The picture in the last post of the Little Peacekeeper is the CEPAL (http://www.eclac.org/) building in Santiago. During the earthquake in 2010 parts of the building got damaged so that some of his colleagues had to move into a temporary office in a container which is what you see on today’s picture.
The next mission for the Little Peacekeeper is to Chile. You can see him in front of the place he is visiting. Do you know where the building is and do you know who is working in the building?
The Little Peacekeeper had a very successful afternoon after which he has many new Little Peacekeeper brothers. More news to come soon!
Recently I got a number of questions regarding the number of days a job is advertised to the public for the different UN agencies. I did a quick and dirty rundown of the numbers based on my 2010 data and they stack up as follows: On average a UN job is advertised for 35 days. The minimum observes was 12.59 days (UNISDR) and the maximum was UN OLA (124.5 days). And between the department / funds / programmes are significant differences. If you want a post with UNISDR (12.59 days), UNDP (14.2 days), IMF (14.89 days), UNOPS (15.23 days) or IFC (16.25 days) you better be quick.
So it is a good idea to start applying as early as you possibly can. Not only you do make sure that the application gets through on time (think system downtime which may strike at any given moment) but also you have chances being looked at early in the process since some long listing processes start while the application is still open. To give you an idea how the overall situation is have a look at the chart outlining the different average advertisement periods.
The Little Peacekeeper is back home for a brief period and while he enjoys the summer in New York he slips into his bluecubered T-shirt (see http://www.bluecubered.com/the-cube/) and takes a walk through the East Village.
Thank you Stewi! You must be an insider since you got the story right again! Yes, the Little Peacekeeper is visiting a hydroelectric power plant. This UNDP project is making sure that the power plant is taken care off by training the local community on how to maintain it. Have a look at the pictures to meet some of the local experts working in this project!
The Little Peacekeeper is indeed in Rasht Valley in Tajikistan. Both Christoph and Stewi were absolutely right and the Little Peacekeeper is very impressed you found out where he is. On the picture, you can see him with the board describing the UNDP project he is visiting and you can also observe him sit on a piece of project equipment. Do you have any idea what the project could be about?
