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GB.271/PFA/8
271st Session
Geneva, March 1998


Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee

PFA


EIGHTH ITEM ON THE AGENDA

Composition and structure of the staff

This paper is submitted in accordance with the practice established at the 184th Session of the Governing Body. It contains statistical information, effective 31 December 1997, or relating to the period 1 January-31 December 1997, concerning the composition and structure of ILO staff, broken down as follows:
 

Table I

Distribution of staff according to place of assignment, category, type of contract and source of funds, effective 31 December 1997.

Table II

Composition of staff appointed between 1 January and 31 December 1997 in the Professional category and above.

Table III

Professional and higher category staff: Distribution by nationality (1 January-31 December 1997):
(a) Non-linguistic staff;
(b) Linguistic staff.

Table IV

Number of Professional and higher category officials, by region of origin and by sex, 31 December 1964-31 December 1997.

Table V

Breakdown by region of origin and by type of contract of Professional and higher category staff, effective 31 December 1997.

Table VI

Distribution by age, sex and grade of Professional and higher category staff, effective 31 December 1997. 

Table VII

Distribution by grade, sex and type of contract of Professional and higher category staff, effective 31 December 1997.

Table VIII

Changes from fixed-term to without-limit-of-time (WLT) contracts and changes of grade between 1 January and 31 December 1997

Table IX

Professional and higher category staff: Distribution by nationality, type of contract and source of funds, effective 31 December 1997.

Table X

Distribution of established officials (WLT) by major programme and by grade as at 31 December 1997.

Table XI

Distribution of Professional and higher category of staff by place of assignment, 31 December 1980-31 December 1997.

Table XII

Distribution of General Service category staff by place of assignment, 31 December 1980-31 December 1997.

Geneva, 26 February 1997. 


Table I.

Distribution of staff according to place of assignment, category, type of contract and source of funds, effective 31 December 1997


PLACE OF ASSIGNMENT AND CATEGORY OF STAFF

Officials Employed



Regular Budget Resources


Extra-budgetary Resources


TOTAL

WLT*

FT**

Sub-total

WLT*

FT**

Sub-total


(a) HEADQUARTERS

Professional Category and above

205

236

441

21

17

38

479

General Service Category

256

259

515

44

59

103

618

Sub-total (a)

461

495

956

65

76

141

1097

TOTAL (a)

461

495

956

65

76

141

1097


(b) FIELD OFFICES (Other than Branch and Correspondent Offices) AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS

Professional Category
and above

51

116

167

2

6

8

175

General Service Category

97

280

377

6

52

58

435

Sub-total (b)

148

396

544

8

58

66

610

TOTAL (a) + (b)

609

891

1500

73

134

207

1707


(c) BRANCH AND CORRESPONDENT OFFICES

Professional Category
and above

3

10

13

1

3

4

17

General Service Category

10

20

30

2

11

13

43

Sub-total (c)

13

30

43

3

14

17

60

TOTAL (a) + (b) + (c)

622

921

1543

76

148

224

1767


(d) TECHNICAL COOPERATION

Professional Category
and above

0

4

4

0

257

257

261

General Service Category

0

2

2

1

227

228

230

Sub-total (d)

0

6

6

1

484

485

491

GRAND TOTAL

622

927

1549

77

632

709

2258

*WLT=Without limit of time
**FT=Fixed-term


 

Table II .

Composition of staff appointed between 1 January and 31 December 1997 in the Professional category and above


Recruitment, including linguistic and non-linguistic staff: 48

Part 1: (a) Non-linguistic staff subject to geographical distribution

 

Number

 

Number

Country

M

F

Country

M

F


AUSTRIA

1

0

LAO PEO. DEM. REP.

1

0

CONGO

0

1

SINGAPORE

1

0

JAPAN

2

2

USA (1 off.*;1 off.***)

5

5

  TOTAL: 16 (Male: 10  Female: 6)


 

Number

 

Number

Country

M

F

Country

M

F


GERMANY

2

1

PANAMA

1

0

ITALY (1 off.*)

2

1

RUSSIAN FED.

1

0

JORDAN

1

1

SENEGAL

1

0

MAURITANIA

1

0

SPAIN

1

2

MEXICO

2

1

U.K.

1

0

  TOTAL: 19 (Male: 13  Female: 6)


 

Number

 

Number

Country

M

F

Country

M

F


ALGERIA (1 off.****)

1

1

KENYA

1

0

AUSTRALIA (1 off.****)

1

0

NETHERLANDS

1

0

FRANCE

1

1

PERU

1

0

INDIA

1

0

URUGUAY

1

0

  TOTAL: 10 (Male: 8 Female: 2)


GRAND TOTAL (i) + (ii) + (iii) = 45 (Male: 31 Female: 14)


Part 1: (b) Linguistic staff not subject to geographical distribution:

 

Number

 

Number

Country

M

F

Country

M

F


CHILE

1

0

SWITZERLAND

0

1

U.K.

0

1

 

 

TOTAL: 3 (Male: 1 Female: 2)


Notes:


Part 2: Distribution by sex and grade

Total: 48


Grade

Male

Female

D.1

1

0

Director (Branch Office)

2

0

P.5

7

2

P.4

7

3

P.3

12

6

P.2

2

5

P.1

1

0

Total

32 = 66.67%

16 = 33.33%

 

Part 3: Distribution by age and sex

Total: 48


35 and under


36 to 45


46 to 55


Over 55


M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

8

8

11

3

9

4

4

1


16 = 33.33%


14 = 29.17%


13 = 27.08%


5 = 10.42%


 

Table III . Professional and higher category staff: Distribution by nationality


Note:The number of staff in service (figures shown in columns (a) and (d) does not include staff on extended leave without pay or on secondment to other organizations (leave or secondment for one year or more). Additions to the Professional category staff may result from internal promotions from the General Service category, and occasionally the reverse may occur.

(a) Non-linguistic staff


Nationality

(a)
Staff on
31.12.96

(b)
Recruited
01.01.97-
31.12.97

(c)
Departures
01.01.97-
31.12.97

(d)
Staff on
31.12.97


M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

 


AFGHANISTAN

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

ALGERIA

3

1

1

1

1

0

3

2

ANGOLA

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

ARGENTINA

9

1

0

0

2

0

7

1

AUSTRALIA

11

4

1

0

1

0

11

4

AUSTRIA

0

1

1

0

0

0

1

1

BAHRAIN

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

BANGLADESH

5

0

0

0

0

0

5

0

BARBADOS

3

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

BELGIUM

11

0

0

0

0

0

11

0

BENIN

3

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

BOLIVIA

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

BOTSWANA

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

BRAZIL

4

2

0

0

1

0

3

2

BULGARIA

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

BURKINA FASO

1

2

0

0

0

0

1

2

BURUNDI

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

CAMEROON

3

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

CANADA

12

7

0

0

0

0

12

7

CAPE VERDE

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

CHAD

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

CHILE

5

1

0

0

0

0

5

1

CHINA

5

3

0

0

0

0

5

3

COLOMBIA

2

2

0

0

0

0

2

2

CONGO

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

COSTA RICA

1

2

0

0

0

0

1

2

COTE D'IVOIRE

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

3

CUBA

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

CZECH REP.

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

DEM. REP. OF THE CONGO

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

DENMARK

5

1

0

0

1

0

4

1

DJIBOUTI

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

DOMINICA

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

DOMINICAN REP.

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

ECUADOR

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

EGYPT

3

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

ETHIOPIA

4

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

FINLAND

5

0

0

0

0

0

5

0

FRANCE

24

18

1

1

0

2

25

16

GERMANY

27

9

2

1

3

0

26

10

GHANA

5

2

0

0

0

0

5

2

GREECE

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

GUATEMALA

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

GUINEA

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

GUYANA

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

HAITI

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

HONDURAS

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

HUNGARY

3

1

0

0

0

0

3

1

INDIA

8

1

1

0

1

1

8

0

INDONESIA

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

IRAN, ISLAMIC REP. OF

3

1

0

0

0

0

3

1

IRELAND

2

2

0

0

0

1

2

1

ISRAEL

2

1

0

0

1

1

1

0

ITALY

12

7

2

1

0

1

14

7

JAMAICA

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

JAPAN

9

12

2

0

0

1

11

11

JORDAN

2

0

1

1

1

0

2

1

KENYA

5

0

1

0

0

0

6

0

KOREA, REP. OF

1

1

0

0

0

1

1

0

LAO PEOPLE'S DEM. REP.

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

LEBANON

2

2

0

0

0

0

2

2

LUXEMBOURG

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

MADAGASCAR

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

MALAYSIA

6

1

0

0

0

0

6

1

MALI

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

MALTA

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

MAURITANIA

1

1

1

0

0

0

2

1

MAURITIUS

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

MEXICO

5

0

2

1

0

0

7

1

MOROCCO

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

MYANMAR

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

NEPAL

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

NETHERLANDS

15

2

1

0

2

0

14

2

NEW ZEALAND

3

2

0

0

0

0

3

2

NICARAGUA

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

NIGER

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

NIGERIA

5

0

0

0

1

0

4

0

NORWAY

3

1

0

0

0

0

3

1

PAKISTAN

6

0

0

0

0

0

6

0

PANAMA

1

0

1

0

0

0

2

0

PERU

3

1

1

0

0

0

4

1

PHILIPPINES

3

1

0

0

0

0

3

1

POLAND

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

PORTUGAL

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

20

3

1

0

0

0

21

3

RWANDA

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

SENEGAL

2

0

1

0

0

0

3

0

SIERRA LEONE

3

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

SINGAPORE

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

SOMALIA

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

SOUTH AFRICA

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

SPAIN

11

2

1

2

0

0

12

4

SRI LANKA

2

2

0

0

0

0

2

2

SUDAN

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

SWEDEN

4

1

0

0

1

0

3

1

SWITZERLAND

12

1

0

0

1

0

11

1

SYRIAN ARAB REP.

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

TANZANIA, UNITED REP. OF

4

2

0

0

0

0

4

2

THAILAND

1

3

0

0

1

0

0

3

TOGO

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

1

2

0

0

0

0

1

2

TUNISIA

3

1

0

0

0

0

3

1

TURKEY

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

UGANDA

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

UKRAINE

6

0

0

0

0

0

6

0

UNITED KINGDOM

16

6

1

0

1

0

16

7

UNITED STATES

35

31

5

5

1

2

39

34

URUGUAY

4

0

1

0

1

0

4

0

VENEZUELA

3

2

0

0

0

0

3

2

VIET NAM

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

ZAMBIA

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1


Total by sex

429

166

31

14

22

10

438

170

TOTAL (a)
Non-linguistic staff


595


45


32


608


 

(b) Linguistic staff


Nationality

(a)
Staff on
31.12.96

(b)
Recruited
01.01.97 -
31.12.97

(c)
Departures
01.01.97 -
31.12.97

(d)
Staff on
31.12.97


M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

 


ALGERIA

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

ARGENTINA

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

CANADA

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

CHILE

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

CHINA

2

2

0

0

0

0

2

2

EGYPT

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

FRANCE

4

9

0

0

0

0

4

9

GERMANY

2

2

0

0

0

0

2

2

GREECE

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

JAMAICA

0

1

0

0

0