Facts and Figures
As of February 2018, the JPOSC provides services to:
- 177 JPOs, 22 SARCs and 3 SDPs
- from 23 nationalities
- 32% male and 68% female (JPOs) and 41% male and 59% female (SARCs)
- 16 partner countries found JPO positions and 5 of those partner countries also found SARC positions
- assigned to 47 countries around the world
- working for 13 UN Organizations
Where are the JPOs, SARCs and SDPs?
By Organization
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Active partner country |
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JPO duty station |
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SARC duty station |
By Organization
UN Women |
18 |
10% |
UNAIDS |
10 |
6% |
UNDP |
58 |
33% |
UNDP-UNCDF |
5 |
3% |
UNDP-UNDOCO |
1 |
1% |
UNDP-UNV |
4 |
2% |
UNFPA |
28 |
16% |
UNIDO | 1 |
1% |
UNOPS |
6 |
3% |
UNRWA |
13 |
7% |
UNWTO |
1 |
1% |
WHO |
30 |
17% |
WIPO |
1 |
1% |
Total |
177 | 100% |
By Partner Country
Belgium |
7 |
4% |
Canada |
2 |
1% |
Denmark |
11 |
6% |
Finland |
8 |
5% |
France |
3 |
2% |
Germany |
27 |
15% |
Italy |
20 |
11% |
Japan |
29 |
16% |
Kuwait |
2 |
1% |
Luxembourg |
6 |
3% |
Norway |
7 |
4% |
Norway |
10 |
5% |
Portugal |
1 |
1% |
Republic of Korea |
1 |
1% |
Sweden |
20 |
11% |
Sweden |
20 |
11% |
The Netherlands |
13 |
7% |
United Kigdom |
7 |
4% |
Total |
177 | 100% |
By Region
Africa |
JPOs 36 |
SARCs 7 |
Arab States |
25 |
3 |
Asia-Pacific |
20 |
8 |
Europe and Central Asia |
8 | 1 |
Headquarters |
82 |
0 |
Latin America and the Caribbean |
6 |
3 |
Total |
177 |
22 |
By activity
Business and administrative management | 12%
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Crisi prevention, humanitaria relief and recovery | 16%
|
Energy and Environment | 9%
|
Gender | 1%
|
Governance and human rights | 17%
|
Local Governance and Microfinance | 4%
|
Population and development, HDR | 4%
|
Poverty and economic issues | 3%
|
Private sector development | 9%
|
Poverty and economic issues | 3%
|
Public Relations, Communication and Information | 1%
|
Regional Programme Oversight | 1%
|
Sustainable human development & SDGs | 1%
|
UN System coordination | 9%
|
Total | 100%
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