results-oriented program

"This programme is one of the concrete deliverables of the Joint Africa-EU Partnership aiming at establishing long-lasting African crisis management capabilities, based on the lessons learned from recent and on-going peace support operations such as AFISMA and AFISMA-CAR" said Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-president of the European Commission.

Some of our more tangible achievements include: a conflict resolution system that allows employees to resolve workplace issues in an interest-based fashion; a performance management system for all employees and management with a particular focus on effective people management; a corporate culture of continuous learning, with significant investment in training and educational assistance; the creation of a cohesive management group to recognize the significant management responsibilities they share and to assist in leading change on the frontline; a collective bargaining regime, in which we can and do negotiate collective agreements that support the business and employee needs of the CRRA; a new capacity to target our external recruitmen ...[+++]t supported by technology and simplified processes; the development of a staffing and recourse regime that is less administrative and adversarial and that promotes values, accountability of managers and dialogue; a streamlined staffing program whereby the time to hire staff has been reduced; and a strategic and management-led employment equity program resulting in a strong record of representation of designated groups.

45. Calls on the Commission and the EU Member States to build better links between the MDGs and climate change by incorporating impacts of, and adaptation to, climate change into projects and programmes aimed at achieving the MDGs, and into all broader strategies for poverty reduction and development policies; urges the Commission, in this context, to upgrade its financial reporting tool to facilitate financial analysis of EU climate-related commitments and step up climate mainstreaming in development policies;

47. Calls on the Commission and the EU Member States to build better links between the MDGs and climate change by incorporating impacts of, and adaptation to, climate change into projects and programmes aimed at achieving the MDGs, and into all broader strategies for poverty reduction and development policies; urges the Commission, in this context, to upgrade its financial reporting tool to facilitate financial analysis of EU climate-related commitments and step up climate mainstreaming in development policies;