The United Nations Football Club has started preparations for the Association Genevoise de Football Corporatif (AGFC) 2017 season, which runs from March to June. The Club draws its membership from UN and other international organizations, as well as permanent missions based in Geneva. Staff members interested in the Club and its activities, including the upcoming…
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New! Club d’écriture créative | Nouveau! Club d’écriture créative
The Staff Coordinating Council is pleased to inform you of the creation of the “Club d’écriture créative” (in French). The Club will gather on a fortnightly basis in order to write together. From writing prompts, participants will write short texts and will then read them to the group. There will also be some gatherings with…
Event on Monday in support of the interns | Événement lundi en soutien des stagiaires
On Monday 20 February the Global Intern Coalition, supported by our Staff Federation CCISUA, is organizing the first ever global intern march; a day of action in a range of cities across the world to call for an end to unpaid internships and their exclusionary impact. In Geneva the “Fair Internship Initiative”, supported by a…
How your donation has helped victims of the Ecuador earthquake | Comment votre donation a aidé les victimes du tremblement de terre en Equateur?
As you may recall, last year the Ecuadorian Community in the UNOG held a collection – under the auspices of the Staff Coordinating Council – in favour of the victims of the earthquake that hit Ecuador in 2016. The collection raised the amount of 15,931.04 Swiss Francs, which was matched by the Council to a…
Letter of solidarity with ICRC staff following attacks in Afghanistan | Lettre de solidarité avec le personnel du CICR suite aux attaques en Afghanistan
You may find through this link a letter sent by the staff unions of the UN to the staff of the ICRC following the brutal attack on their staff that left six dead and two missing. The reply from the ICRC Director-General can also be found here. It is a sad fact that humanitarian workers, whether from the…
Global staff satisfaction survey – please fill in | Participez à une enquête de satisfaction globale
Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/UNGlobalStaffSurvey2017 Since coming to office, Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasized the importance of holding senior managers accountable for how they manage and lead their staff, and departments or missions. To this end we invite you complete this short survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/UNGlobalStaffSurvey2017 It allows you to rate your department on: job satisfaction; career development; quality of supervision; …
Results of the survey on open-space and hot desking | Résultats de l’enquête sur les bureaux paysagers et les bureaux partagés
Thanks to the many of you for taking part in the Ergorama survey that we ran last year. It was designed to better understand your perceptions and experience of how space, health and working conditions interact at a time that UNOG is looking to introduce open space and hot desking as part of the SHP…
Changes to your salary – what are your rights? | Changements de salaire – quels sont vos droits?
As you will know, a number of important changes have been made to P, D and FS compensation. These are further explained here: http://commonsystem.org/cp/ Staff unions have raised strong concerns. Some earlier, more harmful proposed changes were reversed, and UN management has joined us in calling for further reversals. However, as it currently stands losses…
Ordinary General Assembly of staff 2017| Assemblée générale ordinaire du personnel 2017
In accordance with Article 13, Chapter VII of the Regulations on Representation of the Staff of the United Nations Office at Geneva, the Ordinary General Assembly of staff will reconvene on Tuesday 7 February 2017, at 1.30 p.m., in Room XII, with the following agenda: 1. Adoption of the agenda 2. Election of the Presiding…
Townhall on addressing changes to education grant, administrative offshoring and P and D compensation | Réunion générale sur les changements de l’indemnité pour études, la délocalisation administrative et la rémunération des fonctionnaires de catégorie P
We would like to present and discuss the following topics with you, at a townhall tomorrow: The results of the survey on the education grant, school comparison tables and way forward to relieve the burden of the changes. Steps to address plans to offshore administration and how you can help. Changes to P and D…