English term
stagger
Following the on-going extension of the projects falling under the Regional Progamme to the end of 2015, the mid-term evaluation of the Regional Programme will take place in April 2014. In the meantime, efforts have been made ***to stagger*** the ongoing Country Office Iran/Pakistan and Afghanistan Mid-Term Evaluations in such a way that they all feed into the Regional Programme Mid-Term Evaluation. This allows for increased synergies and learning processes as part of UNODC’s broader regional approach and should be emulated elsewhere in UNODC operations globally
What does "stagger" mean in this context.
Thank you.
Non-PRO (1): Sheila Wilson
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Responses
schedule (in this case)
I think the writer has probably used "stagger" with the idea in mind that they should be moved forward in time, if necessary, so as not to coincide with the Mid-Term Evaluation.
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-03-26 11:20:50 GMT)
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As I say, "stagger" is not really being used in its proper sense here, as far as I can see. Literally, "stagger the ongoing Country Office Iran/Pakistan and Afghanistan Mid-Term Evaluations" means not holding these two evaluations at the same time as each other. But since the object is simply that their results will feed into the Regional Evaluation, it wouldn't actually matter if they were held at the same time as each other, and in any case they are ongoing (i.e. continuous), so they are really bound to coincide with each other. But more importantly, it is no use at all holding the country evaluations at different times if one or both take place after the regional evaluation. The crucial point is that the country evaluations should be "staggered" in relation to the regional evaluation, and specifically that they are completed before, not after, that regional evaluation. Therefore the strict sense of "stagger", hold at different times (from each other), is not the intended meaning here; what the writer means is "schedule" or "programme" or "time".
organise at different times, arrange the timing of
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acetran
: spread.
12 mins
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Jack Doughty
1 hr
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Ashutosh Mitra
1 hr
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Noni Gilbert Riley
: A combination of your two answers (and Charles' schedule). Yes
1 hr
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jccantrell
4 hrs
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Charlesp
11 hrs
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