It is important that the types of rules be understood because the contexts of application, the forms of the rules, and the mechanisms of implementation vary.
In addition, UNICEF provides support to child protection including the protection of girls from violence, exploitation, abuse and discrimination by strengthening protective systems, supporting strategies and mechanisms for implementation of programmes.
Standards and the accompanying mechanisms of implementation are perhaps - and probably contrary to their intended effects - among the strongest conservative straightjacket vis-à-vis the curriculum.
Possible strategies for such a combined approach include using aid to increase the resources available for implementing rights, providing education to current and future officials, offering technical assistance concerning mechanisms of implementation, and battling corruption.
Furthermore, quantitative evaluation studies need to be accompanied by qualitative studies to achieve increased understanding of effect mechanisms of implementation interventions and practice behavior change.
A process evaluation will document the design, implementation and mechanisms of the intervention to enable replication and scale up.
Sixth, as for the mechanisms of implementation, several proposals are brought forward regarding ways by which respect for existing (or any new rules of) IHL by transnational or any other armed groups can be improved.
In addition, the role and composition of survey teams, mechanism of implementation according to the characteristics of hospitals, and updating standards are important factors to promote performance improvement and hospital accreditation requirements.
Consequently, the article gives an insight into the contextual background of the selected projects and the mechanisms of their implementation, whilst focusing on three fields of estimated impacts (urban structure, environment/ecology and community).
The L&D policy paradigm has gained momentum, and it now seems that negotiations over some sort of mechanism of implementation will be virtually inevitable.
