1. International Civil Service Commission
HARDSHIP CLASSIFICATION PROCESS Brief Overview

2. 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

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

4. 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)

5. 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%

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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
ICSC contact:
Danijela Milic, HR Policy Officer at cc: