrifter, organisasjoner og akademia i ulike deler av landet.
Eleven sectors, including transport, industry, petroleum and agriculture, have submitted their own roadmaps towards green competitiveness to the committee.
11 sektorer, blant dem transport, industri, petroleum og landbruk, har levert inn egne veikart for grønn konkurransekraft til utvalget.
The report will be submitted to public consultation.
Rapporten vil bli sendt på offentlig høring.
Report from the expert committee on green competitiveness
Mottok rapport fra ekspertutvalget for grønn konkurransekraft
Iceland and Norway sign MoU on security policy cooperation
Island og Norge undertegnet avtale om sikkerhetspolitisk samarbeid