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Index of tables Shaping WIPO’s Future
Workforce at a glance 2 WIPO’s workforce, of which the bulk The data in this brochure shows
Table 1 WIPO workforce by category 4 and core are its staff, is the human a breakdown of the workforce by
capital of the Organization. Staff are category, sector, funding and type
Table 2 Staff by contract / funding type 6
the Organization’s greatest asset. of staff appointment. Organizational
Table 3 Staff distribution per sector 7
Characterized by rich diversity and performance is principally measured
Table 4 Productivity 8
inclusion, near-parity in representation through the productivity data of the
Table 5 Staff costs 9 of men and women, a dynamic inter- Patent Cooperation Treaty and Madrid
generational mix and flexibility in its registration systems. Various indicators
Diversity 10 configuration, WIPO’s workforce is of broad geographical representation
Table 6 Geographical representation of staff by region 12 shaping the Organization’s future, and gender balance demonstrate
Table 6a Geographical representation of staff by region (details) 14 strengthening its role as the global the Organization’s commitment to
Table 7 Member States represented among staff 16 champion of innovation and creativity. enhancing staff diversity and inclusion.
Table 8 Top 10 represented countries 17
Efforts at talent sourcing are also
measured, while information on
Table 9 Gender by grade 18
learning activities and development
Table 10 Gender by category 19
programs catering to existing staff is
Table 11 Average age by category 19 provided. Finally, the brochure provides
data relating to WIPO’s internal justice
Talent sourcing 20
system as part of organizational
Table 12 Vacancy announcements by grade 22 conflict management.
Table 13 Applications received by category 23
Table 14 Applications and appointments by region 24
Table 15 Expected retirements 26
Table 16 Separations 27
Development 28
Table 17 Training categories 30
Table 18 Performance evaluation 32
Table 19 Staff on part-time work schedules 33
Conflict management 34
Table 20 Cases filed by staff 36
Table 21 Cases filed per subject matter 37
70/30
flexibility
2 3
Table 1
Men + Women 18
Temporary Professional and
higher categories
25 + 19
73 2 + 14
Professional
16
262 + 248
Interns, Fellows and UNDP-JPOs 2
69.6% 30.4%
510 23 + 51
Core workforce
(regular staff)
Flexible Workforce
(474) 74
(1,084)
Other non-staff 3
General Service
187 + 308
495 322
UN staff on loan 4
2+1
3
1
The Executive Category (DG, DDG and ADG = 9 posts) is included.
2
UNDP-Junior Professional Officers are assigned on a loan basis to WIPO National Professional Officer
under an agreement between UNDP and WIPO. 0+3
3
This group also includes individuals from the Syni programme of the
Swiss Bureau of Subsidized Temporary Employment, who are assigned
to WIPO for training purposes. For the other non-staff in this group, only
those working on WIPO premises in Geneva are included in the count.
3
4
UN staff on loan under the Inter-Organization Agreement concerning
Transfer, Secondment or Loan of Staff among the Organizations applying
the United Nations Common System of Salaries and Allowances.
4 5
Table 2 Table 3
32.8% 20.0%
Fixed-term (369)
1,162
Designs Sector
UN staff
on loan (3) 12.7%
0.3% Copyright
Global Issues and Creative
Sector Industries Sector
6 7
Table 4 Table 5
+7% +4%
75%
-3%
+12%
+17% 50%
Patent Cooperation
Treaty
+5%
-1%
Madrid System
25%
Non-personnel
expenditure
107.5 100.3 118.4 111.2 146
8 9
Diversity
118 48
nationalities average age
46/54
men–women
10 11
Table 6
Geographical representation
of staff by region *
Men Women
27 + 23
50
141 + 145
286
33 + 27
60 6+5
11
Asia and the Pacific 19%
Africa 10.1%
22 + 25 41 + 24 76 + 46
47 65 122
North America 9.4%
Eastern and
Central Europe 7.8%
and Central Asia
Latin America
and the Caribbean 7.3%
* In the Professional and higher categories, regular and temporary staff. Middle East 1.7%
12 13
Table 6a
Geographical representation
of staff by region (details)
Men
Women
Asia and the Pacific (110) 70 / 40 18.5% Asia and the Pacific (122) 76 / 46 19%
Eastern and Central Europe Eastern and Central Europe
and Central Asia (46)
26 / 20 7.7% and Central Asia (50)
27 / 23 7.8%
Latin America and Latin America and
the Caribbean (45)
21 / 24 7.6% the Caribbean (47)
22 / 25 7.3%
Middle East (7) 3/4 1.2% Middle East (11) 6/5 1.7%
North America (54) 29 / 25 9.1% North America (60) 33 / 27 9.4%
Western Europe (273) 38 133 / 140 45.9% Western Europe (286) 38 141 / 145 44.6%
Temporary appointments
Africa (5) 3/2 10.9%
Total (46) 26 20
46% 100%
14 15
Table 7 Table 8
150
1. France 310
2. United Kingdom 71
100
3. Switzerland 52
50
4. United States of America 47
5. China 41
100
9. Spain 35
50
10. Canada 25
69 74 71 70 73
16 17
Table 9 Table 10
P4 53% 47% 96 / 85
Total 46% 54% 493 / 575
P3 50% 50% 80 / 80
P1 100% 0/5
Table 11
NPO 1 100% 0/3
G7 14% 86% 5 / 32
Average age by category
G6 32% 68% 72 / 150 Director 54.5
Director +
G4 56% 44% 19 / 15 48
Professional
1
National Professional Officers.
18 19
Talent
sourcing
12,508
Total number of applications
in 2017
20 21
Table 12 Table 13
1,779
2
21
18
916
760
14
12 3
11
1,376
1,243
9
1,100
769
602
7 4
127 / 401
320
465
123
3
81 / 298
2
534
468
436
3
348
36 / 12
308
2 2
0 1 8 13 22 17 20 5 0 0 23 12 7 4 48 559 854 2,004 2,017 3,157 815 1,070 1,077 528 379
DDG D2 D1 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 NPO G7 G6 G5 G4 G3 D2 D1 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 G6 G5 G4 G3
22 23
Table 14
No specified 10 8/2
No specified -
nationality (0.14%) nationality (0%)
* Fixed-term positions in the Professional and higher categories in 2017. Excluding appointments to posts under Funds-In-Trust.
1
24 25
Table 15 Table 16
21 30
20
40 4 1 5
5 1 6
3 5 8
14
4 1 5 2 2 11 4 15
12 7 19
30
3 3 5 6 11
10 6 16 17 16
9 6 15
20 13 8
9 10 19 2
7 11 18
4
1 7 8
5 8 13 6 2
3 9 12 7
10 4 7 11 2 4
6
7
3 4 7 4 3
3
4
2 3
1
1 1 1
Total 15 29 41 34 34 40 Total 49 48 54 49 21
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
26 27
Development
6,000
training days for staff
28 29
Table 17
Training categories *
Number of days (5,945.4) Total number of participants
Men
Women
Management 11.7% 692.9
Men (40%) Women (60%)
IT 10.5% 622.0
Registration
Systems
10.4% 620.6
3,953
Induction
Program
3.7% 222.5
Diversity
1.0% 57.9
(incl. Gender)
4.8
Pre-retirement
4.5% 268.0
Training
30 31
Table 18 Table 19
Part-time 90% 4 31 35
Effective
795 75.4%
performance
80% 5 93 98
50% 15 15
Improvement
in performance 1 0.1%
needed
Total regular staff 512 588 1’100
Unsatisfactory 1 0.1%
performance
Total part-time 1.8% (9) 23.6% (139) 13.5%
No rating 1 38 3.6%
Temporary staff
Part-time 4 4
* Status of 2017 cycle as at June 2018. Total part-time 1.7% (9) 23% (143) 13.1%
1
These comprise those who, due to absences, do not have an evaluation rating for 2017.
32 33
Conflict
management
34 35
Table 20 Table 21
29
Other appointment-
17
related
Miscellaneous 13
4 27 1
5
Harrassment 8
32 2 18
15
Benefits /
7
entitlements 1
1
2 1
5 2 4
13 14
18 Disciplinary matters 5
12
93 94 Non-renewal / 2
termination
4
Total 5 82 43 45 54 Classification 1
36 37
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