Tool to Assess Regional and Global Environmental and Health Targets for Sustainability The TARGETS model is being developed by the National Institute for Public Health and Environmental Protection of The Netherlands (RIVM) The TARGETS model is designed to explore both global change and sustainable development by focusing on the long-term, dynamic interaction between human and environmental systems
Objectives that have been broken down into smaller units and restated in numerical terms Topic areas: Staff Development and Organizational Capacity, Accountability and Evaluation, Volunteer Management, Operations Management and Leadership
or quantitative objectives, are measurable conditions to be reached in a defined period of time Targets are generally a compromise or trade off between what is envisioned and what is feasible for an educational program to accomplish
"We have already acknowledged that sustainability is an ethical concept: it is explicitly an expression of the relationship between current and future generations To be useful, sustainability does not require any 'objective' definition of catastrophe It requires only that some answer is given to the question: How much change is acceptable? If a limit to change is set, this limit becomes the sustainability target, and policy can be directed towards this achievement " (Jacobs, M , 1993)
quantified results/outputs to be achieved if objectives are to be met e g 200 trainees to be trained in 12 months time Progress can be monitored against the defined targets
Palestinian buildings, homes, offices, ambulances or any vehicle operated by a Palestinian (Always carries a Blue License Plate) - What the Israeli military designates as military targets