General information
Title
Financing new JPO "“Programme Policy Officer” for the Cash Based Transfers Programme Unit at the WFP Office in Niamey, Niger (programme 2020 - Recruitment 2021)
ID
XM-DAC-2-10-5332
CRS ID
WFP
Start date
End date
Activity status
Implementation
Budget
€330.546
Actor
UN World Food Programme WFP_PAM - WFP - PRT
Country
NIGER REP
Sector
Multisector - Household food security programmes
Aid type
Donor country personnel
Priority partner country
Yes
Fragile state
Yes
Least developed country
Yes
Budgetline
54 35 356011 JPO-NUV Assistant Personnel multilateral co-operation
Finance type
GRANT
Tied status
No
Flow type
ODA
Partner country incomegroup
Low Income Countries
Body
General
The Junior Professional Officers (JPO) Programme, also known as the Associate Experts Programme, is a multilateral technical cooperation initiative sponsored by the Directorate General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid of Belgium. The Programme originaates from a United Nations Economic and Social Council resolution adopted in 1961 which approved and encouraged the collaboration of volunteers, financed by their respective countries of origin, in implementing development cooperation initiatives and programmes.
Belgium joined the Programme in 1963, and over the years has developed it into a Programme, extending its sponsorship to the Multilateral partnerl organizations with which the Belgian Government stipulated in specific agreements
It enables young professional to gain workexperience within UN organizations
Results
The JPO will be fully be integrated into the Programme team and involved in the day to day operations of the team under the supervision of the Head of the Cash Based Transfers section. S/he will be offered possibilities to participate in professional trainings and field visits to WFP project sites and WFP sub-offices relevant to the incumbent’s professional profile as agreed with the supervisor.