Ag. No. 8.4 EARS and rent PPP for 2017 Doc. A6465/17/07 Ag. No. 8.4 EARS and rent PPP for 2017 Working Group on Articles A64 and A65 of the Staff Regulations Meeting in Luxembourg 28+29 March 2017

Content of this presentation Organisational arrangements for 2017 Selecting residential locations (reminder) History of dwelling types Source of updating indices (reminder) Rents brochure New taper weights Colleagues from ISRP

Organisational arrangements for 2017 Planned distribution of tasks Proposed survey timetable Updated survey guidelines Financing arrangements and data-sharing

Selecting residential locations Changes made in 2016 Review for 2017: reminder of agreed criteria

History of dwelling types Changes made in 2016 Review for 2017: reminder of criteria

Source of updating indices Changes made in 2016 Review for 2017: reminder of criteria

Rents brochure 2017 version (2016 results) now available online

New taper weights SHS 2016 already used to update dwelling preference weights for all duty stations Now analysed to identify taper weights (typical duration of residence in current dwelling) The new table is in the document. Values very similar to the old ones.

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