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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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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Leading the IT team, providing user support and ensuring reliable IT services to all staff and key clients.
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HR policy, recruitment policy, employer branding, training and development, staff 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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Budgeting, reporting, financial regulations & rules.
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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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Services for the EFTA Council and its substructure.
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Standing and Joint Committee, and EEA Council
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Veterinary, Phytosanitary, Food Safety Policies, Feedingstuffs.
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EFTA Board of Auditors, Budgetary Matters, Coordinator for EU programme participation, Cultural Affairs.
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Enterprise Policy, Internal Market Affairs, Consumer Affairs, Civil Protection.
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Records management. Information and communication work.
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Standardisation, Accreditation, Conformity Assessment and Marking, Technical Barriers to Trade
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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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Records management. Information and communication work.
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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.
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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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Activities of the EFTA Parliamentary Committee including the EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee with the European Parliament. Activities of the EFTA and EEA Consultative Committee (acting).
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Payrolling, accounting for Geneva duty station.
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Trade in Goods, Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), Technical Cooperation, CPTPP, EAC, Hong Kong China, Lebanon, Moldova, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Palestine, SACU, Sub-Saharan Africa (excl. EAC.).
