Vacancy factor (20 per cent)

High vacancy rates

The overall vacancy rate in the Department was 3.8 per cent compared to a budgeted vacancy rate of 6.5 per cent.

Nevertheless, the Tribunal will review the vacancy rates on a regular basis.

The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 3.83 .

Kolwezi

Kamina

The freeze has had a negative impact on efforts to reduce vacancy rates.

Tshikapa

6. Notes with great concern the high vacancy rate in the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

(308 posts) 1 P 5, 3 P 4 (1 P 4d),

During the reporting period, the overall average vacancy in the office was 12.5 per cent.

In fact, any savings realized as the result of high vacancy rates would have been returned to Member States.

It therefore recommends that the vacancy delayed deployment rate be maintained at 10 per cent.

The increased requirement for Mission subsistence allowance derives from the lower average vacancy rate of 14.9 per cent compared to the 30 per cent vacancy factor applied to the calculation of Mission subsistence allowance costs.

109. Expresses its deep concern that the Economic Commission for Africa is still suffering from a significantly high vacancy rate at the Professional level, and requests the Secretary General to ensure that all posts budgeted for the biennium 2002 2003 are filled

The vacancy rate for professional posts at the Economic Commission for Africa was too high.

Requirements for additional civilian police personnel are to be accommodated from within currently approved resources, in view of prevailing vacancy rates.

The Advisory Committee was informed that the Tribunal had made every effort to improve vacancy rates during the biennium 2004 2005.

Comment by the Administration. Efforts to reduce the vacancy rate are and should be ongoing without any particular time breaks.

Moreover, the persistent high vacancy rate makes it difficult to assess the needs for any particular organizational unit.

A summary of posts, incumbency levels and vacancy rates as at 30 September 2005 is provided in the table below.

Schedule 8 of A 60 572 contains information on average vacancy rates by budget section.

The unspent balance of 30,000 relates to a higher than budgeted vacancy rate.

The Peacekeeping Service undertook a number of audits, including of procurement, vacancy rates and the state of discipline at various missions.

(b) any right or interest of the State in movable or immovable property arising by way of succession, gift or bona vacantia or

Concerning civilian staff, the Advisory Committee was informed that the lack of improvement in vacancy rates was largely a consequence of the crisis of November 2004 and the subsequent successive changes of the security level from Phase 2, to Phase 3 and Phase 5 in Abidjan.

53. Reaffirms that the vacancy rate is a tool for budgetary calculations and should not be used to achieve budgetary savings

The Committee notes from the supplementary information that the vacancy rates of civilian personnel as at 31 August 2005 were as follows

5. Notes with great concern that the high vacancy rate, particularly at the higher level of the administrative hierarchy, affects the effectiveness of the activities of the International Tribunal for Rwanda

The realized vacancy rate for the Professional category and above was 6.3 per cent, higher than the approved budgeted rate of 5.9 per cent, and the realized vacancy rate for the General Service category was 6.0 per cent, higher than the approved budgeted rate of 5.8 per cent (A 60 572, para.

The Committee requests that consideration be given to adding information on average vacancy rates for the preceding biennium to data currently provided in schedule 8 of the performance report.

Mr. Elnaggar (Egypt) thanked the representatives of Nigeria and Cuba for confirming the requirement to distribute hard copies of vacancy announcements and requested a suspension of the meeting to permit his and other delegations to formulate a proposal on the matter.

b Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 15 vacancy rate compared to an 8 vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

The Committee notes a decrease in the vacancy rates in the Economic Commission for Africa, relative to those of at least two previous bienniums and welcomes the progress achieved by the Secretariat.

c Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 5 vacancy rate compared to a 4 vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

In paragraph 122 of the report, the Tribunal agreed with the Board's recommendation that it continue its efforts to reduce the vacancy rates, with special emphasis on the Office of the Prosecutor.

Concerning civilian personnel, the average vacancy rate for international staff, national staff and United Nations Volunteers was 32.8, 44.6 and 80.2 per cent, respectively.

A satisfactory level of mutual trust has been achieved at the most senior level.

Some measurements approaches are at the firm level, some at the product level, and still others are at the consumer level.

Hence, the higher the level of development, the lesser the amount of crime, while the lower the level of development, as is the case in Africa, the higher the level of crime.

17. Further requests the Secretary General to continue to consider the use of incentives with a view to encouraging staff to move to duty stations with chronically high vacancy rates

It is proposed that requirements for additional international and national staff be accommodated from within currently approved resources, in view of the prevailing high vacancy rates (see A 59 707, sect.

Revisions to standard salary costs, common staff costs and vacancy rates are based on actual experience by category and level for the Vienna duty station and each of the four regions of operation.

55. Decides that a vacancy rate of 6.5 per cent for Professional staff and 3.1 per cent for General Service staff shall be used as a basis for the calculation of the budget for the biennium 2002 2003