kiyotaka akasaka , president of the foreign press center /japan
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What seduced me to work for international organizations - Why not you, too?. Kiyotaka Akasaka , President of the Foreign Press Center /Japan (Former UN Under Secretary-General ） , at Keio University, July 18, ‘13. Main tasks for staff. Direct help to children and people in the field. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Kiyotaka Akasaka, President of the Foreign Press Center /Japan (Former UN Under Secretary-General ） , at Keio University, July 18, ‘13
What seduced me to work for international organizations - Why not you, too?
Main tasks for staff
Direct help to children and people in the field
Servicing of negotiations and conferences
The number of Japanese professional staff786 out of about 30,000 (end of 2010)
日本人 その他
２．６％
The number of Japanese staff in the UN
（地理的地位の職員）The number of Japanese staff
in posts subject to geographical distribution
Current staff numbers and desirable numbers
Japanese staff numbers in major UN entities
Top level Japanese officials, Oct. 2012
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Importance of having Japanese in inte’l organizations
• Heads …….Uplift national images• References in speeches and services • Smooth flow of information• Reflection in Secretariat papers and policies• Support to initiatives taken by the home gov.• Influence on the working culture and
practices
Why are Japanese staff so few? - Because there are few applicants!
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Why are Japanese so few?
• Insufficient number of competent candidates
• Differences in employment contracts• Lack of trained staff, in particular, JPOs• Lack of long-term strategy • Inward-looking Japanese youths• Insufficient linguistic competence
Headaches in working for international organizations
How to increase Japanese staffMore candidates for UN elected top positions;More offers for UN appointed posts;More applications to vacant posts;Increased secondments from various
Ministries;More applications to the YPP tests;Increase in the number of JPOs.
国連専門機関
Ranking of UN officials and their appointments
•事務総長 (Secretary-General) ー安保理の勧告、総会の任命•副事務総長（ Deputy SG) ー事務総長による任命•事務次長 (Under SG) ー事務総長による任命•事務次長補 (Assistant SG) ー事務総長による任命•D2 ー •D1 ー•P5 ー•P4 ー•P3 ー•P2 ー YPP 競争試験
公募手続き
Career path for UN non-political posts
Vacant posts
ＹＰＰ exams
ＪＰＯ s
Secondments
※ 上の数値は各年における邦人職員数全体、下の数値は、そのうちＪＰＯ派遣制度経験者の数及び全体に占める割合
0100200300400500600700800
2001年2002年2003年2004年2005年2006年2007年2008年2009年2010年2011年2012年
164(34.0%)
186(35.7%)
212(38.0%)
231(37.9%)
247(38.4%)
270(40.2%)
275(40.7%)
290(41.5%)
318(44.9%)
329(44.7%)
334(43.7%)
330(43.1%)
485 521557
610 642 671 676 698 708 736 765 765
国連関係機関の専門職以上の邦人職員数とＪＰＯ経験者数（各年 1 月現在）
ＪＰＯ経験者の割合が多い国際機関（ 2012 年 1 月 1 日現在）
● 国際機関人事センターウェブサイトの活用（２００２年６月より。１か月当たりのアクセス：約５万件） →アクセス件数の更なる増加を目指したコンテンツ内容等の 一層の充実を目指す
● メーリングリスト（現在約１７，０００名が登録）による 新たな空席情報、イベント情報等の提供 →登録者増、提供する情報の充実を目指す
● 大学、シンポジウム、セミナー等における国際機関就職 ガイダンスの実施（平成２３年度は６０件実施） →海外、国内各地での開催を積極的に行っている
人数 割合
UNHCR ５８人中４９人 ８５ %
UNICEF ６９人中５３人 ７７ %
WFP ３９人中２６人 ６７ %
UNDP ７１人中４３人 ６１ %
国際機関に勤務を希望する若手邦人を、日本国政府（外務省）の経費負担により原則２年間国際機関に派遣し、勤務経験を積む機会を提供することにより正規職員への途を開くことを目的とした制度。( 注：派遣終了後は各自が応募して正規ポストを獲得する必要がある。 )本制度が始まった昭和４９年からの累計で約１３５０名を派遣。平成２３年度の予算額は１０．３億円、平成２４年度の予算額は１０．１億円。最近では、毎年３０名程度を新規派遣。
JPO 派遣制度JPO ： Junior Professional Officer
その他の主な取組
広報活動
● 優秀な人材の発掘、応募の慫慂 →ロスター登録制度（現在約１３００名が登録）の一層の活用
● ＪＰＯ派遣制度の活用 →より質の高いＪＰＯの派遣、派遣期間終了後の正規採用のための 支援の強化
● 応募者に対する支援（状況に応じて、採用を促す働きかけを国際機関に対して実施） →より効果的な支援の実施
応募支援
国際機関の邦人増強施策
( 人）
JPO (Junior professional officer)
JPO (Junior professional officer)
The Second Round of Policies under the Growth Strategy by PM Abe (Towards "global universities")• At eight national universities, we will replace approximately 1,500
people with researchers of excellence from around the world within the next three years.
• The state of university administration must be brought in line with global standards. We will also work to advance administrative reforms, including through an annual salary system .
• We will enhance the assertive hiring of non-Japanese faculty, the acquisition of outstanding foreign exchange students, tie-ups with overseas universities, setting [minimum] TOEFL [scores] as graduation requirements, and so on.
• Over the next ten years, we will aim to have ten of our universities ranked within the World University Ranking top 100 schools. At the same times, we will create senior high schools capable of fostering global leaders.
(Providing all young people with the opportunity to study abroad)• I also want the young people of Japan to see the wide world
with their own eyes and travel around it on their own feet.
• I would like to realize study abroad opportunities for all of Japan's young people who have the desire and the capability. In order to do this, the public and private sectors will act in cooperation to create a new mechanism for reducing the economic burden on students who go abroad to study.
• In the world of business, national borders are now disappearing. In an era of this kind of international megacompetition, I wish to cultivate human resources that can be winners in global competition.
Merits and demerits
