verb. Present participle of commission.

noun. The process of assuring that all systems and components of a major piece of equipment, a process, a building or similar are designed, installed and tested according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client.

noun. the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions

"We also want to see whether an exchange platform can provide easier connections between the best of citizen media stories and media who might be interested in commissioning translations of specific subjects."

authorisation  authorization  empowerment  

mandate  

auditioning  conditioning  decommissioning  partitioning  petitioning  

commission