UNFSU Executive Elections
Mark Polane is a company Relationship Supervisor who continues to be serving since the UNFSU president along with Leila and Liliya as his Vice Presidents considering the fact that September 2019. His last assignment was inside the Regional Area Technological innovation Support in Entebbe, Uganda. His United Nations occupation started off in 1992 when he joined the United Nations Truce Supervision Corporation (UNTSO) in Jerusalem to be a Area Support Officer, (Radio Operator). His occupation route led him to operate in many capacities typically in Information and facts & Communications Technology but also in Property/Assets administration and provide together with Human Useful resource administration. From ’92 to 2000 he worked in UNTSO, MINURSO, UNPF and UNIKOM, returning to UNTSO, Jerusalem to assume the Presidency of the then called “Industry Company Staff members Union”, which underneath his Management was expanded to incorporate a representation of all Intercontinental Staff members in UN Peacekeeping, As a result getting to be the sector Employees Union. After finishing two phrases in Workplace he returned to work in the ICT sector and subsequently worked in UNTSO, Jerusalem, UN-Headquarters, New York, UNGSC, Brindisi And eventually UN-Entebbe, Uganda. He holds a Master’s of Science diploma in Worldwide Management with the University of Liverpool.
Mark is enthusiastic about Management, Technological innovation, Human Rights and equality. He also provides a passion for lifelong learning which is an avid reader. He has served on a great number of FSU Committees in various capacities championing staff members triggers throughout his 27-12 months career from the UN. He is a skilful negotiator, mediator and author. He has an innovative way of thinking plus a massive picture eyesight. He's philosophical and has a eager understanding of ideal and Improper, ethics and integrity, and communicates his views and convictions clearly and passionately.
Mark is often a citizen from the Netherlands, born in Belgium to 2 Dutch Parents. He grew up in an incredibly compact village in the rural Netherlands. He speaks fluent English and manages considerably in Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and a small amount of Arabic. Like a younger person of 16 several years, he joined the Royal Netherlands Navy, which charted his Intercontinental adventure. He is happily married and it has two Grownup stage-children as well as a twenty years old son.
He intends to lead the FSU by instance, emphasizing integrity, honesty, and steadfast staff members illustration for all UN International employees Performing in UN Peacekeeping. He hopes to bring revolutionary answers that happen to be mutually effective to staff and also the Business.
Liliya Galieva
Because the early stage of my occupation, pursuing graduation from Gorky Point out Linguistic College in Russia, I labored with Global corporations such as the Earth Lender (1992-1993) and American Council of Instructors of Russian (ACTR), an American NGO beneath the auspices of This system with the Bureau of Academic and Cultural Affairs of The usa Division of Condition. I was proud to contribute to the event of my town of Nizhniy Novgorod (Incidentally the town hosted Soccer Cup 2018 in Russia) though engaged on Earth Financial institution tasks of upgrading public transport, finance and housing units. Far more attention-grabbing and gratifying time was Once i labored for ACTR (1993-1998), handling exchange programs for college kids and College professors. Concurrently, I pursued my Law Diploma at Gorky Condition University. Afterwards, I grew to become an exchange student myself and been given Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship grant at Harvard University (1998-2000). That was an exuberant time and put, wherever I satisfied probably the most incredible persons and was exposed don't just to educational minds and souls but additionally to passionate and focused men and women from all over the environment. That was the main advantage of becoming a university student of Kennedy College of presidency, my 2nd Alma Mater.
Following Harvard College, my era of UN has started and continues even now. Within the calendar year 2000 I joined the UN Peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, subsequent the institution of UNMIK by SCR 1244 in 1999. Becoming a Civil Affairs Officer, I had been privileged to work on diverse projects and in several locations of Kosovo, starting from central Kosovo, in the North Mitrovica region (engaged in article-conflict reconstruction, humanitarian assistance, and local potential developing by way of democratic elections) and continuing during the West of Kosovo, where by I was serving as The top of Industry Workplace working with non-majority troubles, cultural heritage, returns and advert hoc security incidents impacting non-greater part communities. It was an extremely hard and attention-grabbing occupation, which was fully fitting my temperament with the cornerstone becoming assisting the vulnerable. Getting Section of community government structures, I discovered nearby languages (Serbo-Croatian, and I was halfway with colloquial Albanian) Furthermore to my English, German and rusty Spanish. Italian is additionally progressing properly. At the moment, I'm an incumbent UNFSU VP considering that 2019 and my two-12 months tenure coincided Together with the CoviD-19 pandemic along with the challenges of modifying to the different modes of labor and symbolizing the Worldwide personnel in subject missions as UNFSU VP.
My personalized problem was to raise up my son and an orphan nephew, staying a remote-Handle mother and aunt. They both are around 30 now and they are on the proper keep track of. Not long ago I grew to become a grandmother of a gorgeous granddaughter Ekaterina. Lifestyle goes on.
To experience travelling adventures, looking at new destinations, Assembly new people, Discovering new languages is my passion. My second enthusiasm is sports activities. Pilates retains my brain and physique in sanity condition. Bicycling and climbing allow me to know the beauties on the nearby mother nature.
In 2006, I was elected as Vice-Chair to FSU Council in UNMIK. And I've faced quite a few problems since that period of time including the tricky downsizing method in 2012-2013, when UNMIK FSU pushed the mission Management to accommodate downsized team to distinct missions, by crafting a letter for the incumbent SG, Ban Ki-Moon. A further excellent achievements, which UNMIK FSU attained less than my leadership and support of worldwide FSU in 2018 was a review with the Hardship classification of Responsibility Stations, Pristina and Mitrovica, which can be in influence because January 2019.
Through my tenure as UNFSU VP, I had been A part of the SMC WG on Mobility and Collection, Downsizing, Performance Management handling the insurance policies. I helped our colleagues from Haiti mission to challenge the Leadership determination to chop the entitlements retroactively due to Covid -19 and they had been profitable in profitable the MEU cases. Our Team worked on adjustments while in the UNFSU Structure so that you can streamline it with a far more progressive technique for symbolizing the staff. I also worked on person instances in the workers with regards to Cigna and UN Pension Fund. Our team proven authorized guidance to our colleagues from the UN retirees Performing Professional bono and serving to the staff members to get ready scenarios for that UN inside Justice program. UNFSU Crew Potential was actively engaged with DMSPC relating to accommodating the downsized employees from closing missions UNAMID, UNOGBIS and Burundi. Over 100 colleagues were put in several missions and have been capable of maintain their Work. And it remains a piece in progress.
Thus, I'm hunting forward to remaining re-elected for another phrase and signify all UN Intercontinental Staff members in the sector missions with pride and dignity and continue on combating for proper ailments of provider and compensation for all hardship that our staff members is encountering in numerous missions.
Leila Manly-Spain can be an Administrative Officer and among the list of incumbent Vice Presidents of the current UNFSU Govt. Her United Nations profession begun in 2004 when she joined the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) being a United Nations Volunteer (UNV). She has because then labored UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), United Nations Assistance Office environment for Somalia (UNSOS), UN Regional Support Centre, Entebbe right until she and her group, Workforce Potential were being elected to serve as the UNFSU Government Workforce in September 2019.
An accountant by occupation, she is likewise a Certified Education Professional (CTP) and serves Leila Spain like a Peacekeeping Schooling Officer within the Group. She retains a Bachelor’s degree in Enterprise Administration within the University of Sunderland and is also at this time pursuing a certification in Human Sources Management, to empower her to higher provide the staff of UN area entities.
Leila is obsessed with Management and staff leads to, particularly in the sector of Mastering and development. She has served in Area Workers Unions (FSU) committees due to the fact 2006 and has long been successful in championing numerous workers brings about. She is an avid trainer, specializing in UN competencies and also other human (smooth) techniques. Leila is noted for her Electricity, zest for all times and skill being frank and authentic.
Leila is often a Guinea Bissau nationwide, 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. Becoming a product of a multicultural upbringing, she is always open up to new activities and is extremely respectful and appreciative of cultural dynamics and diversity issues. Leila is married with a few small children.
Leila is pushed with the belief that no one should really at any time come to feel on your own in their tricky moments and is identified to provide all staff members (Worldwide and national), as she definitely lives the UNFSU motto, that we are “More robust collectively”.
Leila hopes to be able to continue on to serve the amazing staff members in the UN industry entities and also to bring her appreciate of existence, range, leadership and pursuit of excellence into the FSU Government Body. She's relying on your vote to generate this a reality which is desires to say, “Thanks, for your privilege and honour of doing this”.