JPO Programme: Government Authority Contact Details
The following countries sponsor their young professionals to join UNHCR for between one and three years - Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Korea, Sweden, Switzerland and USA. In addition, the Netherlands sponsors JPOs from developing countries.
Nationals may look at available vacancies through their respective governments websites on the below links.
Australia
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Australian Aid
Austria
Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Department II.5):
Email: abtii5@bmaa.gv.at
Belgium
Website : www.diplomatie.belgium.be rubrique : "Travailler dans la coopération au développement"
Denmark
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Danida
Department for NGO and Personnel Assistance
Asiatisk Plads 2
DK-1448 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Tel. +45 33 92 18 57/59/58/61
Fax: +45 33 92 18 53
Email: danidajob@um.dk
General information (in Danish) about Danida's multilateral JPO programme is available at: http://um.dk/da/om-os/stillinger/raadgiverstillinger-finansieret-af-danida/multilaterale-raadgivere/
Finland
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Department of Development Policy
Unit for UN Development Issues
PL 512
FIN-00023 VALTIONEUVOSTO
Further information on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website
Germany
Bureau for International Organizations Personnel (BFIO)
Villemombler Str. 76
53123 Bonn
Tel. 0049- 228 - 713 1331
Fax. 0049-228-270 - 1036
Email: Bonn-zav.bfio@arbeitsagentur.de
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Bundesministerium fuer Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ)
Friedrich-Ebert Allee 40
53113 Bonn
Germany
Japan
Email: mission.japan@ties.itu.ch
Korea (Republic of)
Email: mission.korea-rep@ties.itu.int
Liechtenstein
Email: info@aaa.llv.li
Norway
Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
P.O. Box 8114 Dep.
NO-0032 Oslo
Norway
Email: post@mfa.no
Portugal
Permanent Mission of Portugal
58,Rue de Moillebeau
1209 Geneva
Tel: 00 41 22 918 0200
Fax: 00 41 22 918 0228
Email: geral@missionportugal.ch
Sweden
SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)
SE-105 25 Stockholm, Sweden
Email: Catarina.Edlund@sida.se
United Kingdom
Currently, UK does not have a JPO programme. Positions have been funded by the UK Government on an ad-hoc basis