1. UN Dual Career and Staff Mobility Career Roundtable 2008

2. The Issues • Mobility and transition • Spouse employment • Hard to attract highest quality staff • Dual careers reason for turning down assignments • Unhappy spouses/partners

3. The Response • Joint Guidance Note on Expatriate Spouse Employment – launched July 2004 calls for • UN Staff Mobility Website • UN Global Expatriate Spouse Association (GESA) • UN Local Expatriate Spouse Association (LESA) • Main focus on harmonising spouse employment policies, strengthening the sustainability of LESAs and improving services for career development

4. ILO UNAIDS UNDP UNESCO UNFPA UNHCR UNICEF UNOPS UNRWA UNWTO UN Secretariat WFP WHO World Bank Current members

5. Global Website • Direct access for spouses and partners • Can research employment and country information even before moving • Spouses keep up-to-date on local developments

6. Content on Website • 70 countries on website • Career and employment information • Country profiles and practical information • Jobs, work permit issues, access to CVs, bulletin boards

7. Role of the UN/GESA • Helps set up and coordinate work of LESAs • Maintains and upgrades global website • Implements communications strategy • Focal point between LESAs and UN agencies

8. Role of the UN/LESA • Supports the employment and career interests of spouses locally and addresses issues of work permits • Helps families settle into their new duty station • Produces and updates country-specific material for publication on the website

9. Career Development • Access to training courses • UN wide • UN specific • Country or LESA specific • Access to opportunities to gain work experience • Information about on-line courses and degree programmes • Information about (local) consultancies and short assignments • Consulting firm for UN spouses/partners