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THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVANTS Founded in 1949 FEATURED / À LA UNE Interview with Ambassador LIVING IN Salman Bal, Director of CAGI – p.8 GENEVA WHO / OMS Coaching. How to create cultures that value connection and staff engagement – p. 34 UNITED NATIONS / NATIONS UNIES ICSC global staff survey. Please read this before you answer – p. 36 791 – JUL-AUG 2019 Thinksafer,BETTER, longerliving. Supplemental health insurance for UN, ILO and WHO staff members New attractive conditions 2019 www.gpafi.org www.uniqa.ch Werbung 1114_19_Inserat_Denk_sicher_besser_laenger_leben_A4abf.indd 1 19.06.19 16:49 ALEXANDER MEJIA © atelier-schnegg.ch Editor-in-chief / Rédacteur en chef EDITOR’S NOTE / ÉDITORIAL 3 When we decided to focus on living in Lorsque nous avons décidé de consacrer Geneva for the summer issue, we did it with le numéro d'été à la vie à Genève, nous FEATURED / À LA UNE our readers interests in mind. Geneva offers l'avons fait dans l'intérêt de nos lecteurs. The world’s smallest metropolis 5 unique opportunities, but is one of the most Genève offre des opportunités uniques mais Interview with Ambassador Salman Bal, expensive cities in the world and living here c’est l'une des villes les plus chères du Director of CAGI 8 can be challenging. In this edition, we have monde, et vivre ici peut vite devenir un provided selected information about the défi. Nous avons voulu apporter des infor- Public Transportation in Geneva. Interview with Ms. Anne Hornung- most pressing questions for any newcomer. mations substantielles sur les questions les Soukup, Chair of the Board of TPG 10 plus pressantes pour tout nouvel arrivant. You will read an interview with Ambassa- Relocating to Geneva? dor Salman Bal, Director of the Interna- Vous lirez un entretien avec l'Ambassadeur A Guide to a Stress-Free Move 14 tional Geneva Welcome Centre (CAGI), who Salman Bal, Directeur du Centre d'Accueil CAGI’s Housing Service 16 shared with us the main services provided de la Genève Internationale (CAGI), qui From the diary of a UN consultant 17 to facilitate the installation of newcomers nous a fait part des principaux services to Geneva. You will also read an interview fournis pour faciliter l'installation des nou- Living in Geneva: The Intern’s Perspective 18 with Ms. Anne Hornung-Soukup, Chair of veaux arrivants. Vous lirez également une the Board of TPG (Geneva Public Trans- interview de Mme Anne Hornung-Soukup, À Genève, le pari gagné port) who told us about their projects for Présidente du Conseil d'administration des de l’électricité renouvelable 20 the near future that will change Geneva. TPG qui nous parle de leurs projets qui Continuing Education at the Heart We also covered the housing aspect with vont changer le Grand Genève. of the Future of Work 22 different contributions: from a relocation Nous avons aussi couvert l'aspect logement Offre de soins du service publique company, from CAGI’s Housing Service avec différentes contributions: d'une société dans le canton de Genève 26 and from two interns’ associations; “Fair de relogement, du Service Logement du CAGI What to do in Geneva in summer 2019 28 Internship Initiative” and “Geneva Interns et de deux associations de stagiaires : "Fair Association”. Additionally, you will find Internship Initiative" et "Geneva Interns UNITED NATIONS / NATIONS UNIES articles on Continuing Education at the Association". Vous trouverez également des University of Geneva and public health ser- articles sur la formation continue à l'Uni- Please read this before you answer the ICSC global staff survey 36 vices. For those of you who have decided versité de Genève et les services des HUG. to stay in beautiful Switzerland, we have Pour ceux d'entre vous qui vont rester cet été WHO / OMS compiled a selection of incredible summer en Suisse, nous avons sélectionné une série activities to enjoy. d'activités estivales pour bien en profiter. Coaching. How to create cultures that En outre, vous lirez un entretien avec le value connection and staff engagement 34 Furthermore, you will read an interview nouveau Représentant permanent de la GLOBAL AFFAIRS / AFFAIRES GLOBALES with the new Permanent Representative République populaire de Chine auprès de of the People’s Republic of China to UNOG, l'ONUG, l'Ambassadeur Chen Xu, qui a dis- Interview with Ambassador Xu Chen, Ambassador Chen Xu who discussed with cuté avec nous de l'Initiative Ceinture et route. Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China 32 us the Belt and Road Initiative among other topics. D'autres articles comprennent un texte The case for learning etiquette 38 important sur la façon de remplir l'en- Designing the Education of the Future 40 Other articles include an important piece quête de la CFPI auprès du personnel, on how to fill the ICSC global staff survey qui pourrait avoir une incidence sur votre ART & CULTURE that might affect your pay and allowances. rémunération et vos indemnités. Lectures Estivales / Summer Reading 41 n n La Suisse inconnue, à la découverte We wish you a happy summer. Nous vous souhaitons un bel été ! des 26 cantons. Vaud: Perroy 42 The official magazine of the international La revue officielle des fonctionnaires Parrains et Marraines pour le Népal 44 civil servants of the United Nations at internationaux des Nations Unies à Genève Ten years of musical talent in Tannay 46 Geneva and of the World Health Organization et de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé UN Special – July-August 2019 | 3 OSER L’ESPOIRL’ESPOIR SAISON 19—20 OPÉRA Einstein on the Beach Philip Glass Aida Giuseppe Verdi Orfeo Claudio Monteverdi Les Indes galantes Jean-Philippe Rameau Die Entführung aus dem Serail Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Les Huguenots Giacomo Meyerbeer Voyage vers l’espoir Christian Jost La Cenerentola Gioachino Rossini Saint François d’Assise Olivier Messiaen BALLET Minimal Maximal Cherkaoui - Foniadakis - Mandafounis The Six Brandenburg Concertos Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Ce qu’il nous reste Jérémy Tran OSEZ L’ABONNEMENT ! GTG.CH Billetterie : +41 22 322 50 50 FEATURED / À LA UNE © Will [email protected] The world’s smallest metropolis Living in Geneva offers unique amount of money. If you add difficult to find a decent lunch to this the fact that last year for less than 15 fr., and if you opportunities and teaches you how to salaries were cut, and non-staff dare to think of leisure, you cope with absurdly high prices and conditions of work are not fun- should be ready to pay more damentally improving, finding than 50 fr. for a basic dinner, how to say goodbye. accessible housing, education, or 20 fr. for a movie ticket. transportation, health care and other services that you and your Now, what exactly is “Geneva” family need, is paramount. and who is it for? As a reader of this magazine, you are likely According to a recent study most familiar with what we call SEBASTIAN HOFBAUER, UNITAR by UBS, published on 29 May “International Geneva”, which Hundreds of new profession- 2018, Geneva is the second is an amalgamation of Inter- als and diplomats move to most expensive city in the national Organizations, NGOs, Geneva every year, to join the world, second only to Zurich. and Member States Perma- other 9,500 staff members Although salaries are higher nent Missions. However, oth- of the United Nations and its and taxes lower than the Euro- ers might have a very different agencies or to become part of pean average, a large portion impression, when they come to the 179 Permanent Missions in of gross income goes towards Geneva to make it their new this city. Everyone agrees that obligatory health insurance, home. Think about Geneva’s Geneva offers a high quality housing and to other unavoida- importance in the banking of life and many opportunities ble expenses. Most people rent sector or its long heritage as for personal and professional accommodation because prop- a center for watch-making. development, but everyone erty prices are high, and large Of course, I cannot forget to also knows this beautiful city down payments are required. mention chocolate, a Geneva is one of the most expensive of Meanwhile, depending on attraction enjoyed by tourists the world. How to manage the whom you ask, the cost of rent- and inhabitants alike. Around relocation and the best way to ing an apartment in Geneva can all that, the city is also home establish yourself here remain be higher than in New York or to thousands of students and critical. Suffice to say that some Paris and twice as much as in adventure seekers, who use it of us have been living in Geneva Amsterdam or Brussels. Living as a gateway to the nearby alps. for many years, and continue in Geneva entails paying for to learn how to make the most necessities, like food, at prices Indeed, no matter how long you of it with the least possible that make visitors faint. It is stay in the city and why you UN Special – July-August 2019 | 5 Under our feet, construction is currently underway on the 16-kilometer railway line, which runs mainly under- ground; two tunnels, two new bridges and five new under- ground stations are being built. There is no one better to tell you how the CEVA will “change everything” than the TPG’s Chair of the Board of Directors, Ms. Anne Hornung-Soukup. You will read her interview in this edition. Going back to Grand Genève, its official creation is also the admission of a reality that is often suppressed: the engine for Geneva’s economy is interna- tional. Without the inhabitants © Devon [email protected]© Devon of non-swiss origin, this beau- Clear blue sea under clear sky.