What was new in 2005?


December 2005:

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

  • Wesley Jickling (Canada) UNDP Ukraine, Strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation
  • Lars Tushuizen (Netherlands) UNDP Malawi, UN System Coordination
  • Sara Van Belle (Belgium) UNFPA Senegal, Sexual and reproductive health

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

  • Alessandro Albu (Italy) UNDP Egypt
  • Afke Bootsman (Netherlands) UNDP Guyana
  • Sara Bordas Eddy (Spain) UNDP Haiti
  • Michiel Bourgondien (Netherlands) UNCDF Mali
  • Vivi Mansson (Sweden) MRC Lao PDR
  • Aika Van der Kleij (Netherlands) UNDP Sao Tome and Principe

November 2005:

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

  • Isabelle Alz (Germany) WHO Denmark, Business and administrative management
  • Nina Bjerglund Andersen (Denmark) WHO Headquarters (Geneva), Health
  • Masami Beppu (Japan) UNDP Slovakia, Gender
  • Regina Bjarnadóttir (Iceland) UNDP Guyana, Poverty and economic issues
  • Merethe Borge (Norway) UNDP Soudan, Governance and Human Rights
  • Sarah de Hovre (Belgium) WHO Viet Nam, Health
  • Kirstin Eppert (Germany) UNDP Sri Lanka, Crisis prevention and recovery
  • Cécile Famerée (Belgium) UNFPA Pérou, Sexual and reproductive health
  • Adélio Manuel Fernandez Antunes (Luxembourg) WHO Lao PDR, Health
  • Pernille Friis (Denmark) UNDP Viet Nam, Governance and Human Rights
  • Susana Fuertes Blanco (Spain) UNDP Guinea Bissau, Poverty and economic issues
  • Julia Goehsing (Germany) UNFPA Mexico, Public relations and communications
  • Matthias Grossmann (Germany) UNDP Namibie, UN System Coordination
  • Filippo Iarrera (Italy) UNFPA Peru, Sexual and reproductive health
  • Josiane Khoury (France) UNFPA Headquarters (New York), HIV/AIDS
  • Laura Lopez Ortum (Spain) UNDP Haiti, Sustainable human development
  • Leonor Lopez Vega (Spain) UNDP Cuba, Sustainable human development
  • Christoph Merdes (Germany) UNDGO Headquarters (New York), UN System Coordination
  • Mitra Moadab Motlagh (Belgium) WHO Mozambique, Health
  • Marjolein Ooijevaar (the Netherlands) UNDP Bolivia, UN System Coordination
  • Chiara Pace (Italie) UNCDF Mozambique, Governance and Human Rights
  • Nicolas Pierre (Luxembourg) UNDP Senegal, UN System Coordination
  • Christian Resch (Germany) Headquarters (New York), Governance and Human Rights
  • Simran Singh (India, sponsored by the Netherlands) UNDP Ghana, Poverty and economic issues
  • Priya Sood (Canada) UNDP Jordanie, Poverty and economic issues
  • Trine Storm (Denmark) UNDP Burkina Faso, Governance and Human Rights
  • Jean-Philippe Tissier (Luxembourg) UNDP Burkina Faso, VIH/Sida

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

  • Elena Correas Gomez (Spain) UNDP Colombia
  • Alexandre Côté (Canada) UNDP Mauritius and the Seychelles
  • Inès de Mazarrasa (Spain) UNDP PAPP
  • Helena Gorancic-Lazetic (Canada) UNDP Croatia
  • Oskar Kass (Finland) UNDP Ethiopia
  • Jean-François Klein (Luxembourg) UNFPA Morocco
  • Céline Mazars (France) UNDP South Africa
  • Sylvain Merlen (France) UNDP Iraq
  • Lisa Mossberg (Sweden) UNDP Albania
  • Katrine Riisgaard Pedersen (Denmark) UNDP Viet Nam
  • Morten Olesen (Denmark) UNDP Ethiopia
  • Alexandra Roth (Germany) UNFPA Headquarters (New York)
  • Kazuyuki Uji (Japan) UNDP Sri Lanka
  • Dirk Wagener (Germany) UNDP Papua New Guinea

October 2005:

  • The next JPO workshop is scheduled to take place in Dakar, Senegal, in January 2006. The theme will be Decentralised Governance and Development. For more information on the agenda and how to register, please click here.
  • We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

    • Blandine Bouniol (France) UNDP Syria, Poverty and economic issues
    • Dimitri de Gruben (Belgium) UNAIDS Guatemala, HIV/Aids
    • Ole Doetichem (Germany) WHO Headquarters (Geneva), Health issues
    • Patricia Fernandez-Pacheco (Spain) UNIFEM Ecuador, Gender
    • Daniela Gregr (Luxembourg) UNDP Niger, Poverty and economic issues
    • Antoine Heuty (France) UNDP Headquarters (New York), Poverty and economic issues
    • Chikako Kodama (Japan) UNDP PAPP, Poverty and economic issues
    • Philipp Lambach (Germany) UNAIDS Headquarters (Geneva), HIV/AIDS
    • Niels Lohmann (Germany) UNV Headquarters (Bonn), Business and administrative management
    • Hege Magnus (Norway) UNDGO Headquarters (New York), UN system coordination
    • Estibalitz Morras (Spain) UNDP Ethiopia, Agriculture, food security and rural development
    • Chantal Ruel (Canada) UNDP Gabon, Governance and Human Rights
    • Claire Smellie (Sweden) UNDP Armenia, Governance and Human Rights
    • Anne-Kristin Treiber (Germany) UNIFEM Morocco, Gender

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

    • Ysabel Blanco (Canada) UNDP Paraguay
    • Kaori Ishikawa (Japan) UNFPA Headquarters (New York)
    • Azusa Kubota (Japan) UNDP Malawi
    • Naoko Takasu (Japan) UNDP Pakistan
    • Nanako Tsukahara (Japan) UNDP Nepal

    September 2005:

    The JPO Service Centre welcomes a new partner agency!

    The Universal Postal Union (UPU) becomes the latest partner agency after signing a Memorandum with UNDP for the management of their JPO Programme by the JPO service Centre.

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

    • Batula Hassan Abdi (Kenya, sponsored by the Netherlands) UNFPA Tanzania, Sexual and reproductive health
    • Caroline Åberg (Sweden) UNDP Indonesia, Governance and Human Rights
    • Frédérique Boni (France, sponsored by Belgium) UNDP Mali, Sustainable human development
    • Helga Bára Bragadóttir (Iceland) UNDP Angola, Crisis Prevention and Recovery
    • Silvia da Rin Pagnetto (Italy) UNDP Uruguay, UN System Coordination
    • Sharif Egal (the Netherlands) UNFPA Egypt, Sexual and reproductive health
    • Winta Ghebreah (the Netherlands) UNDP Cambodia, Gender
    • Olivier Grégroire (Belgium) UNAIDS Peru
    • Christina Hansson (Sweden) UNDP Serbia Montenegro, Sustainable human development
    • Sophie Haspeslagh (Belgium) UNDP Algeria, Governance and Human Rights
    • Caroline Horekens (Belgiun) UNIFEM Ecuador, Gender
    • Helena Kekki (Finland) UNDP Viet Nam, Poverty and economic issues
    • Misheck Luhanga (Malawi, financed by the Netherlands) UNFPA Nigeria, Population and development, HDR
    • Toshizo Maeda (Japan) UNDP Malaysia, Energy and environment
    • Laila Milad (Denmark) UNDP West Bank/Gaza, Governance and Human Rights
    • Troels Pilegaard (Denmark) UNDP Bangladesh, Poverty and economic issues
    • Youssef Rahman (the Netherlands) UNDP Gambia, Governance and Human Rights
    • Rol Reiland (Luxembourg) UNDP Lao PDR, Poverty and economic issues
    • Sandra Rotzinger (Germany) UNFPA Headquarters (New York), Sexual and reproductive health
    • Odette Salden (the Netherlands) UNFPA Suriname, Sexual and reproductive health
    • Jakob Tvede (Denmark) UNDP Nicaragua, Governance and Human Rights
    • Jeske van Seters (the Netherlands) UNDP Djibouti, Poverty and economic issues
    • Alice Wimmer (Austria) UNAIDS Pakistan, HIV/Aids
    • Emiko Yoshimatsu (Japan) UNV Headquarters (Bonn), Business and administrative management

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

    • Deborah Adalla (Central African Republic, financed by the Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie) UNCDF Headquarters (New York)
    • Kai Buchholz (Germany) UNDGO Headquarters (New York)
    • Bjorn Oliver Buhler (Germany) UNFPA Headquarters (New York)
    • Lisa Dacosta (France) UNDP Mozambique
    • Bikash Dash (India, financed by Belgium) UNDP Lao PDR
    • Barbara Laurenceau (France) UNDP Haiti
    • Makoto Miyasako (Japan) UNOPS Headquarters (New York)
    • Layla Saad (Canada) UNDP Egypt
    • Shane Sheils (Ireland) UNDP Viet Nam
    • Olivier Standaert (Belgium) UNDP Cambodia
    • Phuoc Tran Minh (Finland) UNDP Lao PDR
    • Yumiko Yasuda (Japan) UNDP Thailand

    August 2005:

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

    • Charu Bist (Nepal, financed by the Netherlands) UNDP Lesotho, Governance and human rights
    • Martin Christensson (Sweden) UNDP Georgia, Poverty reduction
    • Srikiran Devara (India, financed by the Netherlands) UNDP Uganda, Governance and human rights
    • Tina Gewis (Austria) UNDP Afghanistan, Governance and human rights
    • Eija Palosuo (Finland) UNDP Denmark, Public Relations, Information and Communication
    • Brechtje Kemp (the Netherlands) UNDP Sudan, Governance and human rights
    • Shohei Matsuura (Japan) UNDP Philippines, Energy and environment
    • Asao Shimizu (Japan) UNDP Lao PDR, Governance and human rights
    • Sara Van Gaalen (the Netherlands) UNDP Lao PDR, Governance and human rights

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

    • Senanu Arkutu (Ghana, financed by Belgium) UNFPA Benin
    • Kristina Henschen (Sweden) UNDP Armenia
    • Mirkka Henttonen (Finland) UNFPA Headquarters (Geneva)
    • Robert Moosburger (Austria) UNDP Burundi
    • Ritsu Nacken-Morino (Japan) UNDP Fiji
    • Géraldine Pagniet (Côte d'Ivoire, financed by the Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie) UNDP Headquarters (Brussels)
    • Luc Reuter (Luxembourg) UNDP Senegal
    • Malin Samuelsson (Sweden) UNDP China

    July 2005:

  • The JPO Service Centre welcomes a new stakeholder in the JPO Programme!

    Saudi Arabia has become the 24th donor of the JPO Programme after signing with UNDP a Memorandum of Understanding on the recruitment and appointment of Saudi JPOs.
  • We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

    • Josefina Halme (Finland) UNDP Zambia, HIV/Aids
    • Sanna Vesikansa (Finland) UNFPA Ethiopia, Sexual and reproductive health

    June 2005:

  • The JPO Service Centre welcomes two new partner agencies!

    The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS become the latest partner agencies after signing a Memorandum with UNDP for the management of their JPO Programme by the JPO service Centre.
  • We would like to say goodbye and wish all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in June:

    • Laura Bott-Guillemain (Switzerland) UNDP Ecuator
    • Pernille Dahl (Denmark) UNFPA Malawi
    • Zipporah Gathiti (Kenya, financed by Belgium) UNFPA Uganda
    • Ana Gabriela Guerrero Serdan (Mexico, financed by Belgium) UNDP Laos
    • Niels Guenther (Germany) UNOPS Headquarters (Geneva)
    • Jakob Haugaard (Denmark) UNDP-UNCDF Nepal
    • Staffan Landin (Sweden) UNDP Denmark
    • Akjemal Magtymova (Turkmenistan, financed by Belgium) UNFPA Laos
    • Fredrik Svensson (Sweden) UNDP Colombia
    • Didier Trebucq (France) UNDP India

    May 2005:

  • The Seventh JPO Workshop took place in Havana on 18 - 22 April 2005 on UN Reform and Coordination with the presence of Jan Mattsson, Assistant Administrator and Director of UNDP's Bureau of Management. 26 JPOs, working for UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNOPS, UNV and DESA, and members of the UN Country Team in Cuba participated in the sessions.

    To read more...
  • We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

    • Charlotte Niklasson (Sweden) UNDP Kyrgyzstan, Crisis prevention, humanitarian relief and recovery
    • Karl Nilsson (Sweden) UNDP Tajikistan, Strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation
    • Michael Otto (Sweden) UNDP Cambodia, Governance and human rights
    • Piritta Rikkonen (Finland) UNFPA Zambia, Gender

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

    • Anne Hassberger (Switzerland) UNFPA Tanzania
    • Sawako Inae (Japan) UNDP Botzwana
    • Ruben Korevaar (the Netherlands) UNFPA Mongolia
    • Gernot Laganda (Austria) UNDP South Africa

    April 2005:

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

    • Matthew Cogan (Ireland) UNDP Tanzania, HIV/Aids
    • Sebastian Silva Leander (Sweden) UNDP Rwanda, Poverty reduction and economic issues
    • Mary O'Connor (Ireland) UNDP Zambia, Governance and human rights
    • Mary O'Shea (Ireland) UNDP South Africa, UN system coordination
    • Alina Ostling (Sweden) UNDP Belarus, Governance and human rights

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

    • Karin Bruce (Sweden) UNDP Belarus
    • Wakako Hashimoto (Japan) UNDP Uzbekistan
    • Inka Mattila (Japan) UNDP El Salvador
    • Janne Niemi (Finland) UNDP Timor Leste
    • Saba Nordstroem (Sweden) UNDP UN Administered Territory of Kosovo (Serbia Montenegro)
    • Hisako Shiki (Japan) UNFPA Myanmar

    March 2005:

  • view of Havana The next JPO workshop is scheduled to take place in Havana, Cuba, 18-22 April 2005. The theme will be UN Reform and Coordination. For more information on the agenda and how to register, please click here.
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    We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

    • Elsje Berghmans (Belgium) UNDP Mozambique, Poverty and economic issues
    • Ryuichiro Hanawa (Japan) UNDP China, Energy and environment
    • Jonas Marcher Ottosen (Sweden) UNDP Botswana, UN system coordination
    • Taeko Shioiri (Japan) UNFPA Headquarters (New York), Sexual and reproductive health

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

    • Hiroshi Anzo (Japan) UNDP Bangladesh
    • Edvig Boserup (Denmark) UNDP Afghanistan
    • Rikke Fabienke (Denmark) UNDP Mozambique
    • Chiharu Fukazawa (Japan) UNDP Bolivia
    • Kasper Koefoed-Hansen (Denmark) UNDP Costa Rica
    • Sorley Mc Caughey (Ireland) UNDP Mozambique
    • Petter Meirik (Sweden) UNDP Georgia
    • Miho Mitsui (Japan) UNDP Headquarters (New York)
    • Laura Nisula (Finland) UNDP India
    • Francesco Notti (Italy) UNDP Panama
    • Christine Daa Svarer (Denmark) UNDP Nicaragua

    February 2005:

  • Welcome to a new stakeholder in the JPO Programme!

    Iceland has become the 23rd stakeholder of the JPO Programme after signing with UNDP a Memorandum of Understanding on the recruitment and appointment of Icelandic JPOs.
  • Expectation letters on Supervision and General operations are available online under the Duty Station Corner. They compile advice and guidelines on the supervisory and operational responsibilities towards JPOs at the Duty Station level.
  • We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

    • Camilla Dan-Weibel (Denmark) UNDP Benin, Governance and human rights
    • Cécilia Faingnaert (Belgium) UNDP Benin, Poverty and economy
    • Hye-Seung Lee (Republic of Korea) UNDP-UNV Headquarters (Bonn), Strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation
    • Ki Jeong Kelly Lee (Republic of Korea) UNDP Kenya, Poverty and economy
    • Thomas Skov-Hansen (Denmark) UNDP Nepal, Governance and human rights

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

    • Yoko Anazawa (Japan) UNDP Slovak Republic
    • Signe Frederiksen (Denmark) UNDP Ethiopia
    • Marc Jacquand (France) UNDP-UNCDF Headquarters (New York)
    • Anders Knudby (Denmark) UNDP Eritrea
    • Hanayo Kuroda (Japan) UNDP Headquarters (New York)
    • Marie Louise Muff (Denmark) UNDP India
    • Patricia Oliveira (Portugal) UNDP Angola
    • Jane Rosales-Werngreen (Denmark) UNDP Guatemala
    • Louise Wrist Sorensen (Denmark) UNDP Kenya
    • Mikkel Trolle (Denmark) UNDP Bangladesh

    JANUARY 2005:

    Season's Greetings from the JPO Service Centre!

    Greeting card from the JPOSC

  • The Millennium Project Report was launched this month. Entitled Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals, you can download it here.
  • We have asked Marie Pedersen to share with us her experience as a JPO in Bhutan.
    To read more...
  • The Spanish version of UNDP for Beginners is available online.
  • We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!

    • Vidar Ellingsen (Norway) UNDP Venezuela, Sustainable human development
    • Vanda Dias dos Santos (Portugal) UNDP Angola, Poverty and economic issues
    • Sián Evans (United Kingdom, sponsored by Belgium) UNFPA Niger, Sexual and reproductive health
    • Henry Glorieux (Belgium) UNDP-UNCDF Niger, Governance and human rights
    • Isaac Kim (Republic of Korea) UNDP Cap Verde, ICT for development
    • Benoît Larielle (Belgium) UNDP-UNCDF Rwanda, Governance and human rights
    • Pedro Martins (Portugal) UNDP Mozambique, Poverty and economy
    • Ulrika Rehnstrom (Sweden) UNFPA Bolivia, Sexual and reproductive health
    • Lara Romaniuc (Canada) UNDP Turkey, Governance and human rights
    • Marialouise Sperl (Austria) UNDP Senegal, Crisis prevention, humanitarian relief, recovery

    We would like to say goodbye and wish all the best for 2005 to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in January

    • Muni Ahlawat (Canada) UNDP Russian Federation
    • Raphaël Billé (France) UNDP Indonesia
    • Miguel Castanha (Portugal) UNDP Mozambique
    • Yoko Harada (Japan) UNDP Ethiopia
    • Zanofer Ismalebbe (Sri Lanka) UNDP Uzbekistan
    • Kaspar Bro Larsen (Denmark) UNDP Cambodia
    • Charlotte Katrin Lervik (Norway) UNDP Tanzania
    • Clarissa Meister-Petersen (Denmark) UNDP Indonésia
    • Michiko Nagashima (Japan) UNFPA Bhutan
    • Michael Schoiswohl (Autriche) UNDP Afghanistan
    • Takeshi Shiihara (Japan) UNDP Myanmar
    • Hideko Shimoji (Japan) UNDP Bosnia Herzégovina

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