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The Kuwaiti JPO Experience

12th MEETING OF NATIONAL RECRUITMENT SERVICES AND UN ORGANIZATIONS ON THE JPO PROGRAMMES By Sulaiman Albanai

The State of Kuwait

THE MOTIVATION

“[To] transform Kuwait into a financial and trade center, attractive to investors, where the private sector leads the economy, creating competition and promoting production efficiency, under the umbrella of enabling government institutions, which accentuates values, safeguards social identity, and achieve human resource development as well as balanced development, providing adequate infrastructure, advanced legislation and inspiring business environment.”

Empower Youth Develop Human Capital International Positioning Increase presence at IOs

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ALIGNMENT OF JPO PROGRAMME WITH KUWAIT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN & SDGS

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KNDP 6: Creative Human Capital

Reform the education system to better prepare youth to become competitive and productive members of the workforce.

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KNDP 7: Exceptional Global Positioning

Enhance Kuwait’s regional and global presence in spheres such as diplomacy, trade, culture and philanthropy.

Administration

Economy

Global Positioning

Health Care Human Capital

Living Environment Infrastructure

Investing in the Human Capital for a Sustainable Economy

• The programme aims to
• Achieve the aspirations of KNDP with focus on the 2 most pertinent,

Human Capital Development & Global Positioning

• Contribute towards implementation of the 2030 Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs)

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JPO HISTORY

JPO Batch 1:

▪ JPO Programme started May-13 2013 till May-15 2015 ▪ Total JPOs: 10 JPOs (5 males, 5 females) ▪ Duty Stations: New York, Vienna, Istanbul, Copenhagen, and Bridgetown ▪ All JPOs had completed their 2-years assignments ▪ One JPO had extended her assignment for 3rd year ▪ Three JPOs had been recruited as full time at UN agencies (FAO, RPA, BPPS) ▪ One JPO had been recruited as full time at OPIC ▪ Two JPOs have continued their PhDs after completing their assignment.

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The State of Kuwait

JPO HISTORY

JPO Batch 2:

• 2nd JPO Programme started Jan-15 2014 till Jan-17 2016
• Total JPOs: 10 JPOs (2 males, 8 females)
• Duty Stations: New York, Vienna, Bonn, Copenhagen, Bangkok, Singapore, and Brussel
• All JPOs had completed their 2-years assignments (except for one person completed 1

year)

• four JPOs had extended their assignment for 3rd year (on 50/50 fund base)
• One JPO had been recruited as full time at UN agency (CDF)
• One JPO had been recruited in an international NGO (Philippines)

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The State of Kuwait

JPO HISTORY

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JPO Batch 3:

• 3rd JPO programme started Feb-17 2018
• All JPOs are on their 2nd year assignment
• Total JPOs: 6 JPOs (3 males, 3 females)
• Duty Stations: New York, Geneva, and Copenhagen
• UNDESA first time to participate in JPO programme

JPO FEEDBACK

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The State of Kuwait

JPO CHALLENGES

“Nothing major, only the matter of adapting to the type of work.“ “Lack of work. Many of my assignments given are merely to copy paste documents, file documents in folders, and compile notes from other departments.” * “the first 5-6 were extremely challenging as I did no have a direct supervisor. While I am happy with the new supervisor that joined in June/July, I feel that I would be in a much better position to learn had the program started later while the supervisor was on board.”

How do you rate the cooperation of your department/supervisor in your work progression?

4 29% 5 43% 2 28%

1 2 3 4 5

Very Dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neutral Satisfied Very Satisfied

The State of Kuwait

RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE 4TH BATCH JPO PROGRAMME

“Ensure input into the TORs from current and previous JPOs especially on the location of the JPO due to the knowledge available on different departments.” “I suggest they have more support before traveling to their duty stations” “Ensure selection of departments that enable JPO career development” “The core operational value of the UN is in the field. That is where the real training/learning experience takes place. “

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JPO FUTURE

JPO Batch 4:

• 4th JPO Programme will start in Jun-19
• Total JPOs: 9 JPOs (3 males, 6 females)
• Duty Stations: New York, Vienna, Bonn, Geneva
• UN agencies: UNDP (RBAS – BERA – UNIDO), UNFPA, DESA (UNOG – UNOCT),

WHO, ILO, and UNESCO had participated in the programme

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• Radio Stations
• TV Channels
• Movie Theatres
• Newspaper ads.
• Social media Promotions

(Snapchat/Twitter/Instagram)

PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN

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PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN VIDEO

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Video not included due to size.

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JPO PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN RESULTS

500,000+ impressions on social media 38,000 website views 10 media outlets leveraged for the announcement

• Civil Service Commission
• Private Sector Strategy

REINSERTION STRATEGY

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ACHIEVEMENTS

Achievements:

• (with the 4th batch) Kuwait sent 35 JPOs (22 females, 13 male) on verity of posts to

different UN agencies at different locations across the world.

• 5 JPOs remained with-in the UN system as full time employees (FAO, UNCDF, RPA,

BPPA, UNIDO)

• Over than 90% of the JPOs completed their 2 years assignment
• 5 JPOs had extended their JPO assignment for 3 year (50/50 cost base)

ANNOUNCEMENT

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