Transcript Slide 1 - GESL - Keio University

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
Servicing of negotiations and conferences
The number of Japanese professional staff
786 out of about 30,000 (end of 2010)
２．６％
日本人
その他
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
Importance of having Japanese
in inte’l organizations
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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
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Why are Japanese staff so few?
- Because there are few applicants!
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
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Headaches in working for
international organizations
How to increase Japanese staff
More 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
公募手続き
•P5ー
•P4ー
•P3ー
•P2ーYPP競争試験
Career path for UN non-political posts
 Vacant posts
ＹＰＰ exams
ＪＰＯs
Secondments
国際機関の邦人増強施策
JPO派遣制度
その他の主な取組
JPO：Junior Professional Officer
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。
広報活動
(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。)
●国際機関人事センターウェブサイトの活用
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。
●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
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）
(人）
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
485
521
557
610
642
671
676
698
736
708
765
（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
765
→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
334
330
329
270 275 290 318
2
4
7
2
3
1
(4
3
.7%)
(4
3 .1%)
2
1
2
(4
4
.7%)
164 186
(4 4 .9%)
(3 7 .9%) (3 8 .4%) (4 0 .2%) (4 0 .7%) (4 1 .5%)
(3
8
.0%)
(3
5
.7%)
(3 4 .0%)
応募支援
2001年 2002年 2003年 2004年 2005年 2006年 2007年 2008年 2009年 2010年 2011年 2012年
※ 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
ＪＰＯ経験者の割合が多い国際機関
（2012年1月1日現在）
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%
● 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
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