International Civil Service Commission HARDSHIP CLASSIFICATION PROCESS Brief Overview

Hardship Classification Process When are duty stations reviewed? Annual Review: Established duty stations - mandatory regional reviews every three years 2014 – Latin America/Caribbean/ Commonwealth of Independent States/Middle East 2015 – Asia and the Pacific 2016 – Africa Mid-year Review: Temporarily classified duty stations (i.e. new and reactivated): Should be reviewed within one year

Hardship Classification Process Questionnaire structure Seven discrete factors: Education Climate Housing Isolation Local conditions Security Health

Hardship Classification Process Who fills the questionnaires? Questionnaires for field duty stations Who fills the questionnaires? International staff (and spouses) of all agencies (men and women) Field Security Advisor (Security section) WHO Representative/UN examining physician (Health section) Resident Coordinator/ Representative (Certification and comments/submission)

76 initially scheduled for review 2015 Mid-year Review 76 initially scheduled for review 57 actually reviewed (others inactive) Mandate from the Commission to review with or without questionnaire (Q) Low response rate: 22 completed Qs were received out of 57 = 39% 9 partial Qs were received (some uncertified, all no health) Counting partial Qs, response rate was only 54%

Hardship Classification Process DUTY STATION QUESTIONNAIRES TRIPARTITE WORKING GROUP ICSC Organizations Staff Representatives HARDSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS HEALTH SECURITY CLIMATE ISOLATION LOCAL CONDITIONS HOUSING EDUCATION Entitlement categories A, B, C, D, or E Education grant travel (EGT) Additional freight (AFR) ICSC CHAIRMAN Evaluation by ICSC secretariat, UNDSS and UN Medical Division Mission /Expert Reports PROMULGATION OF HARDSHIP ENTITLEMENTS

674 duty stations under review Changes: NFDS Review 674 duty stations under review Changes: N -> Y: Burundi: Bujumbura, Gitega, Makamba, Muyinga, Ngozi and Ruyigi (N.B. evacuation status was declared by UNDSS on 14/5/2015, to be promulgated as NFSD 3 months after, in Aug. 2015) Y -> N: Sri Lanka: Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mannar, Mullativu and Vavuniya Total number of NFDS eff. 1/7/2015 = 490

Designation of NFDS process ICSC secretariat requests DSS input TRIPARTITE WORKING GROUP (TWG) ICSC Organizations Staff Representatives REVIEWS DUTY STATIONS AND RECOMMENDS Non-Family designation FAMILY RESTRICTIONS FOR REASONS OF SAFETY AND SECURITY ICSC CHAIRMAN PROMULGATION OF NFDS Review, analysis and follow up by ICSC secretariat

ICSC contact: More information ICSC website: A Guide to the Mobility and Hardship Scheme and related Arrangements (Booklet, August 2013) Consolidated list of hardship entitlements http://icsc.un.org/secretariat/hrpd.asp?include=mah ICSC contact: Danijela Milic, HR Policy Officer at milicd@un.org cc: hrpdmail@un.org