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What was new in 2006?
December 2006
We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPO!
- Caroline Bronne-Schaefer (Germany, sponsored by Belgium) UNDP DR Congo, Crisis prevention, humanitarian relief and recovery
- Sathyanaraynan Doraiswamy (India, sponsored by the Netherlands) FNUAP Zimbabwe, Sexual and reproductive health
- Francesco Galtieri (Italia) UNDGO Headquarters (New York), UN System coordination
- Aleksander Pak (Uzbekistan, sponsored by the Netherlands) FNUAP Yemen, Gender
- Dorthe Raben (Denmark) FNUAP Burkina Faso, Sexual and reproductive health
- Ida Thyregod (Denmark) FNUAP Mozambique, Sexual and reproductive health
- Nadia Van der Linde (Netherlands) FNUAP Pakistán, Sexual and reproductive health
- Marleen Van der Ree (Netherlands) FNUAP Sierra Leone, Sexual and reproductive health
- Kaoru Yamagiwa (Japan) UNDP Sri Lanka, Poverty and economic issues
We would like to say goodbye and wish all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in December:
- Houtan Bassiri (Japan) UNDP South Africa
- Madeleine Bolliger Klah (Switzerland) UNDP Ghana
- Marcus Lenzen (Germany) UNDP Headquarters (New York)
- Jonna Lundwall (Sweden) UNDP Honduras
- Marie-Véronique Marchand (Switzerland) UNDP Pakistán
- Guro Nesbakken (Norway) FNUAP Ethiopia
- Stéphanie Ngo (Germany) UNOPS Headquarters (Copenhagen)
- Nami Takashi (Japan) UNDP Lao PDR
November 2006
The updated French version of "UNDP for Beginners" is available online.
Being a JPO in Liberia - Kay Schwendinger shares her experience with UNDP in Liberia.
UNDP launches the 2006 Human Development Report - Beyond Scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis.
We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPO!
- Miriam Ciscar Blat (Spain) UNFPA Philippines, Population and development
- Nils Clotteau (France) UPU Benin, Business and administrative management
- Gert Danielsen (Norway) UNDP Regional Office in South Africa, Poverty and economic issues
- Christelle Estran (France) WHO Headquarters (Lyon), Health
- Diana Harumi Fuentes Furuya (Mexico, sponsored by Luxembourg) UNDP Lao PDR, Poverty and economic issues
- Maja Manzenski Hansen (Denmark) UNFPA China, Sexual and reproductive health
- Valérie Heyman (Luxembourg) UNFPA Headquarters (New York), Strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation
- Julia Keutgen (Belgium) UNDP Burundi, Governance and human rights
- Anne Kluyskens (Belgium) UNFPA Senegal, Gender
- Jas Mantero (Italy) WHO Regional Office (Washington), Health
- Piedad Martin (Spain) UNFPA Colombia, Poverty and economic issues
- Sonia Ortiz Arcos (Spain) UNIFEM Brazil, Gender
- Mercedes San Roman Ruiz (Spain) UNDP Occupied Palestinian Territories (PAPP), Energy and environment
- Alberto Suppa (Italy) UNDP Peru, Sustainable human development
- Asahi Takano (Japan) UNDP Zimbabwe, Governance and human rights
- Bastian Van de Loo (the Netherlands) UNFPA Indonesia, Sexual and reproductive health
- Anne Weber (Luxembourg) UNFPA Namibia, 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 November:
- Isabelle Alz (Germany) WHO Regional Office (Copenhagen)
- Geraldine Arias (Nicaragua, sponsored by the Netherlands) UNDP Guinea Bissau
- Masami Beppu (Japan) UNDP Regional Centre (Slovakia)
- Boubou Cissé (Mali, sponsored by la Francophonie) World Bank Headquarters (Washington)
- Sara de Pablos (Spain) UNDP Mauritania
- Asier Erdozain (Spain) UNIDO Headquarters (Vienna)
- Kajsa Marsk (Sweden) UNDP Tanzania
- Holger Osterrieder (Germany) UNDP Regional Centre (Slovakia)
- Marta Perez del Pulgar (Spain) UNFPA Philippines
- Anne-Marie Roed (Norway) UNOPS Kenya
- Patrik Silborn (Sweden) UNDP Headquarters (New York)
October 2006
The JPO Programme in figures: 243 JPOs in 99 countries. For more information on the number of JPOs, where they are and who are the donor countries...
The updated Spanish version of "UNDP for Beginners" is available online.
We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPO!
- Begoña Elizalde San Miguel (Spain) UNV Headquarters (Bonn), Sustainable human development
- Maria Fuentenebro (Spain) UNDP Guatemala, Sustainable Human Development
- Danièle Gelz (Luxembourg) UNDP Senegal, Poverty and economic issues
- Orria Goni Delzangles (Spain) UNDP Senegal, Governance and Human Rights
- Constance Hybsier (Germany) UNDP Viet Nam, Governance and Human Rights
- Julia Kercher (Germany) UNDP Headquarters (New York), Governance and Human Rights
- Tanja Kuchenmueller (Germany) WHO Headquarters (Geneva), Health
- Frederik Matthys (Belgium) UNDP Rwanda, UN System coordination
- Satako Nadamoto (Japan) UNDP Bangladesh, Gender
- Eirin Naess-Sorensen (Norway) UNDP Headquarters (New York), Gender
- Alejandro Pacheco Gurruchaga (Spain) UNDP El Salvador, UN System coordination
- Alessandra Pellizzeri (Italy) UNDP Mauritania, Governance and Human Rights
- Maria Isolina Sanchez Andrade (Spain) UNDP Sao Tome & Principe, Poverty and economic issues
- Aaro Samuli Seppänen (Finland) WHO India, Health
- Diane Sheinberg (Belgium) UNDP Headquarters (New York), 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 October:
- Nane Avetisyan (Armenia, sponsored by the Netherlands) UNDP Turkmenistan
- Anja Bauer (Germany) UNFPA Botswana
- Sara Cortes Garcia (Spain) UNDP Namibia
- Maaike de Langen (Netherlands) UNDP Headquarters (New York)
- Julia Goehsing (Germany) UNFPA Mexico
- Harinder Janjua (Canada) UNDP Swaziland
- Susanne Kuehn (Germany) UNDP Ecuador
- Pedro Manuel Moreno Fernandez (Spain) UNDP Ecuador
- Jörg Nadoll (Germany) UNDP Thailand
- Giulia Perrone (Italy) UNDP El Salvador
- Yolanda Polo Tejedor (Spain) UNDP Brazil
- Kay Schwendinger (Austria) UNDP Liberia
- Kim Sundström (Sweden) UNFPA Viet Nam
- Barbara Wolff (Germany) UNV Headquarters (Bonn)
September 2006
UNFPA lauches its 2006 State of world population report. Entitled A Passage to Hope: Women and International Migration, you can access it by clicking the image.
We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPO!
- Hildur Fjóla Antonsdóttir (Iceland) UNIFEM Barbados, Gender
- Susanne Carai (Germany) WHO Headquarters (Geneva), Health
- Noriko Chatani (Japan) UNDP Papoua New Guinea, Sustainable Human Development
- Gilles Chevalier (Belgium) UNDP Headquarters (Geneva), Strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation
- Bertrand Ginet (France) UNDP Headquarters (New York), Strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation
- John Karlsrud (Norway) UNDP Headquarters (New York), Millenium Development Goals
- Janneke Kukler van der Graaff (Netherlands) UNDP Kenya, Governance and Human Rights
- Cécile Mazzacurati (France) UNFPA Headquarters (New York), Crisis prevention, humanitarian relief and recovery
- Johannes Schunter (Germany) UNV Headquarters (Bonn), Business and Administrative Management
- Kai Stabell (Norway) UNDP Headquarters (New York), Crisis prevention, humanitarian relief and recovery
- Keiko Tamura (Japan) UNDP Headquarters (Geneva), Crisis prevention, humanitarian relief and recovery
- Marte Torskenaes (Norway) UNDP Danemark, Public relations and Communications
- Jacqueline Van Splunter (Netherlands) UNDP Burkina Faso, HIV/AIDS
- Martinus Janszoon Vink (Netherlands) UNDP Mongolia, Energy and environment
We would like to say goodbye and wish all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in September:
- Marie-Ange Bunga (Belgium) UNDP Headquarters (New York)
- Sébastien Gouraud (France) UNDP Sudan
- Pierre-Yves Guédez (France, financed by Belgium) UNDP Burkina Faso
- Karin Heisecke (Germany) UNFPA Headquarters (Brussels)
- Jorg Kuhnel (Germany) UNDP DR Congo
- Daniel Magnusson (Sweden) UNFPA Nicaragua
- Marta Manzaneque Suarez (Spain) UNV Headquarters (Bonn)
- Jorg Mattern (Germany) UNDP Guatemala
- Sylvia Okazaki (Japan) UNIFEM Headquarters (New York)
- Jochem Ramakers (Netherlands) UNDP Timor Leste
- Rol Reiland (Luxembourg) UNDP Lao PDR
- Taeko Shioiri Sarvaiya (Japan) UNFPA Headquarters (New York)
- Signe Yde-Andersen (Denmark) UNFPA Burkina Faso
August 2006
We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPO!
- Thuy Ha Bui (Viet Nam, financed by the Netherlands) UNDP Macedonia, Poverty and economy
We would like to say goodbye and wish all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in August:
- Madeleine Bolliger Klah (Switzerland) UNDP Ghana
- Precy Cabrera (Philippines, financed by the Netherlands) UNDP Kenya
- Iori Kato (Japan) UNDP Headquarters (New York)
- Anne Heidi Kvalsoren (Norway) UNDP Nicaragua
- Natacha Morales-Escoffier (Bolivia, financed by Belgium) UNDP Ecuador
- Nadja Schmeil (Germany) UNV Headquarters (Bonn)
- Janne Sykko (Finland) UNFPA Sri Lanka
July 2006
The next JPO workshop is scheduled
to take place in Tbilisi, Georgia, between 25 and 29 September 2006. The theme will
be Capacity 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!
- Karen Förnzler (Germany) UNV Headquarters (Bonn), Public relations and communication
- Anne-Aël Pohu (France) UNDP Haiti, 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 July:
- Lacina Barro (Burkina Faso, financed by Luxembourg) UNDP Senegal
- Rune Brandrup (Denmark) UNFPA Bolivia
- Gerd Elmark (Denmark) UNFPA Yemen
- Junichi Imai (Japan) UNDP Viet Nam
- Jakob Sloth Madsen (Denmark) UNFPA Mozambique
- Jessica de Ruijter (Netherlands) UNFPA China
- Silvio Simonit (Italy) UNDP India
- Akiko Yamamoto (Japan) UNDP Namibia
June 2006
The updated version of "UNDP for Beginners" is available here
We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!
- Tobias Alfven (Swedem) UNAIDS Viet Nam, HIV/Aids
- Takaaki Miyaguchi (Japan) UNDP Indonesia, Energy and environment
- Lina Nykänen-Rettaroli (Finland) UNAIDS Headquarters (Geneva), HIV/Aids
- Laura Vinha (Finland) UNFPA Viet Nam, Public relations and communication
We would like to say goodbye and wish all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in June:
- Agnès Coutou (France) PNUD Timor Leste
- Noriko Toyoda (Japan) PNUD Indonesi
May 2006
Belgium recruited for its JPO Programme. Deadline for application was 14 May 2006.
For more information...
We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!
- Angelika Kartusch (Austria) UNIFEM Headquarters (New York), Gender
- Akihito Kono (Japan) UNDP Macedonia, Energy and environment
- Silla Ristimaki (Finland) UNFPA Nepal, Sexual and reproductive health
- Kaoru Yokotani (Japan) UNDP Uganda, Crisis prevention and recovery
We would like to say goodbye and wish all the best to the following colleagues who ended their JPO assignment in May:
- Clemens Benedikt (Austria) UNFPA Zimbabwe
- Manon Bernier (Canada) UNDP Panama
- Steven Geiger (Switzerland) UNDP Viet Nam
- Antonie Kraemer (Norway) UNDP Madagascar
- Toshiya Nishigori (Japan) UNDP Mongolia
- Palamanga Ouali (Burkina Faso, financed by Luxembourg) UNDP Mali
- Piritta Rikkonen (Finland) UNFPA Zambia
- Yuko Suzuki (Japan) UNDP Tanzania
- Tran Viet Tu (Viet Nam, financed by la Francophonie) UNDP Headquarters (Geneva)
April 2006
Meeting Kofi Annan or 'Just another day as a JPO...' Antonie Kraemer, UNDP JPO in Madagascar, shares her experience of the recent visit or the Secretary General.
UNDP has recruited in April five Junior Professional Officer posts funded by the Netherlands:
For more information on the posts and how to apply, please consult the Current JPO Vacancies section.
We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!
- Martin Gauss (Austria) World Bank Peru, Energy and envirronment
- Ryoko Iizuka (Japan) UNDP Myanmar, Poverty and economic issues
- Takashi Izutsu (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 April:
- Masami Hayashi (Japan) UNDP Mexico
- Valeria Izzi (Italia) UNDP Headquarters (New York)
- Sari Laaksonen (Finland) UNDP Headquarters (Geneva)
- Marie Pedersen (Denmark) UNDP Bhutan
March 2006
The results of the 2005 Satisfaction Surveys are online.
For more details on the JPOs and Donors satisfaction...
We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!
- Eina Al-Ashgar (Saudi Arabia) UNDP Headquarters (New York), Business and administrative management
- Haitham Alfayez (Saudi Arabia) UNDP Headquarters (Geneva), Poverty and economic issues
- Christian Disler (Switzerland) UNDP Ukraine, Governance and Human Rights
- Jean-Gabriel Duss (Switzerland) UNDP Nicaragua, Energy and envirronment
- Wessam Faridi (Saudi Arabia) UNDP Headquarters (Oslo), Governance and Human Rights
- Eiko Narita (Japan) UNDP Fidji, UN System coordination
- Alina Weibel (Switzerland) UNFPA Mali, 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:
- Thomas Fugelsnes (Norway) UNDP Kenya, seconded to the World Bank
- Catharina Groop (Finland) UNDP Namibia
- Jojanneke Kraan (Netherlands) UNFPA Sierra Leone
- Mathieu-Paul Ryckewaert (France) UNIFEM Morocco
- Nathalie Semoroz (Switzerland) UNDP Senegal, seconded to the World Bank
February 2006
We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!
- Lucas Koolschijn (Netherlands) UNDP Cameroon, Governance and Human Rights
- Maryline Py (France) UNDGO Headquarters (New York), UN System coordination
- Emma Richardson (Canada) UNFPA Honduras, Sexual and reproductive health
- Kari Vestbø (Norway) UNDP Tanzania, UN System coordination
We would like to say goodbye and wish all the best to the following colleagues
who ended their JPO assignment in February:
- Ahmad Al-Hammal (Austria) UNDP Occupied Palestinian Territories (PAPP)
- Michael Gruber (Germany) UNOPS Headquarters (New York)
- Rohini Kohli (India, sponsored by the Netherlands) UNDP Occupied Palestinian Territories (PAPP)
- Ulrik Bo Kristensen (Denmark) UNCDF Burkina Faso
- Pedro Martins (Portugal) UNDP Mozambique
- Nicole Polsterer (Austria) UNDP Headquarters (New York)
- Adja Sakho (Senegal, sponsored by la Francophonie) UNDP Headquarters (New York)
- Seiko Sugita (Japan) UNDP Lebanon
- Noriko Toyoda (Japan) UNDP Indonesia
January 2006:
We are glad to welcome on board the following new JPOs!
- Matthieu Arrault (France) UNFPA Ethiopia, Sexual and reproductive health
- Kristine Blokhus (Norway) UNFPA Indonesia, Sexual and reproductive health
- Eun-Chim Choi (Korea) UNDP Timor Leste, Governance and human rights
- Kumi Furuyashiki (Japan) UNDP Afghanistan, Sustainable human development
- Nina Hakamies (Finland) WHO Sri Lanka, Health
- Yasuko Kusakari (Japan) UNDP Ghana, Poverty and economic issues
- Ivan Le Lay (France) UNAIDS Benin, HIV/AIDS
- Gaëlle Le Roux (France) UNOPS Headquarters (Geneva), Business and administrative management
- Morten Lynge Madsen (Denmark) UNAIDS South Africa, HIV/AIDS
- Anne-Sofie Munk (Denmark) UNFPA Nicaragua, Sexual and reproductive health
- Karen Oppfeldt (Denmark) UNAIDS Headquarters (Geneva), HIV/AIDS
- Lisa Orrenius (Sweden) UNDGO Headquarters (New York), UN system coordination
- Halfdan Lynge Ottosen (Denmark) UNDP Mozambique, Governance and human rights
- Kemal Senouci (France) WHO France, Health
- Kristjana Sigurbjörnsdóttir (Iceland) UNDP Sri Lanka, HIV/AIDS
- Christopf Steffen (France) WHO Headquarters (Geneva), Health
We would like to say goodbye and wish all the best to the following colleagues
who ended their JPO assignment in January:
- Per Brixen (Denmark) UNDP Kenya
- Pepijn Gerrits (the Netherlands) UNDP Dominican Republic
- Hyewon Jung (Korea) UNCDF Headquarters (New York)
- Miwako Kamimura (Japan) UNDP Timor Leste
- Nynke Kuperus (the Netherlands) UNDP Sri Lanka
- Michael Lund (Denmark) UNDP Kenya
- Stefan Lutz (Germany) UNOPS Afghanistan
- Junko Miura (Japan) UNDP China
- Alwin Nijholt (the Netherlands) UNDP Zimbabwe
- Magali Romedenne (Belgium) FNUAP Viet Nam
- Riina Subra (Finland) UNDP Headquarters (New York)
- Sonoko Sunayama (Japan) UNDP Yemen
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