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GB.274/PFA/11(Corr.1)
274th Session
Geneva, March 1999


Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee

PFA


ELEVENTH ITEM ON THE AGENDA

Composition and structure of the staff

1. 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 1998, or relating to the period 1 January-31 December 1998, 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 1998.

Table II. 

Composition of staff appointed between 1 January and 31 December 1998 in the Professional category and above.

Table III. 

Professional and higher category staff: Distribution by nationality (1 January-31 December 1998):
(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 1998.

Table V.

Breakdown by region of origin and by type of contract of Professional and higher category staff, effective 31 December 1998. 

Table VI.

Distribution by age, sex and grade of Professional and higher category staff, effective 31 December 1998.

Table VII.

Distribution by grade, sex and type of contract of Professional and higher category staff, effective 31 December 1998.

Table VIII. 

Changes from fixed-term to without-limit-of-time (WLT) contracts and changes of grade between 1 January and 31 December 1998.

Table IX. 

Professional and higher category staff: Distribution by nationality, type of contract and source of funds, effective 31 December 1998.

Table X.

Distribution of established officials (WLT) by major programme and by grade as at 31 December 1998.

Table XI. 

Distribution of Professional and higher category of staff by place of assignment, 31 December 1980-31 December 1998.

Table XII.

Distribution of General Service category of staff by place of assignment, 31 December 1980-31 December 1998.


Geneva, 3 February 1999.


Table I. Distribution of staff according to place of assignment,
category, type of contract and source of funds, effective 31 December 1998


Place of assignment and
category of staff

Officials employed


Total

Regular budget resources


Extra-budgetary resources


WLT*

FT**

Subtotal

WLT*

FT**

Subtotal


(a) Headquarters

Professional category and above

241

218

459

22

21

43

502

General Service category

280

231

511

41

55

96

607

Subtotal (a)

521

449

970

63

76

139

1 109

Total (a)

521

449

970

63

76

139

1 109

(b) Field offices (other than Branch and Correspondence Offices) and multidisciplinary teams

Professional category and above

60

105

165

1

5

6

171

General Service category

132

233

365

9

53

62

427

Subtotal (b)

192

338

530

10

58

68

598

TOTAL (a) + (b)

713

787

1 500

73

134

207

1 707

(c) Branch and Correspondence Offices

Professional category and above

3

13

16

1

0

1

17

General Service category

12

32

44

3

17

20

64

Subtotal (c)

15

45

60

4

17

21

81

Total (a) + (b) + (c)

728

832

1 560

77

151

228

1 788

(d) Technical cooperation

Professional category and above

0

5

5

0

246

246

251

General Service category

0

3

3

0

216

216

219

Subtotal (d)

0

8

8

0

462

462

470

Grand total

728

840

1 568

77

613

690

2 258

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


Table II. Composition of staff appointed between 1 January and
31 December 1998 in the Professional category and above

Part 1. Recruitment, including linguistic and non-linguistic staff

Total: 56

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

(i) Number of officials recruited from member States with
less than the adequate number of nationals on the staff:


Country

Number

 

 


 

M

F


Comoros

0

1

Japan

0

4

Korea, Republic of

0

1

Sweden (1 off.*)

1

1

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

0

1

United States

3

7

Yemen

1

0

Total: 20

5

15


(ii) Number of officials recruited from member States with
with an adequate number of nationals on the staff:


Country

Number


M

F


Bulgaria

0

1

Canada

0

2

Democratic Republic of the Congo

1

0

Germany (2 off.*)

4

0

Israel

1

0

Italy

1

2

Morocco

1

0

Niger

1

0

Portugal

0

1

Russian Federation

1

0

Spain

0

1

Turkey

1

1

United Kingdom

2

0

Zimbabwe

1

0

Total: 22

14

8


(iii) Number of officials recruited from member States with
more than an adequate number of nationals on the staff:


Country

Number


M

F


Algeria

 1

0

Belgium

 1

0

Benin

 1

0

France

 2

1

India (1 off.*)

 1

1

Lebanon

 0

1

Pakistan

 1

0

Senegal (1 off.***)

 2

0

Total: 12
Grand total: 54

 9
28

3
26


(b) Linguistic staff not subject to geographical distribution :


Country

Number


M

F


Belgium (1 off.**)

1

0

Canada (1 off.**)

1

0

Total: 2

2

0

* Transfer from technical cooperation (Total = 4). ** End of loan, secondment or leave without pay (Total = 2). *** Promotion from General Service category (Total = 1).


Part 2. Distribution by sex and grade

Total: 56


Grade

Male

Female


ADG

1

0

D.2

1

0

D.1

1

0

Director (Branch Office)

1

1

P.5

7

2

P.4

12

5

P.3

4

6

P.2

3

12

Total

30

1.57

= 46.43%


Part 3: Distribution by age and sex


35 and under

36 to 45

46 to 55

Over 55


 


 


 


M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

4

10

9

11

12

5

5

0

14 = 25.00%

20 = 35.71%

17 = 30.36%

5 = 8.93%


Table III. Professional and higher category staff: Distribution by nationality
(1 January-31 December 1998)

(a) Non-linguistic staff


Nationality

(a)
Staff on
31.12.97

(b)
Recruited
01.01.98-
31.12.98

(c)
Departures
01.01.98-
31.12.98

(d)
Staff on
31.12.98

 





M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F


Afghanistan

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Algeria

3

2

1

0

0

0

4

2

Angola

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Argentina

7

1

0

0

0

0

7

1

Australia

11

4

0

0

1

0

10

4

Austria

1

1

0

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

1

0

0

0

12

0

Benin

3

0

1

0

0

0

4

0

Bolivia

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

Botswana

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Brazil

3

2

0

0

0

0

3

2

Bulgaria

2

0

0

1

0

0

2

1

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

2

1

0

11

9

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

Comoros

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

Congo

0

1

0

0

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

1

0

0

0

3

0

Denmark

4

1

0

0

2

0

2

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

1

0

2

0

Ethiopia

4

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

Finland

5

0

0

0

0

0

5

0

France

25

16

2

1

2

0

25

17

Germany

26

10

4

0

0

0

30

10

Ghana

5

2

0

0

1

0

4

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

0

1

1

0

0

9

1

Indonesia

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Iran, Islamic Rep. of

3

1

0

0

0

0

3

1

Ireland

2

1

0

0

0

0

2

1

Israel

1

0

1

0

0

0

2

0

Italy

14

7

1

2

3

1

12

8

Jamaica

1

1

0

0

1

0

0

1

Japan

11

11

0

4

0

0

11

15

Jordan

2

1

0

0

1

0

1

1

Kenya

6

0

0

0

0

0

6

0

Korea, Rep. of

1

0

0

1

0

0

1

1

Lao People's Dem. Rep.

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Lebanon

2

2

0

1

0

0

2

3

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

2

1

0

0

1

0

1

1

Mauritius

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

Mexico

7

1

0

0

1

0

6

1

Morocco

2

0

1

0

0

0

3

0

Myanmar

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

Nepal

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Netherlands

14

2

0

0

0

0

14

2

New Zealand

3

2

0

0

0

1

3

1

Nicaragua

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Niger

1

0

1

0

0

0

2

0

Nigeria

4

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

Norway

3

1

0

0

1

0

2

1

Pakistan

6

0

1

0

0

0

7

0

Panama

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

Peru

4

1

0

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

1

0

0

2

1

Russian Federation

21

3

1

0

1

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

3

0

2

0

0

0

5

0

Sierra Leone

3

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

Singapore

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Somalia

2

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

South Africa

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Spain

12

4

0

1

2

0

10

5

Sri Lanka

2

2

0

0

0

0

2

2

Sudan

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Sweden

3

1

1

1

1

0

3

2

Switzerland

11

1

0

0

1

0

10

1

Tanzania, United Rep. of

4

2

0

0

1

0

3

2

Thailand

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

3

The former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

Togo

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

Trinidad and Tobago

1

2

0

0

0