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The Providers’ Forum is not a policymaking body, but provides a means to promote discussion among system providers based on agreed guidelines for provision of open services, including transparency, cooperation, performance monitoring and spectrum protection; and agreed principles for ensuring compatibility and interoperability among systems. (...) Additional Member States who become GNSS service providers will be invited to join the Providers’ Forum upon consensus of the current members. (...) Service performance monitoring 6. Providers will consider the development and discussion of proposals to widely monitor the performance of their open signals and provide timely updates to users regarding critical performance characteristics such as timing accuracy, positioning accuracy and service availability. 7.

These very small-scale water providers are in fact the major water providers to the poor in very remote areas or in informal settlements. 36. (...) The Board provides a customers’ complaint system, but the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Board should proactively monitor compliance of the tariffs, particularly by small scale providers. (...) Since 2004, 118 water service providers have registered, including small-scale providers, community-based organizations and non- governmental organizations, but many providers are still unregistered.

Naciones Unidas A/CN.9/WG.IV/WP.165 Asamblea General Distr. limitada 30 de septiembre de 2020 Español Original: inglés V.20-05631 (S) 131020 131020 *2005631*

The representatives of GNSS core system providers, GNSS augmentation providers and the international organizations primarily associated with the use of GNSS and representatives of international projects in developing countries, Aware of the overlap of GNSS mission objectives and of the interdisciplinary applications of GNSS services, Recognizing the advantages of ongoing communication and cooperation among operators and users of GNSS and their augmentations, Recognizing the need to protect the investment of the current user base of GNSS services through the continuation of existing services, Aware that the complexity and cost of user equipment should be reduced whenever possible, Convinced that GNSS providers should pursue greater compatibility and interoperability among all current and future systems in terms of spectrum, signal structures, time and geodetic reference standards to the maximum extent possible, Desiring to promote the international growth and potential benefits of GNSS, Noting that General Assembly resolution 59/2 (paragraph 11) invites GNSS and augmentation providers to consider establishing an international committee on GNSS in order to maximize the benefits of the use and applications of GNSS to support sustainable development, Have agreed to establish on the basis of these non-binding terms of reference, the International Committee on GNSS for the purpose of promoting the use and application of GNSS on a global basis. 8 A/AC.105/879 B. (...) The working group formed to address compatibility and interoperability, to be co- led by the United States of America and the Russian Federation, will pursue the following actions: Action A1: Establish a providers forum to enhance compatibility and inter- operability among current and future global and regional space-based systems. (...) (c) Information dissemination The Committee will consider the establishment of user information centres by GNSS providers. The maintenance of a globally focused website will be a major task of these centres.

International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers 23. Through a Swiss-led multi-stakeholder initiative, the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers came into being in November 2010. (...) For example, in one country, the company provided training to security providers due to the lack of skilled and qualified workers. (...) The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs advises its representations abroad on procurement and contracts in compliance with the Act, although the large majority of contracts with private security providers are concluded locally. A publicly available model contract for Swiss federal authorities and private security providers provides transparent guidance on the prerequisites and obligations to be fulfilled by private security providers abroad.

Methodologies for outcome measurement are at earlier stages of development by climate finance providers than those for output measurement. 8. (...) MDBs mobilized 57 per cent of total estimated private climate finance, followed by bilateral providers and multilateral climate funds. SIDS and the LDCs received 1 and 8 per cent respectively of total private finance mobilized. 26. (...) Reported expected and actual results from climate finance providers indicate an increase in portfolio-level emission reductions and number of beneficiaries reached.

Service management models and service providers 22. The water sector in Portugal is organized into two main levels. (...) At the bulk level, there are 11 water service providers and 9 sanitation service providers. Under Decree-Law No. 72/2016, the service provisions at the bulk level are under the jurisdiction of the State through the multi-municipal systems. (...) In addition to the level at which the water and sanitation service providers engage, the providers are distinguished according to different management models.

Financial sustainability of service providers 18. In order to address the financial sustainability of service providers, the reform resulted in the creation of a water asset management company, a Government-owned entity responsible for water asset management. (...) The National Water Services Commission requests providers to develop a three-year plan. It provides institutional support linked to the achievement of agreed performance indicators. (...) The informal providers play the role of monitoring water quality, not supplying water when it looks muddy or when the colour changes.

They also make the guidelines widely known and provide support for Internet Service Providers and people using these guidelines. (...) The law thus encourages telecommunications service providers to take voluntary measures in such cases. Upon legislation of the Providers Liability Restriction Law, at a conference consisting of telecommunications industry associations, etc. held in May 2002, the “Guidelines concerning defamation or privacy violation under the Providers Liability Restriction Law” were established.

Methodologies in the context of the mobilization of support, which includes finance, technology development and transfer, and capacity-building support, are understood to be measures that may be used by both providers and recipients of support. Many such measures exist and those that have the highest potential of addressing support needs should be deployed. 8. Steps to facilitate the mobilization of the different types of support through various measures may include: (a) Those taken by the recipients of support; (b) Those taken by the providers of support; (c) Actions to share information and enhance cooperation between providers and recipients. (...) Actions to share information and enhance cooperation between providers and recipients 22. Information between providers and recipients of support needs to be exchanged: (a) To raise awareness and share lessons learned on the different tools and instruments available to recipients and providers of support; (b) To enhance the transparency of support and inform the global stocktake, whose outcome shall inform Parties in updating and enhancing, in a nationally determined manner, their actions and support. 23.