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External sources (not reviewed)

solicitation methods, revised model contracts and obtain industry feedback ($15,600); attendance of specialized trade fairs related to the automotive industry to ensure that the highest industry standards are applied to vehicle fleet contracting processes and after-sale support ($9,700); and attendance of the chief transportation officers’ conference in UNLB to gain better understanding of peacekeeping missions’ requirements related to vehicles and fuel ($8,700).

standard information technology equipment, including new and replacement desktop computers, laptop computers and network printers, for both Departments ($387,300); and the support account share ($366,500) of central information technology infrastructure costs (information storage and backup, application hosting, departmental servers and other services) as derived from past expenditure patterns.

presented in annex I of the previous progress report of the Secretary-General (A/65/643), was designed to provide the Department with a road map for the implementation of a new service delivery model that remained flexible enough to reflect and respond to the changing requirements, as expressed by both Member States and field mission leadership.

in the areas of business continuity, recovery and reconstitution, it is proposed that 2 general temporary assistance positions be continued: 1 position of Organizational Resilience Officer (P-4) and 1 position of Administrative Assistant (General Service (Other level)).

support interests in relevant intergovernmental forums, including the Security Council and General Assembly; provides strategic and operational direction to the support components of field missions, including managing the implementation of the global field support strategy; ensures effective coordination with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and other departments as required; establishes strategies to meet requirements for senior civilian, military and police positions in field operations; provides overall direction for conduct and discipline issues and maintains global oversight on the state of conduct and discipline for all categories of United Nations peacekeeping personnel; and plans, develops and articulates responses to audit reports of United Nations oversight bodies and ensures that follow-up action is implemented.

of Rule of Law and Security Institutions with specific training experience and skills to develop, coordinate and support the completion and implementation of training initiatives identified by the Office as priorities in 2010/11.

workshop for Joint Mission Analysis Cell staff funded by the Nordic Coordinated Arrangement for Military Peace Support, which requires support from United Nations Headquarters ($8,600); and heads of mission conference ($14,800).

with new reforms introduced by the Office of Human Resources Management, and in identifying candidates for key posts in public information in peace operations.

and providing secretariat support to intergovernmental bodies, including, inter alia, the Security Council and its Working Group of the Whole on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, for their thematic discussions on those issues.

and sustained, thereby contributing to individual morale and motivation.

budget to ensure that standards and priorities are being met.

role in providing legal and policy advice to peacekeeping operations regarding their responses to appeals in order to ensure the correct and consistent application of human resources rules and policies.

groups at the commencement of each mandate meetings with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support, although not with UNDP.

comprises fees for website monitoring ($30,000), business intelligence software upgrades ($40,000), the peacekeeping operations contact management software (social computing) ($80,000), secure data transfer upgrades ($30,000), the peacekeeping operations task monitoring tool ($20,000), the tracking of activities of field mission operations ($40,000), communities of practice ($30,000) and licences for users in the United Nations Office to the African Union ($34,700).

property benchmarking study; development of international boundary demarcation handbook); the Department of Management, in the areas of procurement (review of corporate ethics and compliance; procurement training) and human resources (review of generic job profiles); OIOS, in the areas of inspection and evaluation (advisory panel on multidimensional mission/thematic evaluations and inspections) and internal audit (rule of law and security institutions; waste management); and the Ethics Office (development of evaluation criteria and an e-learning ethics module).

and supporting the staff of the Office of the Chief of Staff in fulfilling their responsibilities as members of the Crisis Operation Group.

an increasingly hostile security landscape in a number of different locations; and the gap between the scope of the mandates and the resources available to perform them.