Secretary-General
Secretaries-General
Geneva, Brussels and Luxembourg
+41 223322 601 (Geneva)
+32 22861 717 (Brussels)
Divisions
1
Responsibilities
Standing and Joint Committee, and EEA Council
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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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Electronic Communication, Audiovisual Services and Information Society, Data Protection, Civil Protection.
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Coordination of legal issues. Subcommittee V on legal and institutional matters.
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Intellectual Property Rights, Competition Policy, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals
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Document Management System, Trade Remedies, Competition, Legal and Institutional Issues, Dispute Settlement, Legal Reviews of FTAs. Central America, Ecuador, Gulf Cooperation Council, MERCOSUR.
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HR policy, recruitment policy, employer branding, training and development, staff regulations & rules
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Health and Safety at Work, Labour Law, Company Law, Social Security, Recognition of Professional Qualifications, Postal Services. Free Movement of Persons, Employment, Social Policy.
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Government Procurement, Trade and Sustainable Development, Technical Cooperation, Egypt, Indonesia, Peru, RCEP, RuBeKa, Taiwan
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Provide legal advice and analysis for the EFTA Council, the Secretary-General and senior management.
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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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Main point of contact for EFTA Secretariat's HR related enquiries, HR administration, recruitment process, payroll preparations, traineeship programmes
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Standardisation, Product Safety and Market Surveillance
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Trade in Services, Investment; Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Malaysia, Morocco.
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Services for the EFTA Council and its substructure.
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Public Procurement, State Aid, Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
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Records management. Information and communication work, in particular EFTA´s social media presence.
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Research and Innovation, Cultural Affairs, EFTA Board of Auditors, Working Group on Budgetary Matters.
