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Promouvoir la santé au travail

En quoi consiste votre métier ? En tant que médecin, j’ai un vrai rôle en santé au travail, ce qui passe notamment par des évaluations et le contrôle des risques sur le poste de travail. J’assure le suivi des congés maladie. En cas d’absence de longue durée, je...

Counseling staff

What does your job involve? I am a UNOG Staff counselor, covering regular staff (including interns, consultants, and retirees) and support staff from international organizations based in Geneva such as OHCHR and UNCTAD. Counselors are usually trained in clinical...

Speaking up for staff

What does your position involve? In the International Trade Centre (ITC), I head the program on non-tariff measures, providing trade-related technical assistance and capacity building. I joined both the ITC Staff Council as well as the UNOG Staff Coordinating Council...

Model policy on flexible work

The HLCM Task Force on the Future of the UN Workforce was established in 2019 with the goal of anticipating and making proposals for the organization to adapt to challenges stemming from array of external factors, including social and economic issues, emerging...

FWA at UN Geneva before, during and after COVID-19

A policy for flexible working arrangements (FWA) has existed at the UN Secretariat since 2003. However, while many staff were working remotely, there was no consistent approach to authorising and using different FWA options. There was bias and resistance among some...

Creating the hybrid workplace

How to get the best from the workforce has been a favorite question of management gurus for decades. Open plan? Cubicles? Hot-desking? How about management by walk about? The COVID-19 pandemic brutally interrupted this discussion. Suddenly, across the world, office...

Five things the pandemic has taught us about working at the UN

It is now a full two years since the start of the pandemic. Like other employers the UN had to change its way of working and fast. Twenty-four months later it’s time to draw some conclusions and discuss how we want our new workplace to be. Telecommuting works… under...

UNDIS: a framework for lasting, transformative change?

An inclusive society is one where all people, including persons with disabilities, can live with dignity, participate fully, and realise their potential. Persons with disabilities are first and foremost people, with the same rights and needs as anyone else. However,...

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Towards an inclusive workplace at UNOG…

Most of us regularly check the e-mails and other texts we write for spelling or grammar mistakes before sending them, but how many of us use an accessibility checker to make sure that they can be read easily by colleagues who are blind? Do we know what pitfalls, such...

Towards leadership in sustainability management

Fostering peace, promoting human rights, and protecting the planet are central to the United Nation’s mandate. The United Nations seeks to realise this mandate primarily by convening Member States to agree on common principles and agendas, such as human rights, the...

How we are greening the Blue

With COP 26 taking place in Glasgow this November, it’s time to look at how the UN system contributes to the climate crisis. With support from the Environment Management Group and UNEP, in 2007 the UN system Chief Executives Board (CEB) worked on the UN Climate...

Genève, championne de l’économie durable

Parmi les principaux secteurs productifs de l’économie genevoise, quel est celui qui manifeste le plus haut degré d’implication en matière de durabilité, et de quelle manière le fait-il ? Le secteur financier, de par son rôle au sein de l’économie, est un important...

A 20-year plan. Doable?

You are the creator of this role at P&G, how did you manage to convince your management about opening an entire department? More than 10 years ago, I had an “Aha!” moment while I was sitting at my desk. The year was 2005 and I was leading marketing and innovation...

Platitudes and PR: or hope for humanity?

In the third week of September the UN in New York – and virtually – was the stage for a vast number of affirmations and commitments with respect to Sustainability and Climate Change. We had the opening of the General Assembly, the Food Systems Summit, the UN Uniting...

Reconciling the conflict of expectations

Sometime during my first week on the job as an ombudsman, a staff member came to see me with a concern of harassment. When this visitor entered the office, I was keen to make some sort of connection. I offered her coffee and tried to engage in small talk. She,...

Many tribunal cases could be resolved informally

The formal and informal justice systems are complementary It is essential to have bridges between the formal and informal systems so that disputes can be resolved amicably at any time. It is obviously easier to find amicable solutions at an early stage, before...

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