What was new in 2004?

December 2004:

November 2004:

A new partner in the JPO Programme!

United Nations University (UNU) signed with the JPO Service Centre a Memorandum of Understanding concerning the management of its JPO Programme.

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

• Manon Bernier (Canada) UNDP Panama, Poverty and economic issues
• Boubou Cissé (Mali, funded by la Francophonie) UNDP Denmark, Business and administrative management
• Asier Herdozain (Spain) UNIDO Uruguay, Energy and environment
• Harinder Janjua (Canada) UNDP Swaziland, HIV/AIDS
• Holger Osterrieder (Germany) UNDP Mauritania, Poverty and economic issues
• Marta Perez del Pulgar (Spain) UNFPA Philippines, Population and development
• Anne-Marie Roed (Denmark) UNOPS Kenya, Poverty and economic issues
• Emmanuel Soubiran (France) UNDP-UNCDF Mauritania, Governance and Human Rights
• Caterina Valitutti (Italy) UNDP Niger, UN system coordination
• Joachim Von Bonin (Germany) UNDP Tanzania, Sustainable Human Development

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

• Hynek Bures (Czech Republic, financed by Switzerland) UNDP India
• Anne Colmant (Belgium) UNFPA Senegal
• Beatrice Campodonico (Italy) UNDP-UNIFEM Morocco
• Ana de Mendoza (Spain) UNDP Namibia
• Matthias Ebinger (Germany) UNOPS Headquarters (New York)
• Harriet Hoffmann (Germany) UNFPA Nepal
• Nina Bull Jorgensen (Norway) UNDP Denmark
• Pia Laine (Finland) UNFPA Thaïland
• Thomas Loreaux (France) UNDP Cambodia
• Kurt Petit (Belgium) UNDP-UNCDF Niger
• Florence Raes (Belgium) UNDP-UNIFEM Brazil
• Paulien Van Noort (the Netherlands) UNDP Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Pirita Vuorinen (Finland) UNDP Côte d'Ivoire

October 2004:

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

• Anja Bauer (Germany) UNFPA Botswana, Sexual and reproductive health
• Miren Bengoa (Switzerland) UNFPA Ecuador, Sexual and reproductive health
• Sara Cortes Garcia (Spain) UNDP Namibia, Strategic Partnership and Resource Mobilization
• Agnès Coutou (France) UNDP Timor-Leste, Governance and Human Rights
• Silke Hollander (Germany) UNDP-UNV Malawi, HIV/AIDS
• Yoshiko Honda (Japan) UNDP Syria, Poverty and economic issues
• Marcus Lenzen (Germany) UNDP Headquarters (New York), Crisis prevention, humanitarian relief and recovery
• Marta Manzaneque Suarez (Spain) UNDP-UNV Headquarters (Bonn), Sustainable Human Development
• Marie-Véronique Marchand (Switzerland) UNDP Pakistan, Governance and Human Rights
• Matthias Meier (Switzerland) UNDP Laos, Governance and Human Rights
• Pedro Manuel Moreno Fernandez (Spain) UNDP Ecuador, ICT for Development
• Geoffrey Onyancha (Kenya, financed by the Netherlands) UNFPA Eritrea, Sexual and reproductive health
• Matthias Percl (Austria) UNDP Kenya, Sustainable human development
• Yolanda Polo Tejedor (Spain) UNDP Brazil, UN system coordination
• Kay Schwendinger (Austria) UNDP Liberia, Strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation
• Stéphane Simonet (France) UNDP Lebanon, Energy and environment
• Akiko Ueda (Japan) UNDP Bhutan, UN system coordination

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

• Séverine Bellina (France) UNDP Headquarters (Oslo)
• Alejo Carrasco (Spain) UNDP Philippines
• Kirsi Chavda (Finland) UNFPA Honduras
• Luc Chounet-Cambas (France) UNDP Afghanistan
• Guido Fernández de Vellasco (Spain) UNDP Nicaragua
• Carlos Fernández Garcia (Spain) UNDP Honduras
• Peter Frobel (Germany) UNOPS Headquarters (New York)
• Peer Gatter (Germany) UNDP Yemen
• Annegret Kneib (Germany) UNDP-UNV Headquarters (Bonn)
• Flore Murard (France) UNDP Laos
• Pedro Manuel Ortega Sánchez (Spain) UNDP Vietnam
• Tania Ortiz de Zúñiga (Spain) UNDP Mauritania
• Maribel Rodriguez-Rios (Switzerland) UNDP Cuba
• Kazuto Tsuruga (Japan) UNDP Afghanistan
• Arvid Turkner (Germany) UNDP Headquarters (New York)
• Marta Vallejo Mestres (Spain) UNDP Egypt

September 2004:

The next Regional JPO workshop is scheduled to take place in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina, between 25 and 29 October 2004. The main theme will be Crisis Prevention and Recovery. A detailed agenda will follow in due course. At the last workshops we welcomed participants from "other" UN agencies, such as DESA, 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 are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

• Gry Ballestad (Norway) UNDP West Bank / Gaza, Energy and environment
• Emmanuel Bor (France) UNDP Headquarters (New York), Strategic Partnership and Resource Mobilization
• Sébastien Gouraud (France) UNDP Sudan, Governance and Human Rights
• Yoko Konishi (Japan) UNDP Cambodia, Governance and Human Rights
• Karin Lundell (Sweden) UNDP Headquarters (Brussels), Strategic Partnership and Resource Mobilization
• Argine Nahapetyan (Armenia, funded by the Netherlands) UNDP Macedonia, Governance et Droits de l'Homme
• Yoko Nishimoto (Japan) UNDP Thailand, Governance and Human Rights
• Carmen-Maja Rex (Germany) UNDP Headquarters (New York), Business and administrative management
• Etsuko Okazaki (Japan) UNDP-UNIFEM Headquarters (New York), Gender
• Annemarie Schuller Tot Peursum (Netherlands) UNFPA Zimbabwe, Sexual and reproductive health
• Micha Van Lin (Netherlands) UNDP Republic of the Congo, Poverty and economic issues

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

• Johara Bellali (Luxembourg) UNDP Vietnam
• Guillaume Delalande (France) UNDP Egypt
• Daniela Kroslak (Germany) UNFPA Rwanda
• Alexandre Lamige (France) UNDP Uganda
• Bjarke Oxlund (Denmark) UNFPA Cambodia
• Giuseppe Perricone (Italy) UNDP Algeria
• Carl Skau (Sweden) UNDP Guatemala
• Nina Sreenivasan (Denmark) UNFPA Ethiopia
• Frédéric Teboul (France) UNOPS Headquarters (New York)
• Solomon Tesfamariam (Denmark) UNFPA Zambia

August 2004:

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

• Misa Andriamihaja (Madagascar, funded by the Netherlands) UNDP Samoa, Energy and environment
• Shino Arikawa (Japan) UNFPA Eritrea, Sexual and reproductive health
• Houtan Bassiri (Japan) UNDP South Africa, Poverty and economic issues
• Judicaël Elidje (Côte d'Ivoire, funded by the Netherlands) FNUAP D.R. Congo, Sexual and reproductive health
• Alia Nankoe (Netherlands) UNFPA Indonesia, Sexual and reproductive health
• Guro Nesbakken (Norway) UNFPA Ethiopia, Sexual and reproductive health
• Yatsuko Nukawa (Japan) UNDP Iraq, based in Jordan, Governance and human rights
• Janne Sykko (Finland) UNFPA Sri Lanka, Sexual and reproductive health

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

• Siri Bjorstad (Norway) UNOPS Headquarters (Copenhagen)
• Kaja Borchgrevink (Norway) UNDP Pakistan
• Ali Buzurukov (Tajikistan, funded by Belgium) UNDP Headquarters (Geneva)
• Peter Frobel (Germany) UNOPS Headquarters (New York)
• Charlotte Giske Lillehammer (Norway) UNDP Benin
• Kristin Seljeflot (Norway) UNDP Ethiopia

July 2004:

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

• Raphaël Apelbaum (France) UNOPS Headquarters (New York), Business and administrative management
• Gerd Elmark (Denmark) UNFPA Yemen, Gender
• Aafje Grasveld (Netherlands) UNDP Cameroon, Governance and Human Rights
• Junichi Imai (Japan) UNDP Vietnam, Poverty and economic issues
• Anne Heidi Kvalsoren (Norway) UNDP Nicaragua, Sustainable human development
• Sascha Le Large (Netherlands) UNDP Comoros, Governance and Human Rights
• Jakob Sloth Madsen (Denmark) UNFPA Mozambique, Population and development
• Makoto Miyasako (Japan) UNOPS Headquarters (New York), Business and administrative management
• Ousmane Niang (Senegal, funded by the Netherland) UNDP Central African Republic, Poverty and economic issues

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

• Hanne Bjortomt (Norway) UNDP-UNDGO Headquarters (New York)
• Frederik Brock (Germany) UNDP Headquarters (New York)
• Anne-Marie Cunningham (Ireland) UNDP Kenya
• Asa Forsman (Sweden) UNDP-DDC Kenya
• Jessica Graf (Switzerland) UNDP Pakistan
• Janis Majors (Norway) UNOPS Kenya
• Michiko Suga (Japan) UNDP Philippines

June 2004:

Message from Mr. Vitaly Vanshelboim, Deputy Director, UNDP Nordic Office, and Chief, Staff Administrative Services:

A very good day to you,

I'm pleased to inform you that, following extensive consultations, the following two decisions have been made by OHR:

• Effective immediately, JPOs will be allowed to apply to all internal positions at UNDP after 15 months of service as a JPO. As you know, heretofore, the respective eligibility requirement was 6 months prior to the completion of assignment. This change will effectively give 3 extra months to apply to those JPOs who are funded for two years and even more extra time to those JPOs who are sponsored by their respective Government for more than 2 years. By extension, all JPOs will soon be eligible (once we've taken care of the technicalities) to store their CV online in our JPO talent roster (at www.jposc.org , go to Databases/Rosters - JPO CV/Talent Roster), as soon as they have served for 15 months.



• JPO eligibility to apply for the LEAD programme will no longer be restricted. From now on, all JPOs will be eligible to apply for the LEAD programme at any time during the JPO assignment.

Both amendments will soon be reflected on OHR intranet site.

We hope that these decisions will enhance career opportunities for JPOs and further improve the JPO retention rates.

Best regards,

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

• Pernille Dahl (Denmark) UNFPA Malawi, Sexual and reproductive health
• Antonie Kraemer (Norway) UNDP Madagascar, Business and administrative management
• Ellen Beate Langehaug (Norway) UNFPA Headquarters (NY), Strategic Partnership and Resource Mobilization
• Anita Sunder (Norway) UNDP Ethiopia, Crisis Prevention and Recovery

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

• Ilaria Carnevali (Italy) UNDP-UNIFEM USA (New York City)
• Ulrike Meissner (Germany) UNOPS Headquarters (Geneva)
• Antonin Prébois (France) UNDP-UNCDF Ethiopia
• Jennifer Shapiro (Canada) UNDP Senegal
• Minori Terada (Japan) UNDP Bhutan

May 2004:

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

• Clemens Benedikt (Austria) UNFPA Zimbabwe, Sexual and reproductive health
• Siri Gronneflata (Norway) UNOPS Senegal, Business and administrative management
• Tran Viet Tu (Vietnam, funded by la Francophonie) UNDP Headquarters (Geneva), Governance and human rights

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

• Carsten Hansen (Denmark) UNDP Somalia
• Jean-Charles Rouge (France) UNDP Niger
• Kokou Bad Tchodie (Togo, funded by Belgium) UNDP-UNCDF Mali

April 2004:

The next Regional JPO workshop is scheduled to take place in Hanoi, Vietnam, between 14 and 18 June 2004. The theme will be 'Partnering with the Private Sector'. A detailed agenda will follow in due course. as there has been a lot of discussion recently within UNDP on how the UN can increase its support and collaboration with the private sector as a tool for global poverty alleviation, this workshop will aim at familiarising participants with the overall setting of globalization and corporate citizenship, and outline methodologies and practicalities of engaging with private sector.

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

• Silvio Simonit (Italy) UNDP India, Energy and environment
• Keita Sugimoto (Japan) UNDP Angola, Crisis Prevention and Recovery

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

• Forster Akuoko (Ghana, funded by Belgium) UNDP Burundi
• Erik Bryld (Denmark) UNDP Nepal
• Ana Castillo Cebollero (Spain) UNDP Morocco
• Jani Raappana (Finland) UNDP Honduras
• Annamaria Zonno (Italy) UNDP Mauritania

MARCH 2004:

• The FAQ on Separation has been updated with more answers to you possible questions.

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

• Sakho Adja (Senegal, funded by la Francophonie) UNDP Headquarters (NY), Business and administrative management
• Marcus Baltzer (Sweden) UNDP Malawi, Governance and Human Rights
• Sara Khan (Pakistan, funded by the Netherlands) UNFPA Mauritania, Population and development
• Kristine Nilsen (Norway) UNFPA Headquarters (Geneva), Sexual and reproductive health
• Laura Nisula (Finland) UNDP India, Agriculture, food security and rural development
• Noriko Toyoda (Japan) UNDP Indonesia, Poverty and economy
• Katrien Van Mechelen (Luxembourg) El Salvador, Energy and environment

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

• Eric Besner (Canada) UNDP Rwanda
• Par Gebauer (Germany) UNOPS Headquarter (NY)
• Christian Gladel (Germany) UNFPA Headquarters (NY)
• Stephanie Kuttner (Canada) UNDP Headquarters (NY)
• Cristiana Morf (Australia) UNDP Papua New Guinea
• Ayako Okamoto (Japan) UNFPA Egypt
• Keita Ohashi (Japan) UNFPA Senegal
• Nina Saalismaa (Finland) UNDP Guatemala
• Edo Stork (Netherlands) UNDP Fiji
• Kenichi Tsunoda (Japan) UNDP Ghana

February 2004:

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

• Stefan Lutz (Germany) UNOPS Afghanistan, Crisis prevention, humanitarian relief and recovery

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

• Rikke Damm (Denmark) UNDP Burkina Faso
• Jonas Giersing (Denmark) UNDP-UNCDF Tanzania
• Juan Gómez Reino (Spain) UNDP Vietnam
• Birgit Krasilowsky (Finland) UNDP-DDC Lebanon
• Ayumi Maeda (Japan) UNDP-UNV Germany
• Myriam Menchen Fernández (Spain) UNDP Nicaragua
• Elisabeth Nash (Canada) UNFPA Guatemala
• Olof Nunez (Sweden) UNDP Lesotho
• Maria Requena Quesada (Spain) UNFPA The Philippines
• Mark Schreiner (Canada) UNFPA Nigeria

• The Training and Learning page has been updated with new links to training courses for JPOs.

January 2004:

• The JPO-Net has just been launched. This knowledge network is intended to strengthen knowledge-sharing and cross-fertilisation activities among all JPOs administered by the UNDP JPO Service Centre
• The post-JPO opportunities page has been updated with 18 new links to vacancies pages.

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

• Nana Ahlmark (Denmark) UNDP Egypt, UN system coordination
• Mattias Johansson (Sweden) UNDP Headquarters (NY), Business and administrative management
• Hiroyuki Okuda (Japon) PNUD Botswana, Energy and environment
• Miwako Kamimura (Japan) UNDP Colombia, Poverty and economy

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

• Alfonso Fernández de Castro Torres (Spain) UNDP-IAPSO Headquarters (Copenhagen)
• Lars Bestle (Denmark) UNDP Vietnam
• Jennifer Bohn (Luxembourg) UNDP Namibia
• Beate Bull (Norway) UNDP Timor-Leste
• Stijn De Lameillieure (Belgium) UNDP Ecuador
• Ivanoé Fugali (Italia) UNDP Somalia
• Mona Khurdok (Germany) UNFPA Headquarters (NY)
• Per Larsson (Sweden) UNDP Ukraine
• Giuseppe Mancinelli (Italia) UNOPS Colombia
• Berta Panes Goday (Spain) UNDP-UNV Headquarters (Bonn)
• Vinciane Quoidbach (Belgium)UNDP Headquarters (Geneva)
• Takayo Sasaki (Japan) UNDP Thailand
• Nadine Smith (Canada) UNDP Thailand
• Mauri Starckman (Finland) UNDP-UNCDF Nicaragua

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