Mark Polane is a Business Relationship Manager who has actually been serving because the UNFSU president together with Leila and Liliya as his Vice Presidents due to the fact September 2019. His last assignment was inside the Regional Industry Technologies Provider in Entebbe, Uganda. His United Nations vocation started in 1992 when he joined the United Nations Truce Supervision Business (UNTSO) in Jerusalem like a Subject Assistance Officer, (Radio Operator). His vocation route led him to operate in various capacities largely in Information and facts & Communications Technology but additionally in Home/Assets management and supply in addition to Human Resource management. From ’ninety two to 2000 he labored in UNTSO, MINURSO, UNPF and UNIKOM, returning to UNTSO, Jerusalem to think the Presidency of your then called “Industry Services Staff Union”, which under his Management was expanded to include a illustration of all Worldwide Workers in UN Peacekeeping, Hence turning out to be the sector Employees Union. Following finishing two phrases in Office environment he returned to operate inside the ICT sector and subsequently worked in UNTSO, Jerusalem, UN-Headquarters, Big apple, UNGSC, Brindisi And eventually UN-Entebbe, Uganda. He holds a Learn’s of Science diploma in Worldwide Management within the University of Liverpool.
Mark is keen about Management, Know-how, Human Rights and equality. He also has a enthusiasm for lifelong Understanding and is an avid reader. He has served on plenty of FSU Committees in different capacities championing staff will cause during his 27-calendar year occupation in the UN. He's a skilful negotiator, mediator and writer. He has an modern attitude and a massive photograph vision. He's philosophical and has a keen idea of proper and Completely wrong, ethics and integrity, and communicates his ideas and convictions Plainly and passionately.
Mark is a citizen on the Netherlands, born in Belgium to 2 Dutch Mother and father. He grew up in an exceedingly tiny village in The agricultural Netherlands. He speaks fluent English and manages to some degree in Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and a little bit of Arabic. Being a youthful guy of 16 decades, he joined the Royal Netherlands Navy, which charted his International journey. He's Fortunately married and it has two Grownup step-youngsters and also a twenty years old son.
He intends to lead the FSU by case in point, emphasizing integrity, honesty, and steadfast staff members illustration for all UN Intercontinental staff Operating in UN Peacekeeping. He hopes to provide ground breaking solutions which are mutually helpful to staff members along with the Business.
Liliya Galieva
Considering that the early stage of my profession, next graduation from Gorky State Linguistic University in Russia, I worked with Global businesses including the Globe Bank (1992-1993) and American Council of Lecturers of Russian (ACTR), an American NGO under the auspices of This system of your Bureau of Instructional and Cultural Affairs of America Section of Condition. I used to be proud to add to the development of my town of Nizhniy Novgorod (Incidentally the town hosted Soccer Cup 2018 in Russia) when engaged on Environment Financial institution assignments of upgrading public transport, finance and housing units. More exciting and gratifying time was Once i worked for ACTR (1993-1998), addressing Trade plans for students and College professors. Concurrently, I pursued my Law Diploma at Gorky State College. Later on, I turned an Trade pupil myself and received Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship grant at Harvard College (1998-2000). That was an exuberant time and put, the place I met quite possibly the most amazing individuals and was uncovered not merely to tutorial minds and souls but in addition to passionate and dedicated men and women from all over the earth. That was the leading virtue of staying a pupil of Kennedy University of Government, my 2nd Alma Mater.
Just after Harvard University, my period of UN has started and continues even now. In the 12 months 2000 I joined the UN Peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, next the establishment of UNMIK by SCR 1244 in 1999. Staying a Civil Affairs Officer, I was privileged to work on diverse jobs and in numerous areas of Kosovo, ranging from central Kosovo, through the North Mitrovica area (engaged in article-conflict reconstruction, humanitarian assistance, and local capability making as a result of democratic elections) and continuing within the West of Kosovo, the place I had been serving as The pinnacle of Field Place of work working with non-the vast majority issues, cultural heritage, returns and ad hoc safety incidents impacting non-greater part communities. It had been an exceptionally complicated and interesting occupation, which was fully fitting my temperament Along with the cornerstone remaining helping the susceptible. Currently being Component of community govt structures, I acquired nearby languages (Serbo-Croatian, and I used to be midway with colloquial Albanian) additionally to my English, German and rusty Spanish. Italian is additionally progressing very well. Currently, I am an incumbent UNFSU VP considering that 2019 and my two-calendar year tenure coincided with the CoviD-19 pandemic as well as the troubles of changing to the different modes of work and representing the Worldwide personnel in subject missions as UNFSU VP.
My own obstacle was to raise up my son and an orphan nephew, being a remote-Manage mom and aunt. They both equally are more than 30 now and they're on the correct observe. A short while ago I turned a grandmother of a wonderful granddaughter Ekaterina. Life goes on.
To encounter travelling adventures, seeing new areas, meeting new folks, Understanding new languages is my passion. My second enthusiasm is athletics. Pilates keeps my brain and entire body in sanity shape. Bicycling and hiking allow me to learn the beauties of the area mother nature.
In 2006, I used to be elected as Vice-Chair to FSU Council in UNMIK. And I have confronted quite a few troubles considering that that time period including the complicated downsizing course of action in 2012-2013, when UNMIK FSU pushed the mission leadership to accommodate downsized team to unique missions, by composing a letter towards the incumbent SG, Ban Ki-Moon. Another terrific accomplishment, which UNMIK FSU attained under my Management and help of worldwide FSU in 2018 was an evaluation of the Hardship classification of Responsibility Stations, Pristina and Mitrovica, which can be in effect due to the fact January 2019.
In the course of my tenure as UNFSU VP, I was Section of the SMC WG on Mobility and Choice, Downsizing, General performance Management addressing the guidelines. I served our colleagues from Haiti mission to challenge the Management choice to chop the entitlements retroactively because of Covid -19 plus they were profitable in winning the MEU situations. Our Workforce worked on improvements in the UNFSU Constitution so that you can streamline it with a more progressive means of symbolizing the employees. I also worked on unique instances on the team concerning Cigna and UN Pension Fund. Our crew founded legal help to our colleagues throughout the UN retirees Doing the job pro bono and assisting the personnel to get ready conditions for the UN inner Justice technique. UNFSU Staff Upcoming FSU was actively engaged with DMSPC regarding accommodating the downsized employees from closing missions UNAMID, UNOGBIS and Burundi. A lot more than one hundred colleagues ended up put in several missions and were being ready to keep their jobs. And it is still a work in development.
Thus, I am looking ahead to remaining re-elected for one more time period and stand for all UN Intercontinental Staff members in the sphere missions with delight and dignity and keep on combating for appropriate circumstances of services and compensation for all hardship that our staff is encountering in various missions.
Leila Manly-Spain can be an Administrative Officer and among the list of incumbent Vice Presidents of the present UNFSU Government. Her United Nations career started in 2004 when she joined the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) to be a United Nations Volunteer (UNV). She has due to the fact then worked UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), United Nations Assistance Office for Somalia (UNSOS), UN Regional Company Centre, Entebbe until eventually she and her crew, Team Upcoming ended up elected to serve as the UNFSU Govt Staff in September 2019.
An accountant by occupation, she is also a Accredited Instruction Professional (CTP) and serves for a Peacekeeping Instruction Officer within the Firm. She holds a Bachelor’s diploma in Company Administration within the University of Sunderland and is particularly at the moment pursuing a certification in Human Assets Management, to empower her to higher provide the workers of UN industry entities.
Leila is obsessed with Management and workers results FSU in, particularly in the sphere of Studying and progress. She has served in Field Personnel Unions (FSU) committees since 2006 and has become thriving in championing numerous staff members causes. She is an avid coach, specializing in UN competencies and various human (delicate) techniques. Leila is noted for her Power, zest for life and talent to generally be frank and genuine.
Leila is actually UNFSU a Guinea Bissau nationwide, born in Egypt, to diplomat moms and dads and Therefore grew up in Russia, the United States, The Gambia and the United Kingdom. She is fluent in English, Portuguese Creole, English Krio, and Wolof. She could also get by in French, Spanish and Italian. Staying an item of the multicultural upbringing, she is often open up to new activities and is highly respectful and appreciative of cultural dynamics and diversity difficulties. Leila is married with a few small children.
Leila is driven from the belief that nobody must ever truly feel on your own within their challenging moments and has become acknowledged to provide all team (Intercontinental and countrywide), as she definitely life the UNFSU motto, that we've been “Much better alongside one another”.
Leila hopes to have the ability to keep on to serve the remarkable employees from the UN field entities also to provide her enjoy of daily life, diversity, leadership and pursuit of excellence into the FSU Govt Entire body. She is relying on your vote to generate this a actuality and it is wants to say, “Thanks, to the privilege and honour of doing so”.