USSA Updates
UNAIDS Empowers Staff Members with the ICDL
After a successful launch and on-going ICDL Learning programme currently delivered in Geneva, the Information Technology and Systems (IMT) is preparing to rollout the ICDL Learning Programme to all staff members globally. The UNAIDS ICDL global rollo
ut will begin with a pilot phase soon to be launched in Africa and will steadily be making its way to ALL UNAIDS staff members over the course of 2009/2010.
All staff members will have the opportunity to achieve and obtain the internationally recognized computer proficiency certification “ICDL” that is supported and sponsored across the globe in over 148 countries with over nine (9) million registered members. Before long all staff members will have the opportunity to obtain their passport to a higher level of IT education enhancing mobility, marketability and career prospects.
ICDL is the most widely recognised International IT literacy qualification in the world. The ICDL Learning and Certification programme is a test and validation of up-to-date practical computer skills and competencies covering seven (7) subject matter areas (Essential Concepts of IT, Using the computer and managing files, Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Databases, Presentations, Information and Communication).
Find out more about ICDL
To find out more about the ICDL Programme, please go to the ICDL home page on the UNAIDS Intranet at: https://intranet.unaids.org/index.php?q=page/190 or send an email to the IMT Geneva Learning Team at (LearnIT@unaids.org) LearnIT (at) unaids (dot) org
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Are you already an ICDL Member? We invite you to share your ICDL story with us and who knows? You might just win the “ICDL Story of the Year” award. Check back regularly for details on the “My ICDL Story” competition coming soon.
From time to time, your Staff Association writes on your behalf to the UNAIDS administration to highlight issues of particular concern to staff.
Most recently, we have sent a letter to the EXD on the subject of the various review processes currently taking place. Like you, we feel that some clarification is required on the function of these working groups and how the vairous processes will be coordinated for the greater good of the organisation and its staff. We also wanted to ensure that the voice of staff is heard at each step in the process.
To read this letter, along with other recent correspondence to the administration, follow the link to our website: http://www.ussa-unaids.org/cms/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=34&Itemid=85
Your feedback on this issue is most welcome and we will keep you informed of any reply we receive from the administration.
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UNAIDS Executive Director, Mr. Michel Sidibé meets with the President of the Federation of International Civil Servants’ Associations (FICSA)
The FICSA[1] President, Edmond Mobio, and General Secretary, Valérie de Kermel, along with the Staff Association Chair Manuel da Quinta met with Michel Sidibé, on Monday, 20 July 2009. FICSA took the opportunity to congratulate Michel Sidibé on his appointment as EXD of UNAIDS. They also commended him on his openness to dialogue and on his determination to work in partnership with the Staff Association.
(LtoR) Valerie de Kermel, General Secretary of FICSA, Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director, Edmond Mobio, President of FICSA and Manuel da Quinta, Chair of UNAIDS Secretariat Staff Association(USSA)
A large amount of your staff association contributions go towards paying our membership to FICSA (the Federation of International Civil Servants’ Associations). The latest issue that FICSA is taking up on behalf of all of us relates to staff concerns surrounding the Pension Fund.
To follow this issue, click on the following link to our website to read the statement by FICSA to the UNJSPF (United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund) .
Please rest assured that we are following this issue and we will share any information coming from this meeting with all staff as soon as it becomes available.
If you have any questions on this or other staff-related issues, please don’t hesitate to contact us directly.
Following several complaints from HQ staff, a letter to the Director DRM has been sent by the Staff Association to request UNAIDS to conduct a professional study of the HQ Building in Geneva
“Sick Building Syndrome” or “Building-related Illness” is not something new. It’s a modern day disease of our air tight energy efficient homes and the stagnant chemical or biological pollutant filled air that may consequently accumulate indoors.
To read the letter :
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 Open Page 2 |
To learn more about the “Sick Building Syndrome” type “Sick Building” in googleor check one of these links :
“Sick Building Syndrome” from the US Environmental Protection Agency
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