Secretary-General
Secretaries-General
Geneva, Brussels and Luxembourg
+41 223322 601 (Geneva)
+32 22861 717 (Brussels)
Divisions
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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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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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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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Information and communication, including relations with the press, editing publications and managing the EFTA website. Coordination of EEA Seminars.
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HR policy, recruitment policy, employer branding, training and development, staff regulations & rules
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Rules of Origin, COCE, PEM, Trade Facilitation, Albania, Bolivia, Jordan, MERCOSUR, Montenegro, Syria, Ukraine.
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Budgeting, reporting, financial regulations & rules.
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Services for the EFTA Council and its substructure.
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Standing and Joint Committee, and EEA Council
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Government Procurement, Trade and Sustainable Development, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Mongolia, Russia/Belarus/Kazakhstan, Taiwan, Turkey.
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Editing of all EFTA publications and communications, maintenance of language and style guidelines, advice and assistance on linguistic issues.
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Financial Services, Company Law, EFTA Economic Committee.
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Records and information management.
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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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Trade in Goods, TBT, Trade and Sustainable Development, EAC, Lebanon, Mexico, Moldova, North Macedonia, Palestine, SACU.
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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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Management of facilities in Geneva and organisation of logistics, including Ministerial meetings.
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Trade in Services and Investment, Trade analysis coordination, Trade and Sustainable Development, Nigeria.
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Activities of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee including the EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee with the European Parliament.
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Coordination of EFTA participation in Eurostat conferences, ESO staff administration, processing of invoices and VAT, managing office facilities and supply.
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Legal and Institutional Issues, Dispute Settlement, Legal Reviews of FTAs, legal issues in FTAs, Trade Remedies, Competition, ASEAN, Chile, Japan, Philippines.
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Statistical cooperation – EU Enlargement