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According to its Statute “The Staff College shall serve as a distinct, system-wide, knowledge management and learning institution… providing strategic leadership and management development…, strengthening inter-agency collaboration…, increasing operational effectiveness; enhancing cooperation with stakeholders inside and outside the UN system, and developing a more cohesive, system-wide, management culture”.
The idea of establishing a Staff College to serve the United Nations system was a direct response to long-standing perceptions on the need to strengthen the coherence and effectiveness of the international civil service. The first investigations into the feasibility of creating a Staff College were begun in 1969. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly approved in principle the creation of the United Nations System Staff College. However, the Staff College was put on indefinite hold pending the identification of financial resources. In 1993, the Secretary-General requested a joint UN/ILO team to elaborate a more concrete Staff College proposal that was accepted in 1995. The College itself began operations in 1996 as a project entrusted to the ITC/ILO. In August 2000, the College was evaluated by an independent Team that recommended the establishment of a fully-fledged United Nations System Staff College. A draft Statute was prepared. In July 2001, the General Assembly approved the Statute of the United Nations System Staff College. In November 2001, the Board of Governors held its first session in Geneva. On 1 January 2002 the College began its operations as a distinct institution within the United Nations system. |