UNFSU Executive Elections
Mark Polane is a company Partnership Manager who continues to be serving as the UNFSU president together with Leila and Liliya as his Vice Presidents since September 2019. His past assignment was throughout the Regional Subject Technological innovation Support in Entebbe, Uganda. His United Nations profession started in 1992 when he joined the United Nations Truce Supervision Corporation (UNTSO) in Jerusalem for a Discipline Support Officer, (Radio Operator). His career route led him to operate in different capacities mainly in Information and facts & Communications Technological innovation but additionally in Property/Belongings management and supply and Human Source management. From ’ninety two to 2000 he worked in UNTSO, MINURSO, UNPF and UNIKOM, returning to UNTSO, Jerusalem to assume the Presidency of your then identified as “Area Service Staff members Union”, which beneath his leadership was expanded to include a representation of all Intercontinental Personnel in UN Peacekeeping, Therefore getting the sector Employees Union. Immediately after completing two conditions in Business office he returned to work in the ICT sector and subsequently worked in UNTSO, Jerusalem, UN-Headquarters, Big apple, UNGSC, Brindisi And at last UN-Entebbe, Uganda. He retains a Grasp’s of Science diploma in Worldwide Administration from your College of Liverpool.
Mark is obsessed with Leadership, Technological innovation, Human Legal rights and equality. He also has a passion for lifelong Finding out which is an avid reader. He has served on countless FSU Committees in numerous capacities championing personnel will cause all over his 27-year profession while in the UN. He's a skilful negotiator, mediator and author. He has an ground breaking mindset along with a huge photo eyesight. He's philosophical and it has a eager idea of right and Incorrect, ethics and integrity, and communicates his ideas and convictions Obviously and passionately.
Mark is actually a citizen on the Netherlands, born in Belgium to 2 Dutch Moms and dads. He grew up in an exceedingly compact village in The agricultural Netherlands. He speaks fluent English and manages somewhat in Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and a little bit of Arabic. As a young man of 16 many years, he joined the Royal Netherlands Navy, which charted his International adventure. He is happily married and it has two Grownup move-small children and a twenty years aged son.
He intends to steer the FSU by case in point, emphasizing integrity, honesty, and steadfast staff members illustration for all UN Global personnel Doing work in UN Peacekeeping. He hopes to carry modern remedies which might be mutually useful to personnel along with the Firm.
Liliya Galieva
Because the early stage of my career, following graduation from Gorky Point out Linguistic College in Russia, I worked with Worldwide organizations such as the Earth Financial institution (1992-1993) and American Council of Lecturers of Russian (ACTR), an American NGO under the auspices of This system with the Bureau of Academic and Cultural Affairs of The us Department of Point out. I had been happy to contribute to the event of my town of Nizhniy Novgorod (Incidentally the town hosted Football Cup 2018 in Russia) though engaged on Planet Bank jobs of upgrading general public transport, finance and housing methods. Even more attention-grabbing and gratifying time was Once i worked for ACTR (1993-1998), dealing with Trade packages for students and College professors. Concurrently, I pursued my Law Diploma at Gorky Condition University. Afterwards, I grew to become an exchange pupil myself and acquired Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship grant at Harvard University (1998-2000). Which was an exuberant time and spot, exactly where I achieved by far the most remarkable people and was uncovered not just to tutorial minds and souls but in addition to passionate and dedicated persons from all around the environment. Which was the primary advantage of becoming a university student of Kennedy University of Government, my 2nd Alma Mater.
Following Harvard College, my era of UN has started and continues however. Within the calendar year 2000 I joined the UN Peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, subsequent the institution of UNMIK by SCR 1244 in 1999. Getting a Civil Affairs Officer, I had been privileged to work on unique tasks and in various places of Kosovo, ranging from central Kosovo, with the North Mitrovica area (engaged in publish-conflict reconstruction, humanitarian guidance, and local capability setting up through democratic elections) and continuing while in the West of Kosovo, where I used to be serving as The pinnacle of Area Office environment coping with non-greater part issues, cultural heritage, returns and advertisement hoc stability incidents affecting non-bulk communities. It absolutely was a really demanding and interesting work, which was absolutely fitting my personality With all the cornerstone remaining assisting the vulnerable. Staying part of nearby federal government buildings, I learned neighborhood languages (Serbo-Croatian, and I used to be midway with colloquial Albanian) additionally to my English, German and rusty Spanish. Italian is additionally progressing properly. Now, I am an incumbent UNFSU VP because 2019 and my two-yr tenure coincided Along with the CoviD-19 pandemic as FSU well as challenges of modifying to the various modes of labor and symbolizing the Intercontinental team in field missions as UNFSU VP.
My individual problem was to boost up my son and an orphan nephew, currently being a distant-Regulate mom and aunt. They both of those are over thirty now and they are on the proper monitor. Not too long ago I grew to become a grandmother of a lovely granddaughter Ekaterina. Lifetime goes on.
To working experience travelling adventures, looking at new sites, Conference new people today, learning new languages is my enthusiasm. My next enthusiasm is sporting activities. Pilates retains my intellect and system in sanity condition. Bicycling and mountaineering make it possible for me to know the beauties with the area mother nature.
In 2006, I had been elected as Vice-Chair to FSU Council in UNMIK. And I've faced several problems given that that time period including the difficult downsizing process in 2012-2013, when UNMIK FSU pushed the mission Management to support downsized staff members to diverse missions, by composing a letter for the incumbent SG, Ban Ki-Moon. Yet another fantastic success, which UNMIK FSU achieved less than my Management and support of world FSU in 2018 was a review of the Hardship classification of Responsibility Stations, Pristina and Mitrovica, and that is in result given that January 2019.
Throughout my tenure as UNFSU VP, I had been Component of the SMC WG on Mobility and Assortment, Downsizing, Efficiency Management addressing the procedures. I assisted our colleagues from Haiti mission to challenge the Management selection to cut the entitlements retroactively as a consequence of Covid -19 plus they had been successful in profitable the MEU circumstances. Our Team labored on alterations within the UNFSU Structure in an effort to streamline it with a more progressive strategy for representing the staff. I also labored on person conditions on the employees about Cigna and UN Pension Fund. Our crew established lawful help to our colleagues in the UN retirees Functioning Professional bono and supporting the employees to get ready instances with the UN inner Justice procedure. UNFSU Crew Future was actively engaged with DMSPC with regards to accommodating the downsized employees from closing missions UNAMID, UNOGBIS and Burundi. In excess of 100 colleagues ended up placed in several missions and were capable to keep their Positions. And it remains a work in development.
Therefore, I'm looking forward to remaining re-elected for another expression and represent all UN Worldwide Team in the field missions with delight and dignity and continue combating for right circumstances of provider and payment for all hardship that our employees is encountering in several missions.
Leila Manly-Spain can be an Administrative Officer and one of many incumbent Vice Presidents of the present UNFSU Govt. Her United Nations career commenced in 2004 when she joined the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) to be a United Nations Volunteer (UNV). She has because then worked UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), United Nations Guidance Office for Somalia (UNSOS), UN Regional Support Centre, Entebbe until eventually she and her workforce, Team Potential ended up elected to function the UNFSU Executive Group in September 2019.
An accountant by career, she is likewise a Qualified Coaching Skilled (CTP) and serves being a Peacekeeping Schooling Officer within the Business. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Organization Administration with the College of Sunderland and is presently pursuing a certificate in Human Assets Management, to empower her to higher provide the staff members of UN industry entities.
Leila is passionate about leadership and employees leads to, particularly in the sector of Finding out and growth. She has served in Subject Staff members Unions (FSU) committees due to the fact 2006 and has long been thriving in championing various staff causes. She is an avid trainer, specializing in UN competencies and other human (soft) skills. Leila is known for her energy, zest for life and skill to generally be frank and legitimate.
Leila is usually a Guinea Bissau countrywide, born in Egypt, to diplomat moms and dads and For that reason grew up in Russia, The usa, The Gambia and the United Kingdom. She is fluent in English, Portuguese Creole, English Krio, and Wolof. She may also get by in French, Spanish and Italian. Being an item of the multicultural upbringing, she is usually open to new encounters and is highly respectful and appreciative of cultural dynamics and variety difficulties. Leila is married with 3 young children.
Leila is driven from the belief that not a soul really should at any time truly feel alone in their complicated periods and has become identified to serve all team (Global and nationwide), as she really life the UNFSU motto, that we have been “More powerful Leila Spain together”.
Leila hopes to have the ability to keep on to serve the amazing team on the UN area entities also to provide her really like of life, range, leadership and pursuit of excellence to the FSU Govt Entire body. She is relying on your vote to create this a truth which is desires to say, “Thanks, to the privilege and honour of doing so”.