V. Backstopping support for information management

44.13 In subprogramme 5, Technical cooperation in population, 71 projects received full backstopping and implementation support.

(h) Volume of support provided at various stages of the project cycle (formulation, appraisal, backstopping, and evaluation)

Recommendation 4 Technical backstopping

Backstopping of peace keeping activities, scope and use of the support account and role of the regular budget

Finally, I would like to commend the Department for Development Support and Management Services for years of backstopping and technical support for the Programme.

Peacekeeping mission resources are most often used for backstopping electoral support activities which are part of the mission's mandate.

The advent of multi component missions in 1992 and 1993 has changed the focus and requirements for backstopping support.

In addition to backstopping peace keeping operations, those support services also provide backstopping to the work of all departments and offices funded by both the regular budget and extrabudgetary resources, at Headquarters and other duty stations.

29.30 Responsibility for providing backstopping support for the work of the internal oversight programme is vested in the Executive Office.

While mission staffing has grown dramatically, there has not been a concomitant increase in resources for backstopping support at Headquarters.

II. BACKSTOPPING OF PEACE KEEPING OPERATIONS

Backstopping by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations

backstopping by ILO, PAHO WHO and UNHCR

On that basis, the support account would be used for those backstopping activities arising from the sheer volume of work related to the expansion of peace keeping operations, taking into account also the fluctuations in the overall demand for backstopping activities.

On the basis of the distinction made for the two kinds of backstopping functions, the support account would be used for backstopping activities arising from the increased volume of work related to the number and size of peace keeping operations.

(d) Backstopping 50 project evaluations (25 per year)

A programme and administrative support unit in Cambodia covers the programme and administrative backstopping of the UNV UNTAC operations at the field level.

The backstopping of peace keeping operations comprises a spectrum of activities carried out by offices within the Secretariat in support of these operations.

The Committee was informed that, globally, 150 duty stations were administered by UNDP, which provides a range of backstopping support, such as local staff, recruitment support and office space and equipment.

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38. A further review of the backstopping capacity, conducted in preparing the resource requirements for 1995, has reaffirmed that 630 posts are necessary for backstopping.

The Director expressed the Institute apos s appreciation for the continued support from the host country and the backstopping provided by the Executive Office of the Department for Development Support and Management Services.

21. In determining the scope and use of the support account, it would be useful to consider the delineation of backstopping responsibilities for peace keeping activities.

26. In the third category, which would include offices whose work programmes have been affected, but to a much lesser degree, the support account would be used only for backstopping activities when their absorptive capacity cannot bear the additional workload resulting from the overall demand for backstopping activities.

(iii) Field projects provision of support to the six OHCHR field presences and seven regional representatives, including prior assessments, planning, inception, backstopping, monitoring and evaluation of operations.

The Unit is also backstopping another 25 project evaluations in 2005.

A. Offices that have direct responsibilities exclusively for backstopping peace keeping

(iii) Promotion of legal instruments provision of expert advice and substantive backstopping to human rights components of peacekeeping operations support for official country visits of the High Commissioner

Backstopping consists of quot core quot and quot non core quot functions.

Also reaffirms the need for adequate funding for the backstopping of peacekeeping operations, as well as the need for full justification for that funding in support account budget submissions

These activities are of a policy nature (i.e., enforcing pension and financial rules and regulations communications quality security sustainable development policies) and of a support nature (i.e., administrative backstopping).

Also reaffirms the need for adequate funding for the backstopping of peacekeeping operations, as well as the need for full justification for that funding in support account budget submissions

An Administrative Assistant (General Service (Other level)) is requested to provide administrative support to the Unit and to assist in backstopping other functions in the Peacekeeping Best Practices Section.

Backstopping functions that fluctuate with the number and size of peace keeping operations, representing the variable costs to the Organization, would continue to be funded by the support account.

9. The regular budget has always provided resources in support of the managerial, legal and administrative backstopping of peace keeping operations, even when they were few and far between.

Backstopping functions that fluctuate with the number and size of peace keeping operations would continue to be financed from the support account, representing the variable costs to the Organization.

(f) Providing substantive backstopping to the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific.

(b) Substantive and operational support to, and backstopping of, all ITC technical cooperation projects that have product and market research components, including technical consultancy services and commodities, and related training activities

(j) Providing substantive backstopping to the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology.

The capacity of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations for backstopping information management is fragmented

The backstopping functions provided by the various units within the Secretariat are summarized below.

B. Offices that have direct but not exclusive responsibilities for backstopping operations (category (b))

The third P 5 post of the Division is leading the backstopping functions for the mission in the Sudan and provides support for strengthening of the African Union's operations in the Darfur region.