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Participation of STU-ICTP in the UN Italian Interagency Meeting, Brindisi, Italy from 6 to 7 October 2022
Group photo of participants
STU-ICTP recently participated in the UN Italian Interagency Meeting, which took place in Brindisi, Italy from 6 to 7 October 2022.
The main highlights of the meeting were:
GS Salary Survey:
o new methodologies (achieved as a result of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) working group after 2018 negative GS Salary Survey in Rome)
o new length validity (from 10 to 5 yrs)
o next Rome survey procedure (to start in January 2023 until summer 2024)
o Trieste is confirmed to apply Rome scale of the
next survey
o Abolition of dual scale system (i.e. distinction between staff recruited on or after a certain date)
Post adjustment:
o Revised GS salary scales as of 1 Apr 2022
(annex attached) [rev. Rome 98: https://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/salaries_allowances/salaries/italy.htm]
o Abolition of dual scale system (i.e. distinction between staff recruited on or after a certain date)
UN Mental Health and Well-Being Strategy
o to be applied by all UN agencies
o further info on: https://unsceb.org/un-mental-health-and-well-being-strategy
New Parental leave (to replace the current maternity, paternity and adoption leave)
o ICSC working group recommendations for an improved and more flexible policy; eliminating disparities based on organisation, gender, category of staff or category of duty stations
> proposal 1: 16 weeks before the birth and 10 weeks after
> proposal 2: 12 weeks before the birth and 14 weeks after
Flexible Work vs Alternative Working Arrangements
o Flexible Work: voluntary adjustment to working hours and/or locations and initiated by the UN personnel
o Alternative Working Arrangements: are decided by the Organization
o All UN Italian agencies have teleworking arrangements, most of them adopted a teleworking policy, which differs from agency to agency.
Challenges in career progression
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