Examples of using Pdes in English and their translations into Chinese
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All of the reports referred to in the paper can be accessed on the PDES page of UNHCR' s website.
Finally, PDES completed a review of the organization' s efforts to link humanitarian relief and development over the past decade.
In addition, PDES has completed a review of use of microfinance programmes in protracted refugee situations.
PDES has continued to represent UNHCR in relation to the United Nations Evaluation Group and Active Learning Network on Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action.
PDES continued to liaise with the Multilateral Organizations Assessment Network with respect to the findings and recommendations of its 2011-2012 review of UNHCR.
PDES is planning to test and refine the policy by undertaking a number of evaluations of UNHCR reintegration programmes.
Between October 2008 and July 2009, PDES published 12 papers in the series" New Issues in Refugee Research".
Working closely with the Regional Bureau for Asia, PDES also completed a strategic review of UNHCR' s role in the Afghan refugee situation.
PDES has also published a report on the role and functions of artistic activities in refugee camps, as well as a study of the way that refugees make use of new technologies.
While PDES reports are currently circulated widely within UNHCR, this form of dissemination will be supplemented by the provision of regular briefings to senior management and other staff members.
Since the last meeting of the Executive Committee, PDES has completed a review of the implementation of results-based management(RBM) in UNHCR, involving missions to Georgia, Sudan, the United Republic of Tanzania and Yemen.
The PDES work programme is approved by the High Commissioner(to whom the Service reports) and is formulated in close consultation with the Assistant High Commissioners for Operations and for Protection.
As a follow-up, PDES has initiated a study of situations where refugees have successfully achieved self-reliance, so as to identify the key variables that support this outcome.
The following sections of this paper identify the key themes of the PDES work programme during the reporting period and provide a summary of the specific activities undertaken in relation to each of them.
During the reporting period, PDES devoted an increased amount of time to its role as UNHCR' s focal point for external and inter-agency evaluations.
During the reporting period, PDES published 17 papers in the series New Issues in Refugee Research and contributed articles to journals such as Forced Migration Review and Disasters.
In July 2010, PDES took part in an urban livelihoods workshop organized by the Operations Solutions and Transitions Section and provided comments to the draft Strategic Guide on Urban Livelihoods.
In the area of protection, PDES completed a comprehensive review of UNHCR' s role in assisting States with the assumption of responsibility for refugee status determination(RSD).
The High Commissioner has requested PDES to prepare a position paper on the implications of climate change, environmental degradation and natural disasters for the work of UNHCR.
In fulfillment of a commitment made by the High Commissioner at his 2008 Dialogue on Protection Challenges, PDES has been undertaking evaluations of the implementation of his Special Initiative on Protracted Refugee Situations.