Transfer of Knowledge through Expatriate Nationals

2003, first female Minister for Expatriate Affairs.

In September, a Khmer expatriate lawyer was also hired.

The Commission recalled that it had conducted comparisons in the late 1980s between the comparator and the common system of expatriate and non expatriate elements of remuneration.

Expatriate status was a choice that was generally made despite the disadvantages.

Others considered that expatriate staff represented a source of expertise whose perspective was invaluable, and that it would have served no purpose to inquire from those that had no expatriate experience.

They exist in all countries where there are significantly sized expatriate immigrant communities.

116. The Commission noted, however, that expatriate service was not devoid of advantages.

It was also pointed out that unlike indefinite expatriate assignments in some organizations of the United Nations common system, expatriate assignments in the comparator s service were normally limited to three to four years.

They further considered that certain expatriate problems, such as linguistic difficulties, lessened over time.

The Commission therefore considered that only the expatriate portion of the margin was under discussion.

Bank accounts opened by expatriate personnel must be duly identified in the record of the transaction.

Such an exercise would also require examining the pensionability of expatriate elements in the remuneration system.

Expatriate service resulted in experience that was considered highly desirable by private and public sector employers.

During the reporting period, the contractor deployed an average of 137 expatriate personnel and 990 local personnel.

Expatriate status brought with it an improvement in conditions for many staff vis à vis home country conditions.

However, internationally recruited staff residing or serving in the country of their nationality are not eligible for expatriate benefits.

In addition, a large group of armed men entered the home of the expatriate head of the UNHCR office.

Moreover, the programme seeks to provide a clearinghouse for local and expatriate experiences, thereby ensuring a prosperous future for Syria.

Expatriate personnel working in Algeria under commercial contracts are issued a work permit by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

The company recruits only Misimians for the national component of the workforce and the expatriate staff is kept to a minimum.

At the time, some Commission members believed that for the total compensation methodology to become useful, expatriate benefits should be included.

The Territorial government is currently building 20 new houses for its own use, mainly for accommodation for its professional expatriate staff.

Today s expatriate had access to instant worldwide communication, permitting access to a host of home country information and contact with relatives and others.

With regard to expense movements, the goal was to ensure that expatriate staff continued to share a reasonable portion of their children s education.

The role of the information superhighway in the daily life of an expatriate must be seen as relevant in a study of this item.

(a) It had examined the possible phasing out of the expatriate elements of the margin for staff with long service at one duty station.

UNICEF has also been actively involved, along with other common system organizations, in the establishment of Local Expatriate Spouses Associations (LESAs) in field duty stations.

In addition to financial obligations that increased over the period of service, there were other issues related to legal realities that affected expatriate international staff.

96. The Accelerated Demining Programme commenced operations in the Maputo province in September 1994 with a staff of 450 Mozambicans supported by 45 expatriate staff.

In addition, the loss of trained staff to better paid offshore employment makes it necessary to bring in more expatriate workers, in particular nurses and teachers.

(b) The second part focused on examining why the expatriate nature of the international civil service was a key element to be considered in these discussions.

The United Nations, with donor support, has started the Qualified Expatriate Somali Technical Support project, which seeks to facilitate the transfer of diaspora expertise to Somalia.

Staff members were requested to provide some basic information, including how important in their view expatriate activities were in maintaining their links with their home country.

The expatriate component of the staff has been deliberately reduced to five as the programme progresses towards the ultimate goal of becoming a truly national capacity.

They also note the work that has already been accomplished by organizations of the system in the establishment of local expatriate spouses associations in field duty stations, which is expected to contribute towards strengthening the organizations' ability to recruit, reassign and especially retain the best qualified individuals, particularly women, through the tackling of issues related to employment opportunities for United Nations expatriate spouses.

The medical team includes two expatriate doctors actively involved in the daily programme as well as in the capacity building programme for local medical staff and volunteers.

(d) It noted that additional aspects of the issue went beyond the Assembly s specific request, that is, the application of all aspects of the margin to non expatriate staff.

We request the leaders of those countries to deal with that issue urgently in order to stop radicals from taking advantage of the situation and committing abuses against expatriate Haitians.

37. The unemployment situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip remains critical, in particular owing to closures and increased reliance of Israel on expatriate workers from outside the region.

The Commission had information before it that compared housing for expatriate staff of the comparator and staff of the common system at equivalent grades at numerous locations around the world.

There are also a few international schools, which have sprung up recently to cater mainly to expatriate students, but which also admit local children, who are taught in the English medium.

Since 1987, however, the ICSC secretariat had recognized the usefulness and feasibility of the total compensation comparison methodology and had allotted resources for technical studies on total compensation, including expatriate benefits.

In order to combat problems associated with drug trafficking, the Government of the United Kingdom has provided expatriate police personnel, a police launch, a surveillance aircraft and other anti narcotics equipment.

Expatriate populations or diaspora played an important role in such partnerships and deserved to be encouraged and sustained in their effort to maintain ties with home countries, through human and financial networks.