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The demand for timely, relevant, and trustworthy statistical insight continues to grow at an unrelenting rate. Similarly, the digital age continues to provide quantities of data which require additional processing, storage, analytical and dissemination capability. The development of Cloud computing services has enabled greater capability in meeting increased customer demand for timely and
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Amid multiple ongoing crises, UNECE’s 2023 SDGs status report revealed that the region was further away from achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development than it had been a year earlier. The 2023 Annual Report illustrates how UNECE is supporting countries to accelerate SDGs progress and respond to key sustainable development challenges, leveraging its practical normative tools and policy
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Метрология обеспечивает единство измерений и их метрологическую прослеживаемость к единицам Международной системе единиц (СИ). Это позволяет производителям выпускать продукцию с большей точностью, быстрее и более высокого качества. Метрология является краеугольным камнем международной стандартизации и инфраструктуры обеспечения качества в целом, что содействует упрощению торговли. Данная
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La métrologie garantit l’uniformité des mesures et leur traçabilité dans le Système international d’unités (SI). Elle permet aux fabricants de créer des produits de meilleure qualité, de manière plus précise et plus rapide. Pierre angulaire de la normalisation internationale et de l’infrastructure qualité en général, elle contribue à faciliter les échanges commerciaux. La présente recommandation
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Metrology ensures the uniformity of measurements and their metrological traceability to the International System of Units (SI). It allows manufacturers to produce products more accurately, more quickly and to a higher standard. It is the key cornerstone to international standardization and the quality infrastructure in general, which contributes to the facilitation of trade. This recommendation
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UNECE developed this Smart Sustainable City Profile of Podgorica to help the city realize its vision of becoming smart and sustainable. The analysis was based on the results of an evaluation of the city's performance against the UN4SSC Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities, a desk review of relevant national and local development plans and face-to-face interviews with national
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In the past two decades, many countries and the European Union have been orienting their waste and materials management policies towards preventive and integrated approaches, with emphasis on the life-cycle and supply chains of materials and products. Policy initiatives aimed at establishing a circular economy (CE) have increased as an essential contribution to a sustainable, low carbon, resource
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ONLINE PUBLICATION This publication provides the 2024 progress assessment on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the region of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), based on the data available in the United Nations Global SDG Indicators Database. The results are presented at the regional level, identifying
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La présente publication, qui fait partie de la série intitulée « Forum mondial de l’harmonisation des Règlements concernant les véhicules (WP.29) - Comment il fonctionne, comment y adhérer », décrit les méthodes utilisées pour évaluer l’utilité socioéconomique de l’application des principaux Règlements ONU concernant les véhicules sur le plan de l’amélioration de la sécurité routière. Elle donne
- Pусский
Цель данной рекомендации состоит в том, чтобы довести до сведения правительств, насколько важным является активное участие частного сектора в работе национальных органов по упрощению процедур торговли (НОУТ) в целях повышения их значимости, легитимности и эффективности. В Рекомендации Европейской экономической комиссии Организации Объединенных Наций (ЕЭК) № 4, первоначально утвержденной в 1975
- Français
 L’objet de la présente recommandation est de sensibiliser les pouvoirs publics à la nécessité de faire participer activement le secteur privé aux travaux des organismes nationaux de facilitation du commerce (ONFC) afin de rendre ces derniers plus pertinents, plus légitimes et plus performants. Dans la Recommandation no 4 de la Commission économique pour l’Europe (CEE), initialement approuvée en
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The purpose of this recommendation 48 (ECE/TRADE/479) is to communicate to governments how important the active engagement of the private sector is in national trade facilitation bodies (NTFBs) for strengthening their relevance, legitimacy and performance. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Recommendation No. 4, originally approved in 1975 and revised in 2015, stressed that
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Digital tools can play an important role in accelerating the shift to a circular economy. Digital tools can increase transparency along value chains and provide information, which in turn can help to extend the lifecycle of products. Digital Product Passports (DPPs), for example, can inform consumers and businesses about products, materials, the conditions under which they are produced and their
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This publication (ECE/TRADE/475) provides the following information on each recommendation: Brief description Equivalent ISO standard number (where appropriate) Current status, indicating whether the recommendation is under development, approved or under revision Dates and publication numbers of documents containing the first approved and last revised versions of the recommendation Indication and
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The Model Rules facilitate the financing and acquisition of railway rolling stock leading to a reduced cost for those wishing to invest in the railways. They are issued under the auspices of SC.2 and implement a key requirement of the Luxembourg Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment. The rules lay down the methods and responsibilities for affixing the
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Innovation – or the systematic experimentation with new ideas – is essential for the sustained economic growth and enhanced competitiveness of the seven countries of the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA), i.e., Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, to achieve sustainable development in line with the UN
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La version électronique gratuite et non modifiable du Manuel d'épreuves et de critères, Rév.8 est disponible ici à des fins de consultation. Des versions imprimées et électroniques sont disponibles à la vente dans la section Publications
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The free, non-editable electronic version of the Manual of Tests and Criteria, Rev.8 is
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The free, non-editable electronic version of the Model Regulations, Rev.23 is available here for consultation purposes. Printed versions and electronic editable versions are available for sale at the United Nations Publications section at
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Digitalization is gaining more and more attention as a way to support and complement the energy transition process. Digitalization entails the use of digital technologies for existing processes, as it helps address existing challenges in new ways. While using an integrated energy system with intelligent connected devices has many advantages, it also causes challenges. One of these challenges is