Part V Regional cooperation for development
Subprogramme 4. Technology and logistics Implementing entity: UNCTAD, Division on Technology and Logistics Budget summary (thousands of United States dollars) Relationship to the biennial programme plan for the period 2014-2015: programme 10, subprogramme 4, expected accomplishments (c) and (d) 2010-2011 expenditure 2012-2013 resources at revised rates 2014-2015 estimate General temporary assistance 209.2 271.6 253.5 Travel of staff 71.9 68.7 79.2 Training 89.2 172.9 175.4 Total 370.3 513.2 508.1 Objectives: (a) To strengthen the policymaking capacity of developing countries and countries with economies in transition in macroeconomics, trade, investment, technology and related areas, in particular for formulating policies that are cross-sectorally congruent and contribute to national strategies (b) To fill the gaps in capacity- and policy-building efforts by responding to the immediate assistance needs expressed by Governments and regional organizations, as well as to provide some guidance in the design of long-term projects to make them respond better to the true needs of beneficiary countries Expected accomplishments Indicators of achievement Activities/outputs/projectsa (a) Enhanced understanding by government officials of key issues on the international economic agenda and the implications and interlinkages among different sectoral policies and the national development strategy (a) Percentage of government officials trained who consider that paragraph 166 courses (training courses on key issues on the international economic agenda) have significantly contributed to their understanding of key issues on the international economic agenda 2010-2011: 72 Estimate 2012-2013: 73 Target 2014-2015: 73 (b) Increased awareness and knowledge of policy options and their implications (b) Number of recipients of advisory services who confirm the usefulness of the policy advice provided 2010-2011: 37 Estimate 2012-2013: 38 Target 2014-2015: 38 The activities under the subprogramme will include five regional training courses (three weeks each) and Geneva-based short sessions as required, provided by policy experts from all UNCTAD subprogrammes and, for regional courses, regional and local resource persons from the regional commissions, government, academia, think tanks and private sector institutions. In order to meet the stated objective, the training will continue to follow two strategic directions, both aiming to reinforce the impact of the activity in terms of its relevance and the embedding of knowledge in participating countries, as follows: 1. Relevance of training: (a) Three levels of knowledge will be integrated into its programme in a coherent manner: (i) knowledge of global issues (delivered by UNCTAD staff); (ii) knowledge of regional issues (provided by experts from the relevant regional commissions, depending on the region in which the training is organized); and (iii) local knowledge (local experts from the host country); (b) The programme will also emphasize exchanges of experience and lessons learned among participants coming from the same region, both through formal presentations and discussions and the use of state-of-the-art ICT tools, and in informal settings; 2. Embedding of knowledge in participating countries: (a) Special attention will be paid, both in the selection of participants and post-course evaluations and follow-up, to the use of the knowledge from the training beyond the immediate training participant through sharing the knowledge within his/her own departments via seminars or coaching other colleagues. It will also be emphasized that the participants should stay on the job for which they will be trained for a sufficient amount of time to be able to apply their new knowledge to the benefit of their departments and countries;