Secretary-General
Secretaries-General
Geneva, Brussels and Luxembourg
+41 223322 601 (Geneva)
+32 22861 717 (Brussels)
Divisions
1
Responsibilities
Oversees all ESO activities, technical cooperation with third countries, relations with Eurostat in all matters of statistics relating to EFTA, statistical legislation (EEA), cooperation with other international organisations.
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Information and communication, including relations with the press, editing publications and managing the EFTA website. Coordination of EEA Seminars.
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Leading the IT team, providing user support and ensuring reliable IT services to all staff and key clients.
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Statistical legislation (EEA), relations with Eurostat in the framework of the EEA, technical cooperation with third countries, monitoring inclusion of EFTA data.
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HR policy, recruitment policy, employer branding, training and development, staff regulations & rules
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Budgeting, reporting, financial regulations & rules.
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Legal advice and analysis for the EFTA Council and EFTA Management. The EFTA Convention, Headquarters agreements, depositary functions and EFTA’s regulations and rules, guidelines and policies.
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Rules of Origin, COCE, PEM, Trade Facilitation, Albania, Bolivia, Jordan, MERCOSUR, Montenegro, Syria, Ukraine.
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Trade in Goods, Technical Barriers to Trade, Technical Cooperation, EAC, Lebanon, Moldova, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Palestine, SACU, Sub-Saharan Africa (excl. EAC.).
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Analysis of trade statistics for ongoing EFTA free trade negotiations and the management of existing free trade relations. WTO Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA). US – EFTA Trade Dialogue.
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Standing and Joint Committee, and EEA Council
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Support to the Division. Logistical arrangements.
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Legal issues. Subcommittee V.
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Services for the EFTA Council and its substructure.
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Enterprise Policy, Internal Market Policy, Consumer Policy, Civil Protection, Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination.
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Government Procurement, Trade and Sustainable Development, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Mongolia, Russia/Belarus/Kazakhstan, Taiwan, Turkey.
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Veterinary, Phytosanitary, Food Safety Policies, Feedingstuffs.
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Records management. Information and communication work.
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Trade in Goods, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS), Information and communication, Algeria, Israel, Republic of Korea, Morocco, Peru, Thailand, Tunisia.
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Financial Services, Company Law, EFTA Economic Committee.
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Standardisation, Accreditation, Conformity Assessment and Marking, Technical Barriers to Trade
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Rules of Origin, COCE, PEM, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Georgia, Kosovo, Mauritius, Myanmar, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam.
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Providing user support and ensuring reliable IT services to all staff and key clients.
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Trade in Services and Investment, Trade analysis coordination, Trade and Sustainable Development.
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Management of facilities in Geneva and organisation of logistics, including Ministerial meetings.
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Providing user support and ensuring reliable IT services to all staff and key clients.
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Planning, implementation and coordination of technical cooperation projects with third countries and other international organisations, administrative handling of technical cooperation projects and European Statistical Training Programme (ESTP) organised by EFTA National Statistical Institutes.