UNDP commitment is therefore operationalized at the country level through its development activities, project boards and country office management systems; and at the corporate level, through its corporate management system and its accountability to the Executive Board.

UNOPS uses a project management officer workload system to calculate the estimated cost of delivering services.

UNOPS performed a review of the project management officer workload system late in 1999.

UNOPS indicated that the project management officer workload system assumptions had not been revised since 1997.

During the biennium 2010-2011, the Office will continue to support the Legal Counsel in the timely discharge of her responsibilities and in the management of the Office, which includes adapting and redeploying the resources of the Office of Legal Affairs to address changing Organizational priorities and increased mandates and streamlining the Office's management systems.

8.23 The Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs supports the Legal Counsel in the timely discharge of her responsibilities and in the management of the Office, which includes monitoring the resources of the Office of Legal Affairs to address changing Organizational priorities and increased mandates and streamlining the Office's management systems.

A field office management ledger system has been developed within the ProFi system and it is already operational in all field offices as far as the payment request module is concerned.

The full release of the field office management ledger system, whereby field offices will be able to record pre-encumbrances, obligations and disbursements, is in the final stages of testing.

According to UNOPS, this new system could be used on an ad hoc basis but did not formally replace the previous project management office system.

Similarly, centrally controlled expenditures are now requested under Executive Office rather than Office of the Chief Executive Officer or Information Management Systems Service.