What was new in 2002 and 2001?
December 2002:
- The results of the 2002 client surveys are now available!
- Documents and pictures of the second Regional JPO Workshop are now available.
- New Frequently Asked Questions have been added.
November 2002:
The second Regional JPO Workshop will take place on 25-29 November 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
All JPOs are invited to register. Please click here to view more details.
October 2002:
- The 2002 Surveys are now online!
JPOs, Donors and UNDP corporate partners are invited to fill out the 2002 JPO Programme and JPO Service Centre satisfaction surveys. (Deadline: 3 November 2002.)
September 2002:
- A section listing health and security related information for travellers websites, was added.
- A short section listing companies specialised in international moves, was also added.
August 2002:
- A section containing most-frequently used acronyms of various origins: United Nations programmes or agencies, multilateral organisations, but also frequently used administrative abbreviations, was added.
- A JPO Service Centre hotline, dedicated to current JPOs, has been established.
- Figures regarding the JPOs in the UNDP LEAD Programme were added in the Stats section.
July 2002:
- 24 July 2002: launch of the new UNDP brand!
Coinciding with the launch of the Human Development Report 2002, the new UNDP brand is much more than a new logo. It's about what UNDP stands for as an organisation and clearly communicates how the agency works. Click here to know more. - The Stats section now groups key figures about the JPO Programme and the JPOs.
- A Regional JPO workshops section groups core documents related to the first regional JPO Workshop that took place in Nairobi, 27-31 May 2002.
June 2002:
New sections have been added to the website:
- a Frequently Asked Questions section.
- the translation of the website in French and Spanish!
May 2002:
New sections have been added to the website:
- A breakdown list of current JPOs by sector of activities.
- Web stats: monthly figures on the UNDP JPO Service Centre website.
April 2002:
- Publication of a brochure presenting the JPO Programme and a leaflet
grouping interviews of current and former JPOs ("JPO stories"). These documents are downloadable in:
- English (brochure [945 kb] and interviews [465 kb]),
- French (brochure and interviews),
- Spanish (brochure and interviews).
March 2002:
A slightly revised version of the UNDP JPO Service Centre website was launched!
New sections have been added to the website:
- a training/learning opportunities section.
- the Country Office's corner, which will hopefully become very useful to the administrative Officers in charge of JPOs.
February 2002:
New sections have been added to the website:
- a database of current JPOs. This database is updated monthly, so the newcomers will have to be patient :-)
- a database of former JPOs. You have access to the database of former JPOs consisting at the moment of 1,149 names. We estimate that at least 30% of all the JPOs who went through the system since the inception of the JPO programme in mid-sixties have now been captured.
- a database of former JPOs who are current UN staff members. This database groups already 280 names. All records can be filtered by gender, name, nationality, post grade, etc.
- all documents and forms that could be of interest for the JPOs are now available in the Circulars and Forms section.
January 2002:
Happy New Year, Bonne Année, Godt Nytår, Próspero Año Nuevo, een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar, Hauskaa Joulua - 0nnellista uutta vuotta, en Gelukkig nieuw jaar, ein glückliches Neues Jahr, Felice Anno Nuovo, Kurisumasu Omedeto, Godt Nyttår, Novym Godom...
Warm regards from the JPO Service Centre Team!
November 2001:
Inauguration of the UNDP JPO Service Centre
The JPO (Junior Professional Officer) Service Centre has completed relocation from UNDP Headquarters to the UN/ UNDP Nordic Office in Copenhagen and became fully operational. The official inauguration was held on 6 November 2001 in the presence of Mr. Jan Mattsson, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau of Management, and of the representatives of 16 out of 19 participating donor.
In an effort of UNDP to realign business processes and reposition its services to bring them closer to its clients (the country offices, the JPOs themselves and the donor community) the Bureau of Management's Office of Human Resources (OHR) had decided to move the JPO Service Centre to Copenhagen.
Click to view full press release
Click to view pictures and a video from the inauguration of the UNDP JPO Service Centre
Launch of the JPO Service Centre Website (pilot version)
Dear Colleagues,
The official inauguration of the JPO Service Centre was held on 6 November 2001 in the presence of Mr. Jan Mattsson, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau of Management, and of the representatives of 16 out of 19 participating donors.
On this occasion, the pilot version of the JPO Service Centre website was launched. It aims at enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the services delivered by the JPO Service Centre and will lay the groundwork for an electronic platform, which will optimise, streamline and simplify the whole range of administrative support provided by the JPO Service Centre. The website contains well over 1,000 links and can be accessed at the following addresses: http://www.jposc.org.
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