Ag.07 Internationalpartners Doc.A6465/16/05 Ag.07 Internationalpartners Working Group on Article 64 and Article 65 of the Staff Regulations Meeting in Luxembourg 21st & 22nd March 2016

Content of this presentation Context: memorandum of understanding 2010 Areas of collaboration 2015 Coordination meetings Spring 2016

Collaboration context: MoU 2009 Between main international groupings Facing similar management and measurement issues for remuneration of secretariat staff Goal: effectiveness, efficiency, economy MoU 2009 European Commission Remuneration Statistics for Administrative Purposes (ESTAT.C3) United Nations International Civil Service Commission (UN.ICSC) Coordinated Organisations International Section Remuneration and Prices (CO.ISRP)

Known users UN.ICSC EU mobility progr. other (ISRP) CO. ISRP other est. 415000 persons UN.ICSC =100000 EU =70000 mobility progr. =200000 in 2006 other (ISRP) CO. ISRP other (EU) =1000 =25000 =9000 4

Data coverage ECP (ESTAT) =42 ECP (CO.ISRP) UN.ICSC =178 =7 Intra EU Extra EU ESTAT-C3 28 (+5 non capital) 9 (TR, IS, NO, CH, AL, BA, MK, ME, RS) CO.ISRP - 7 (AUS, CAN, JAP, KOR, MEX, NZL, USA) UN.ICSC HQ = USANY, USAWDC, CANMON, CHGEN, ESMAD, FRPAR, ITROM, ATVIE, UKLON +19 = Grp 1 +4 = Grp 2 Grp 2 Contract Taiwan Data coverage ECP (ESTAT) =42 UN.ICSC =178 ECP (CO.ISRP) =7

Collaboration 2015 up to Feb.2016 Expenditure weights (FBS/SHS) EU-CO - Finalised FBS UK (2011-12), DE (2011-14), FR (2011-13), NL (2013-14) - Launched SHS EU28 excluding LU EU-UN - Extra-EU 2010-15 Extra-EU price survey data EU-CO (7) (AUS, CAN, JAP, KOR, MEX, NZL, USA) EU-UN (140) (P2P, CPI) Intra-EU price survey data EU-CO (42) E14-1, E14-2 (plus specifications E15-1, E15-2) EU-UN (42) Prices and Rents for most Group 1 plus some Group 2

Recent trilateral meeting (Feb.2016) Intra-EU CC FBS collaboration to be deepened (timing, content, tool) UN to use ECP data for HQ + G1 locations in EU from 2016 Extra-EU CC UN to harmonise P2P survey item definitions from 2016 Top-up survey in Brussels for non-ECP items Methodology collaboration eg. classification; comparison-resistant basic headings; non-publication (eg. warzone); survey prioritisation; outlet consistency; cross-border duty stations; internet Other Collaboration for internal UN review Participation in EU benchmarking survey For 2020+ round: expand UN use of ECP data? International conference?

BH classifications UN 2016-2020 8 ESTAT BH are not covered by UN: Transport by water Combined passenger transport Other purchased transport services Repair of audio-visual, photographic, etc Major durables including musical instruments Repair of major durables Package holidays Insurance ESTAT 80bh ICSC 84bh Disaggregated 9 26 Combined 14 7

UN use of ECP data 2016-2020 duty stations in EU HQ (ES-Madrid, FR-Paris, IT-Rome, AT-Vienna, UK-London) +19 EU MS in Group 1 Selected Extra-EU locations From ESTAT: +2 places (IS / NO) From ISRP: +7 places in Group 1 ? (AUS, NZL, JAP, KOR, MEX, CAN, USA) After 2020…? From ESTAT: +4 EU MS in Group 2 (EE / HR / LV / LT) From ESTAT: +6 Extra-EU in Group 2 (TR / AL / BH / MK / ME / RS) With ESTAT: Geneva? With ISRP: NYC?

Harmonisation of item specifications UN list 2016-2020 Number % 260 87.2% From ECP 2013-14-15 38 12.8% Specific 298 100.0% 1 Domestic services (from FBS) Rent (from EARS) 300

Consistency of outlets NYC and BXL Why is it important? Retail environment is element of item specification Comparable? = an ECP justification for UN Statistical approach Chi-squared (X 2) test for goodness of fit H0: NYC distribution is similar to BXL The greater the deviation, the higher the X 2, the more likely to reject H0 Shop types 1, 2+3, 4, 5, 6+7, 8, 9 (excl. 10, 11, 99) 6df, 95% confidence Results and conclusions Very high similarity (90% of 285 items) Unexplainable differences only for minor categories

Cross-border duty stations Some examples (not an exhaustive list): SK_Bratislava – AT_Vienna SE_Malmo – DK_Copenhagen LU_Luxembourg – DE_Trier/FR_Thionville/BE-Arlon CH_Geneva – FR_Pays de Gex Issues arising: Non-financial: Proximity, Visas, Expatriate status Accommodation, Transport, Schooling, Other costs Current practice (ECP, EARS, UNICSC): Price collection only in duty station country

International Conference? Context Multiple organisations facing similar circumstances Purpose Technical aspects of remuneration adjustment for expatriate staff Suggestions for academic speakers? Timing?