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They include a focus on employment, a quest for greater efficiency and cost savings, a determination to simplify an excessively complicated benefits system, a desire to increase the uptake of benefits by those entitled to 9 See www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/20/nhs-england-figures-show-soaring-homeless-patient- numbers. 10 HM Treasury, Budget 2018, para. 5.32. 11 Joseph Rowntree Foundation, “Could the Government have done more to enable people to escape poverty?”, 1 November 2018. 12 Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK Poverty 2018, p. 6. (...) Similarly, the Government has refused to walk back the benefit reduction for renters in so-called “underoccupied” social housing, despite consistent feedback that this reduction can pose immense hardship for low-income families and individuals who may not be able to relocate easily. 37. (...) It is eminently reasonable to change a programme based on feedback, but “test and learn” cannot be a decade-long excuse for failing to properly design a system that is meant to guarantee the social security of so many. 50.

The African Group believes that the country-specific resolutions under item 9 do not require annual examination, as it is impossible to provide concrete substantive reports and proper feedback from the Commission’s special procedures appointed for such purposes. (...) Only new elements should be contained in the new text to be considered by the Commission. 40. To enable small delegations to effectively participate in the negotiations, the delegation presenting the resolutions should not convene simultaneous negotiations. (...) The voluntary biennial/triennial adoption of thematic resolutions and the corresponding reports should be encouraged, wherever possible, with a view to reducing the number of informal negotiations in proportion. This would enable delegates to participate to a greater extent in other informal negotiations or in the debate. 68.

At the time of writing, the Constitutional Court ruled in follow-up of the implementation of the sentence, in Auto 218 of 2006, that the Government’s reports were insufficient and ordered to produce more comprehensive and analytical feedback on the extent of its implementation of T-025/04, in particular by elaborating result indicators to demonstrate the progress achieved in the effective enjoyment of rights by the internally displaced. (...) Economic incentives such as access to microcredits or interest-free loans, to enable them to bridge the time gap until their land became productive again, seemed to be lacking. 53. (...) In the light of the Constitutional Court Decision C-370/2006 on the Law on Justice and Peace, it would be necessary to compel people wishing to benefit from the amnesty measures to disclose the whole truth, including their involvement in forced displacements, as well as the lands and properties they seized during their activities； to whom they passed them on to if they did not acquire them for themselves. This would enable the reconstitution of the chain of illicit or illegal owners, or even those of good faith. 57.

The Special Rapporteur is aware that, in Kazan, an interdepartmental plan is being developed to enable persons with disabilities to have access to sport and cultural facilities. (...) The State reportedly supports the publication of textbooks to enable the teaching of, but not in, the Altai languages. (...) Interlocutors stressed, however, that these should not remain pure formalities and ensure timely and adequate feedback to those participating. In addition, sites listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, for example the city of Saint Petersburg, cease to be the responsibility of regional authorities and are transferred to the federal authorities.

The COP will invite feedback from the GCF in advance of making any conclusions or findings from the review or evaluation of the financial mechanism. (...) FC C C /C P/2013/8 G E.13-64153 23 Annex V [English only] Elements of draft guidance to the Global Environment Facility Table 1 Elements of draft guidance to the Global Environment Facility Element Potential inputs Policies, programme priorities and eligibility criteria Requests the Global Environment Facility: (a) To allocate resources for the full implementation of at least three of the already submitted national adaptation programme of action projects on a first-come-first-served basis, in addition to funding for the activities of the least developed countries aimed at formulating national adaptation programmes of action which have not been submitted; (b) To increase the number of supported nationally appropriate mitigation action projects from three, reported in the 2012/2013 financial year, to six in the 2014/2015 financial year; (c) To intensify efforts in raising awareness about the need for adequate and predictable financial resources to be put into the Least Developed Countries Fund for the full implementation of least developed countries’ prioritized work programmes, including the implementation of national adaptation programme of action projects; Replenishments Requests the Global Environment Facility to consider, in developing the strategy for its sixth replenishment, its role within the evolving finance architecture under the Convention, especially with regard to its respective role in the light of the operationalization of the Green Climate Fund; Reaffirms that the Global Environment Facility will indicate how it has responded during the replenishment cycle to the previous assessment of the Conference of the Parties prepared in accordance with paragraph 1 of the annex to the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility (determination of funding necessary and available); Emerging matters Requests the Global Environment Facility to continue to pay particular attention to the specific needs and special situations of the least developed countries and, in particular, to ensure that more funds are allocated to projects and programmes in the block of countries that have up to now received less than their fair share of the allocated funds; Guidance from the Conference of the Parties (COP) Calls on other thematic bodies under the Convention to closely cooperate with the Standing Committee on Finance so that it can guide and support clarification and the reduction of repetition, as well as facilitate future work on the guidance to be provided to the operating entities of the financial mechanism of the Convention; FC C C /C P/2013/8 24 G E.13-64153 Element Potential inputs Accountability Requests the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to identify, at its fortieth session, how the compliance of the Global Environment Facility with the guidance of the Conference of the Parties can be measured; Response of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to the guidance of the COP Welcomes the inclusion of information on mitigation impacts in the report of the Global Environment Facility; Also welcomes the response of the Global Environment Facility to the guidance of the Conference of the Parties with regard to the duration of the project cycle; Encourages the Global Environment Facility to continue to improve in that regard; Flexibility and unavailability of funding Requests the Global Environment Facility to take into consideration room for flexibility in order to address emerging mandates and/or requests from the Conference of the Parties for the next replenishment period; Reconsideration of funding decisions Requests the Global Environment Facility to include, in its report to the Conference of the Parties at its twentieth session, information on the modalities that it has established in response to paragraph 5 of the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility; Positive mitigation effects of the GEF project portfolio Encourages the Global Environment Facility to ensure that all activities in the context of its project portfolio entail positive impacts on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; Communication and interaction Encourages the Standing Committee on Finance to continue its close partnership with the Global Environment Facility in order to improve the guidance provided to the Global Environment Facility; Report of the GEF Requests the Global Environment Facility to include, in its report and for the consideration of the Global Environment Facility Evaluation Office, information on the role and performance of its implementing agencies, as viewed by recipient countries and in response to the request of the Conference of the Parties contained in decision 2/CP. 4, paragraphs 4 and 5; Invites the Global Environment Facility to consider the provision of annual reports on an annual year basis (1 January to 31 December) in order to facilitate the work of the Standing Committee on Finance on the guidance to be provided to the Global Environment Facility; Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) Requests the Global Environment Facility to further specify steps that it has undertaken to implement the provisions contained in decision 9/CP.18, paragraphs 1(c) (requesting the GEF, as an operating entity of the financial mechanism, through the SCCF, to consider how to enable activities for the preparation of the national adaptation plan (NAP) process for interested developing country Parties that are not least developed countries, as it requested the GEF, through the Least Developed Countries Fund, to consider how to enable activities for the preparation of the NAP process for the least developed countries) and 3 (requesting the GEF to include information in its annual report to the COP on further steps taken and the amount of resources made available under the SCCF for the implementation of the provisions contained in that decision, including in paragraph 5); National communications Encourages interested Parties to identify what amount of funding is needed for the preparation of national communications, in order to address insufficient funding at this point in time; Biennial update reports Requests the Global Environment Facility to consider whether the agreed costs for the preparation of biennial update reports are adequate and to report back to the Conference of the Parties at its twentieth session.

FCCC/SBI/2013/5 GE.13-60782 7 (f) stressed the need for the further implementation of the element of the Poznan strategic programme included in document FCCC/SBI/2012/9, paragraph 23(a), to be aligned with, and to enable, the operationalization and activities of the CTC and its Network, taking into account document FCCC/SBI/2012/15, paragraphs 185 and 187, and decision 2/CP.17, paragraph 140. 12. (...) The objective also seeks to use the updated TNA Handbook and provide feedback to fine-tune methodologies through and iterative process. 27. (...) The main objectives of the workshop were to: (i) showcase best practices in TNA implementation; (ii) generate feedback from participating countries on the implementation process feeding into an expected new round of TNAs in response to requests from countries; (iii) enhance capacity of National TNA Coordinators in project proposal development; and (iv) facilitate interaction between country representatives and the funding community.

Officers from the Ministry of Education visited institutions and communities across the country to collect feedback. 56. In 2008, Uruguay issued the General Education Law (Act No. 18437) to ensure and promote lifelong quality education for all citizens by facilitating continuing education. (...) This attests to the political will and determination to further improve the situation of older persons and enable them to fully enjoy all their human rights.

The LDCF also assists countries in laying the groundwork for climate-resilient development through 75 projects that will enable 41 countries to strengthen their national hydro-meteorological and climate information services. 21.

History teaching should promote critical thinking, analytic learning and debate, and enable a comparative and multiperspective approach, in particular through the use of a wide array of teaching materials, including textbooks from a range of publishers (A/68/296, paras. 88 (a) and (d)). (...) It is important to hear and acknowledge the narratives of all sides of a conflict in order to better promote mutual understanding, and thereby reconciliation, and also to enable contemporary challenges of exclusion and violence to be addressed. 27. (...) Delegations from the Ministry of Education go to schools to gather teachers’ feedback on textbooks. Some teachers indicated that they could report flaws in official textbooks and share their assessment of the online library provided by the Ministry of Education.