Social Security/OHS

2020 Report of the 73rd session of the FICSA Council

2020 - Report of the Standing Committee on SOCSEC/OHS - FICSA/C/73/SOCSEC/R.1

FICSA The FICSA Standing Committee on Social Security and Occupational Health and Safety advises the Executive Committee on:

  • Pensions: including items for the Pension Board sessions such as impact of currency devaluation on pension benefits; benefits for divorced spouses; purchase of additional years of pension; investment policy, etc.
  • HIV/AIDS in the UN workplace: including participation in the Task Force to provide input to the development of information and learning material; ensure equitable access to care, treatment and health insurance coverage for all staff; fight against stigma and discrimination.
  • Long-term care health insurance: collect and exchange information on the various health insurance policies offered by UN organizations.
  • Staff well-being: collect and exchange information on staff well-being policies such as the work-family agenda and promote best practice; monitor absenteeism and causes of disability: collect and exchange information on long-term care policies and advocate for a system wide long-term care coverage.

FICSA participates in the Inter-Agency Security Management Network (IASMN), which holds meetings twice a year to consider policy and practical matters related to the safety and security of staff.

IASMN in chaired by the UN Department on Safety and Security (UNDSS), which reports to the General Assembly on the functioning of the security management system, including the annual report on the safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel; annual lessons learned and best practices reports; any other ad hoc reports as required.UNDSS is responsible for the consolidation, harmonization and promulgation to all duty stations of essential security policies, standards and operational procedures, including United Nations Security Operations Manual and guidelines, and the instruction package for implementation of the revised minimum operating security standards and safety best practices.It also deploys mobile training teams/training officers to conduct/support safety and security training programmes of other agencies, funds, programmes and organizations of the United Nations security management system as required.

Resources:

United Nations System COVID-19 - Staff Health and Well being Survey 2020

Latest developments related to the Mental Health Strategy - Tanya Quinn-Maguire - Focal Point for the MH Strategy and President of FICSA

Guiding principles to support work-life balance

Asia Panel Flyer

English Panel Flyer

French Panel Flyer

Mena Panel Flyer

Spanish Panel Flyer

Ask the FICSA Expert: Information and Q&A session on the UN System Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy (slides) 

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Standing Committees Chairs and Vice-Chairs

  • Paola Franceschelli

    Paola Franceschelli

    Standing Committee Chair

    FAO / WFP - UGSS

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    Paola Franceschelli

    Paola Franceschelli

    Standing Committee Chair - Social Security/OHS

    FAO / WFP - UGSS

    Paola Franceschelli - In 2018 I joined the FAO Union for General Service Staff (UGSS) at a difficult time for our organization and was elected as Executive Secretary. In this role, I have supported GS colleagues in various initiatives and Staff-Management meetings. Being closer to the Union’s work made me more knowledgeable and passionate about it. Participating in the FICSA Councils has provided new motivation, given the global dimension of the work that I am so interested in.

    Last February I was elected Co-Chair of the Standing Committee on Social Security. I am most interested in all matters discussed there, in particular the UN Global Mental Health Strategy and its implementation across the UN system. I joined FAO in 2004 after having worked in the financial markets for 8 years, in Rome and Paris, as money broker. I have travelled extensively, learned several languages and have been involved in political movements and NGOs.

    Since my interest in different cultures and people is predominant, I have attended a 3-year course in Counselling, which pulled together several subjects I love: anthropology, psychology, history, dance and the Arts. At the end of the course I practiced my counselling skills as a volunteer for different NGOs supporting human rights. I have spent 16 years in FAO working in the same environment related to genetic resources, first in the Secretariat of the Commission on Genetic Resources and then in the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. I still enjoy these matters thoroughly because of the policy dimension that characterizes the Governing Bodies of both the International Treaty and the Commission.

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  • Andrew Brown

    Andrew Brown

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair

    ICAO

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    Andrew Brown

    Andrew Brown

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Social Security/OHS

    ICAO

  • Michelle Delinde

    Michelle Delinde

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair

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    Michelle Delinde

    Michelle Delinde

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Social Security/OHS

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STANDING COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES

Pensions

Pensions including items for the Pension Board sessions such as the impact of currency devaluation on pension benefits; benefits for divorced spouses; purchase of additional years of pension; investment policy, etc.

HIV/AIDS in the UN workplace

HIV/AIDS in the UN workplace including participation in the Task Force to provide input to the development of information and learning material; ensure equitable access to care, treatment and health insurance coverage for all staff; fight against stigma and discrimination.

Long-term care health insurance

Collect and exchange information on the various health insurance policies offered by the UN organizations.

Staff well-being

Collect and exchange information on staff well-being policies such as the work-family agenda and promote best practices; monitor absenteeism and causes of disability: collect and exchange information on long-term care policies and advocate for a system-wide long-term care coverage.

The Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations

Issues raised at last FICSA councils

All issues raised at selected Council:

Related topics

  • Labour rights

    Issues related to legal and human rights obtained under labour and employment laws.

  • Professional Salaries and Allowances

    Issues related to monetary benefits offered by the employer to its employees for meeting expenditures.

  • Legal questions

    Issues related to rules, regulations and laws.

  • Staff Safety and Security

    Issues related to the functioning of the security management system

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