Inefficient UNDP Employees Have One Last Chance 

By Metasebia Feleke 
May 1, 2007 
All Africa
Original Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/200705010083.html

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has started the first round of changes in its management process, paying special attention to business realignment. 
The first round of testing that was done through a series of interviews with staff of the Programme found 22 out of the 44 Ethiopian employees inefficient, although the management of the UNDP refused to confirm this figure. The process is part of a larger global project for close to 30 countries worldwide. The Ethiopian leg began implementation in June 2006. 
Tomoko Nishimoto, deputy resident representative of UNDP told Fortune that the Programme needed to take a closer look at its processes in order to provide the best of the services that it is expected to deliver. 
We have to be able to meet our highest standards, said Ms Nishimoto. 
For the employees that were found inefficient during the first phase of the project, the length of time they have been working for the UNDP will determine the final outcome of their fates. 
Those that have been at the organisation for more than 25 years and have two years to retirement will be paid their two year salaries and discharged from their positions. Their retirement packages will be given to them once their time approaches. 
For employees that have been working there for 15 years or less, they are being given the opportunity to prove their capabilities during the second round of evaluations, which have already begun, and will be completed by May 9, 2007. 
But all employees that were found inefficient are being given the opportunity to retain their positions until July 30, 2007, when the final cuts will be made. 
Participating in the second round is up to us, an employee found inefficient after serving 25 years told Fortune. 
UNDP was established in 1965 by the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) with its headquarters in New York City. It was established with the aim of fostering sustainable human development in impoverished nations, coordinating all operational development activities of the UN.