What was new in 2003?

December 2003:

  • The results of the 2003 client surveys are now available!
  • The dates for the JPO Programme Policy and Operations Induction Course held at Headquarters, New York, have been set for 2004. The courses will take place on the following dates:

      23 February to 10 March (with UNICEF)
      3 to 19 May (with UNOPS)
      19 July to 4 August
      1 to 17 November
  • On the 13th and 14th of November, the JPO Service Centre received the visit of Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.
    The Crown princess was introduced to the JPO Programme and met with each staff member of the JPOSC who presented their activities and missions. This presentation was made in preparation of the JPO Workshop held in Cairo which the Crown princess attended.

We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

  • Malin Berggren (Sweden) UNDP Kazakhstan, Poverty and economic issues
  • Sara Bordas Eddy (Spain) UNDP Haiti, Business and administrative management
  • Ana De Mendoza (Spain) UNDP Namibia, HIV/AIDS
  • Matthias Ebinger (Germany) UNOPS Headquarters (NY), Energy et environment
  • Jonna Lundwall (Sweden) UNDP Honduras, Poverty and economic issues
  • Kajsa Marsk (Sweden) UNDP Tanzania, Governance and human rights
  • Nami Takashi (Japan) UNFPA Lao PDR, Gender

We would like to say goodbye and all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in December:

  • Guillermo Gimeno (Spain) UNOPS Peru
  • Johannes Krassnitzer (Austria) UNOPS Headquarters (Geneva)
  • Monique Nardi (Italia) UNFPA Mozambique

November 2003:

  • The newly-created JPO Alumni Association already welcomes 340 members!

    • We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

  • Alessandro Albu (Italy) UNDP Ghana, ICT for Development
  • Chiara Anselmo (Italy) UNFPA Pakistan, Business and administrative management
  • Geraldine Arias (Nicaragua, financed by the Netherlands) UNDP Guinea Bissau, UN system coordination
  • Alexandre Cote (Canada) UNDP Mauritius, Energy and environment
  • Lisa Eklund (Sweden) UNDP China, Sexual and reproductive health
  • Anna Fogelmarck Wikfalk (sweden) UNDP Myanmar, UN system coordination
  • Steven Geiger (Switzerland) UNDP Vietnam, Governance and human rights
  • Arto Immonen (Sweden) UNDP Tajikistan, Poverty and economic issues
  • Susanne Kuehn (Germany) UNDP Headquarters (NY), Poverty and economic issues
  • Thomas Loreaux (France) UNDP Cambodia, UN system coordination
  • Céline Mazars (France) UNDP South Africa, HIV/AIDS
  • Jennifer Miquel (France) UNDP Sudan, Sexual and reproductive health
  • Lisa Mossberg (Sweden) UNDP Albania, Gender
  • Nadja Schmeil (Germany) UNDP-UNV (Bonn), Business and administrative management
  • Patrick Silborn (Sweden) UNDP Bosnia-Herzegovina, ICT for Development
  • Yuko Suzuki (Japan) UNDP Tanzania, Poverty and economic issues
  • Barbara Wolff (Germany) UNDP-UNV (Bonn), Strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation

We would like to say goodbye and all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in November:

  • Jérome Bouyjou (France) UNDP Vietnam
  • Alessandra Casazza (Italy) UNDPTimor-Leste
  • Harriet Matthews (United Kingdom) UNDP Sierra Leone
  • Elke Mayrhofer (Austria) UNFPA Kenya
  • Sari Nurmikolu (Finland) UNDP Nepal
  • Arnaud Péral (France) UNDP Cuba
  • Yves Sassenrath (Luxembourg) UNDP Headquarters (NY)
  • Jorgen Wettbo (Sweden) UNDP Moldova

October 2003:

We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

  • Deborah Adalla (Central African Republic, funded by la Francophonie) UNDP-UNCDF Headquarter (NY), Strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation
  • Nane Avetisyan (Armenia, funded by the Netherlands) UNDP Turkmenistan, UN System Coordination
  • Ysabel Blanco (Canada) UNDP Paraguay, Industrial development, micro-finance and trade
  • Laura Bott (Switzerland) UNDP Ecuador, Governance and Human Rights
  • Elena Correas (Spain) UNDP Colombia, Sustainable human development
  • Helena Gorancic-Lazetic (Canada) UNDP Croatia, Sustainable human development
  • Catharina Groop (Finland) UNDP Namibia, Poverty and economic issues
  • Karin Heisecke (Germany) UNFPA Headquarters (Belgium), Business and administrative management
  • Valeria Izzi (Italy) UNDP Headquarters (NY), Governance and human rights
  • Hyewon Jung (Republic of Korea) UNDP-UNCDF Headquarters (NY), Governance and human rights
  • Mats Kass (Finland) UNDP Ethiopia, Poverty and economic issues
  • Jorg Kuhnel (Germany) UNDP DR Congo, Governance and human rights
  • Benjamin Kuscher (Austria) UNDP Cape Verde, Poverty and economic issues
  • Vivi Mansson (Sweden) MRC Cambodia, Energy and environment
  • Jochen Mattern (Germany) UNDP Guatemala, Governance and Human Rights
  • Inés de Mazarrasa (Spain) UNDP West Bank/Gaza, Agriculture, food security and rural development
  • Giulia Perrone (Italy) UNDP , Argentina, Governance and human rights
  • Joachim Ramakers (Netherlands) UNDP Timor-Leste, Governance and human rights
  • Alexei Sitruck (France) UNFPA Headquarters (NY)
  • Riina Subra (Finland) UNDP Headquarters (NY), Strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation
  • Kim Sundstrom (Sweden) UNFPA Myanmar, Sexual and reproductive health
  • Sonoko Sunayama (Japan) UNDP Yemen, Governance and human rights
  • Naoko Takasu (Japan) UNDP Pakistan, Poverty and economic issues
  • Phuoc Tran Minh (Finland) UNDP Lao PDR, ICT for Development

We would like to say goodbye and all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in October:

  • Birgitte Bruun (Denmark) UNFPA Indonesia
  • Simonetta Cengarle (Italy) UNFPA Lao PDR
  • Clothilde Delforge (France) UNFPA Mauritania
  • Tiziana Giuliani (Italy) UNDP Libya
  • Kiyoshi Harada (Japan) UNDP Rwanda
  • Aleksi Hokkanen (Finland) UNDP Benin
  • Lotte Jensen (Denmark) UNFPA Burkina Faso
  • Martin Pedersen (Denmark) UNFPA Bangladesh
  • Ole Ramsing (Denmark) UNFPA Mongolia
  • The UNFPA State of the World Population 2003 and the UNFPA report: Achieving the Millenium Development Goals are available in the Practice areas: introduction / corporate documents section.
  • The UNDP annual report 2003: A World of Development Experience is available in the Practice areas: introduction / corporate documents section.

    • September 2003:

    • The 2003 JPO Survey is now online. All current JPOs are welcome to fill it in. Deadline for submission is 31 October 2003.
    • The 2003 Report on the Implementation of the Millennium Declaration is available in the Practice areas: introduction / corporate documents section.
    • The "UNDP Gender Balance in Management Policy 2003-2006" has been added to the Staff Rules and Regulations chapter of the Circulars and Forms section.

    We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

    • Ahmed Al-Hammal (Austria) UNDP West Bank/Gaza, Crisis prevention, humanitarian relief and recovery
    • Marie-Ange Bunga (Belgium) UNDP HQ (NY), Governance and human rights
    • Lisa Dacosta (France) UNDP Mozambique, Poverty and economic issues
    • Pierre-Yves Guedez (France) UNDP Burkina Faso, Energy and environment
    • Isabelle de Goussencourt (Belgium) UNDP Senegal, Poverty and economic issues
    • Karin Heisecke (Germany) UNFPA Belgium
    • Daniela Kroslak (Germany) UNFPA Rwanda
    • Robert Moosburger (Austria) UNDP Burundi, Sustainable human development
    • Mathieu Ryckewaert (France) UNDP-UNIFEM Morocco, Governance and human rights
    • Layla Saad (Canada) UNDP Egypt, Sustainable human development
    • Signe Yde-Andersen (Denmark) UNFPA Burkina Faso

    We would like to say goodbye and all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in September:

    • Magnus Bjork (Sweden) UNFPA Kyrgyzstan
    • Jean-Marie Frentz (Luxembourg) UNDP West Bank/Gaza
    • Antonino de Leo (Italy) UNDP Iran
    • Marie Hesselman (Sweden) UNDP Vietnam
    • Helene Lilleoer (Denmark) UNDP Mongolia
    • Jean-Luc Marcelin (France) UNDP HQ (Copenhagen)
    • Hiroko Takagi (Japan) UNDP HQ (NY)
    • Kumiko Yoshida (Japan) UNFPA China

    August 2003:

    • view of Cairo The next Regional JPO workshop is scheduled to take place in Cairo, Egypt between 17 and 21 November 2003. The main theme will be the Millennium Development Goals. A detailed agenda will follow in due course. At the last workshop in Antigua, Guatemala we experimented by having participants from "other" UN agencies, such as WFP and UNICEF. The feedback was very positive, so if you feel that some of your JPO colleagues working for other agencies might be interested in attending, please do let them know.
    • We have recently signed Memoranda of Understanding with the Government of the Republic of Korea and with the Agence Intergouvernmentale de la Francophonie. Later on in 2003, these new donors will allocate to UNDP 2 and 3 JPOs respectively. All JPOs funded by la Francophonie come from the South. We will also start administering very shortly a JPO working in Cambodia with the Mekong River Commission. This will be our first non-UN client.
    • The new LEAD participants have started their assignments some two weeks ago. Among 8 LEADers from the North, 5 are current or recent JPOs. To know more, please view our Stats section.

    We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

    • Yoko Anazawa (Japan) UNDP Slovakia, Strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation
    • Senanu Arkutu (Ghana, funded by Belgium) UNFPA Benin, Business and administrative management
    • Rune Brandrup (Denmark) UNFPA Bolivia, Gender
    • Precy Cabrera (Philippines, funded by the Netherlands) UNFPA Kenya, Sexual and reproductive health
    • Niklas Dahlquist (Sweden) UNFPA India, Sexual and reproductive health
    • Romain Desclous (France) UNDP HQ (Copenhagen), Business and administrative management
    • Iori Kato (Japon) UNDP HQ (NY), Sustainable human development
    • Barbara Laurenceau (France) UNFPA Haiti, Sexual and reproductive health
    • Daniel Magnusson (Sweden) UNFPA Guatemala, Sexual and reproductive health
    • Natacha Morales-Escoffier (Bolivia, funded by Belgium) UNDP-UNIFEM Ecuador, Gender
    • Géraldine Pagniet (Côte d'Ivoire, funded by la Francophonie) UNDP HQ (Brussels), Strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation
    • Nicole Polsterer (Austria) UNDP HQ (Brussels), Strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation
    • Nuno Queiros (Portugal, funded by Luxembourg) UNDP Nicaragua, Poverty and economic issues
    • Nathalie Semoroz (Switzerland) UNDP Kenya, Poverty and economic issues
    • Michiko Suga (Japan) UNDP Philippines, Strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation
    • Seiko Sugita (Japan) UNDP Lebanon, Governance and human rights
    • Akiko Yamamoto (Japan) UNDP Namibia, Energy and environment

    We are also pleased to welcome one new Special Assistant to the UN Resident Coordinator:

    • Daniel Christensen (Denmark) UNDP Sudan

    We would like to say goodbye and all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in August:

    • Uffe Gartner (Denmark) UNDP-India
    • Kjetil Hansen (Norway) UNDP-UNCDF Mozambique
    • Thomas Huyghebaert (Belgium) UNDP Headquarters (NY)
    • Emmanuel Letouze (France) UNFPA Haiti
    • Marie-Anne Marx (Luxembourg) UNDP El Salvador
    • Thode Karsten Skovgaard (Denmark) UNDP Malawi
    • Juerg Staudenmann (Switzerland) UNDP West Bank / Gaza
    • Manuel Tonnar (Luxembourg) UNDP-UNCDF Vietnam
    • Kristiina Urpalainen (Finland) UNDP-UNCDF Bhutan
    • Thomas Winderl (Austria) UNDP Bhutan

    July 2003:

    • a new JPO Stories section will gather interviews and/or portraits of current or former JPOs.
    • 5 links on short-term rental of apartments (Travel Advice section).

    We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

    • Pritika Chatterjee (India, funded by the Netherlands) UNFPA HQ (New York), Sexual and reproductive health

    We would like to say goodbye and all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in July:

    • Luca Brusa (Italy) UNDP-UNV Germany
    • Tanja John (Germany) UNFPA Vietnam
    • Susanne Krysiak (Denmark) UNDP-UNCDF Eritrea
    • Tatsuya Nishida (Japan) UNDP China

    June 2003:

    • A new online JPO recruitment system for nationals from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and candidates from Developping Countries is now operational.
    • 4 positions funded by the Netherlands are currently open. The deadline for application is 8 July 2003.
    • The JPO CV / Talent Management Roster is a new service intended for JPOs who are coming to the end of their assignment and would like to store their CV in a database that will be advertised by the JPO Service Centre to potential employers and interested parties (government and UN agencies, recruiting and private companies, bilateral assistance programmes, NGOs). More news on this new service will be disseminated in the near future.
    • The List of current JPOs can now be sorted by Region of assignment.

    We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

    • Jessica De Ruijter (Netherlands) UNFPA China, Sexual and reproductive health
    • Sylvain Merlen (France) UNDP HQ (New York), Sustainable human development
    • Michael Schoiswohl (Austria) UNDP Afghanistan, Governance and human rights

    We would like to say goodbye and all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in June:

    • Antonius Bakkum (Netherlands) UNDP Kenya
    • Elise Bouvet (France) UNDP Lebanon
    • Esther Olano Y Sans (Spain) UNDP Colombia
    • Gerhard Pulfer (Austria) UNDP West Bank / Gaza

    May 2003:

    We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

    • Agnès Bertholier (Monaco) UNDP Morocco, Energy and environment
    • Ruben Korevaar (Netherlands) UNFPA Mongolia, Bus. and admin. management
    • Gernot Laganda (Austria) UNDP South Africa, Energy and environment
    • Miho Mitsui (Japan) UNDP HQ (Copenhagen), Bus. and admin. management
    • Toshiya Nishigori (Japan) UNDP Mongolia, ICT for Development

    We would like to say goodbye and all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in May:

    • Katell Le Goulven-Schaefer (France) UNDP HQ (New York)
    • Minako Nakatani (Japan) UNDP Myanmar
    • Joost Van Der Geest (Netherlands) UNFPA Sri Lanka
    • Alexandra Weichtmeister (Sweden) UNDP Ecuador
    • Sanne Wendes (Denmark) UNDP Burkina Faso

    April 2003:

    • The preparatory agenda of the third Regional JPO Workshop (5-9 May 2003, Guatemala) is now available. Click on the link to know more!

    We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

    • Karin Bruce (Sweden) UNDP Belarus, Governance and human rights
    • Masami Hayashi (Japan) UNDP Mexico, Poverty and economic issues
    • Jojanneke Kraan (Netherlands) UNFPA Vietnam, Sexual and reproductive health
    • Mariko Saito (Japan) UNDP Sri Lanka, Crisis prevention, humanitarian relief and recovery
    • Kazuyuki Uji (Japan) UNDP India, HIV/AIDS
    • Yumiko Yasuda (Japan) UNDP Malaysia, Energy and environment

    We would like to say goodbye and all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in April:

    • Magali Cloes (Belgium) UNFPA Eritrea
    • Ana Maria Dominguez (Belgium) UNDP Gabon
    • Bjorn Halvarsson (Sweden) UNDP Belarus
    • Camilla Kruse (Denmark) UNFPA Malawi
    • Hideyuki Masumoto (Japan) UNOPS Côte d'Ivoire
    • Saeko Noda-Nakabayashi (Japan) UNOPS Headquarters (NY)
    • Marco Van der Ree (Netherlands) UNDP-UNCDF Headquarters (NY)
    • Kristine Yigen (Denmark) UNDP South Africa

    March 2003:

    • Field visit of the JPO Service Centre to South-East Asia.

      Between 16 and 21 March 2003, Poul Grosen, Director of the UNDP Nordic Office, Vitaly Vanshelboim, Chief of the JPO Service Centre, and Barbara Kœgs-Andersen, Human Resource Associate, visited the following Country Offices: Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

      The objectives of the trip were: meeting the 22 JPOs and Special Assistant to the UNRC based in these countries, discussing JPO administrative changes with CO management, meeting the national authorities and raising awareness of the role and importance of the JPO Programme in the fight against poverty.

      Please click here to view some pictures of the trip.
    • The third Regional JPO Workshop will take place from Monday 5 to Friday 9 May 2003 in Antigua, Guatemala.
    • The lists of acronyms now all group 559 terms.

    We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

    • Thomas Fugelsnes (Norway) UNDP Kenya, Energy and environment
    • Kayo Ikeda (Japan) UNDP Malaysia, Sustainable human development
    • Naoki Maegawa (Japan) UNDP Lesotho, Poverty and economic issues
    • Ryoko Mio (Japan) UNDP Uganda, Poverty and economic issues
    • Cristiana Morf (Australia) UNDP Papua New Guinea, HIV/AIDS

    We would like to say goodbye and all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in March:

    • Midori Paxton (Japan) UNDP Namibia
    • Akiko Takai (Japan) UNFPA Headquarters
    • Johanna Feitsma (Netherlands) UNDP West Bank/Gaza
    • Shiho Toma (Japan) UNDP West Bank/Gaza
    • Johanna Teague (Sweden) UNFPA Bolivia
    • Virginie Lafleur-Tighe (Canada) UNDP Mauricius
    • Camilla Landini (Italy) UNFPA Ethiopia
    • Laurent Aventin (France) UNFPA Morocco
    • Armin Rabitsch (Austria) UNDP Zimbabwe

    February 2003:

    We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

    • Rohini Kohli (Netherlands) UNDP West Bank/Gaza, sustainable human development
    • Maria Requeda (Spain) UNFPA Philippines, population and development, HDR
    • Saskia Schellekens (Netherlands) UNFPA HQ, business and admin. management
    • Paulin Van Noort (Neth.) UNDP Bosnia & Herzegovina, energy and environment
    • Thomas Gruber (Germany) UNOPS HQ, strategic partn. and resource mobilisation

    We would like to say goodbye and all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in February:

    • Kristina Baumkamp (Germany) UNFPA Equator
    • Vittoria Beria (Italy) UNDP Angola
    • Marc-André Franche (Canada) UNDP Columbia
    • Ankie Frantzen (Netherlands) UNDP Mauritania
    • Malin Krook (Sweden) UNDP Tanzania
    • Chisa Mikami (Japan) UNDP Cuba
    • Edwin Mitchell (Netherlands) UNDP Botswana
    • Jason Pronyk (Canada) UNDGO HQ
    • Armin Rabitsch (Austria) UNDP Zimbabwe
    • Antii Rautavaara (Finland) UNDP China
    • Joost Siteur (Netherlands) UNDP Costa Rica
    • Susanne Van Der Giessen (Netherlands) UNDP Bangladesh
    • Karin Van Dijk (Netherlands) UNDP Burkina Faso

    January 2003:

    We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

    • Muni Ahlawat (Canada) UNDP Russian Federation, energy and environment
    • Raphaël Billé (France) UNDP Indonesia, energy and environment
    • Per Brixen (Denmark) UNDP Kenya, governance and human rights
    • Pepijn Gerrits (Netherlands) UNDP Dominican Republic, UN system coordination
    • Jakob Haugaard (Denmark) UNDP-UNCDF Nepal, governance and human rights
    • Kul Zanofer Ismalebbe (Netherlands) UNDP Uzbekistan, gov. and human rights
    • Gijs Koop (Netherlands) UNDP Zambia, poverty and economic issues
    • Ninke Kuperus (Netherlands) UNDP Sri Lanka, poverty and economic issues
    • Michael Lund (Denmark) UNDP Kenya, crisis prev., humanitarian relief and recovery
    • Clarissa Meister-Petersen (Denmark) UNDP Indonesia, gov. and human rights
    • Junko Miura (Japan) UNOPS Timor-Leste, business and admin. management
    • Alwin Nijholt (Netherlands) UNDP Zimbabwe, poverty and economic issues
    • Morten Olesen (Denmark) UNDP Ethiopia, governance and human rights
    • Marie Bøcker Pedersen (Denmark) UNDP Bhutan, governance and human rights
    • Stefania Perrini (Luxembourg) UNDP Burkina Faso, poverty and economic issues
    • Magali Romedenne (Belgium) UNFPA Vietnam, bus. and admin. management
    • Takeshi Shiihara (Japan) UNDP Myanmar, micro-finance and trade
    • Nanako Tsukahara (Japan) UNDP Nepal, poverty and economic issues
    • Aika Van der Kleij (Netherlands) UNDP Sudan, crisis prevention and recovery

    We are also pleased to welcome three Special Assistants to the UN Resident Coordinators, members of a new programme which is part of the overall JPO scheme framework and funded by Denmark:

    • Peter Reeh UNDP Mozambique
    • Susanne Hansen UNDP Ethiopia
    • Vibeke Pedersen UNDP Nicaragua

    Last but not least, we would like to say goodbye and all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in January 2003:

    • Carolien De Joode (Netherlands) UNDP-UNV Switzerland
    • Alejandro Fernandez-Mazarambroz (Spain) UNDP Mozambique
    • Jeroen Janssen (Netherlands) UNDP JPO Service Centre, Denmark
    • Esther Palacio-Blasco (Spain) UNDP Senegal
    • Pasi Rajala (Finland) UNDP Tanzania
    • Vincent Wierda(Netherlands) UNDP Philippines
    • Tomoo Ueda (Japan) UNDP South Africa
    • Roberto Spina (Italy) UNOPS Italy

     

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