• Introduction
• Survey Schedule
• For Survey Coordinator
• For Staff at Large
• Survey Documents
• FAQs

Introduction

This special Web page is a central source of information and materials relevant to the baseline place-to-place surveys to be conducted in 2010 by the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) at all headquarters duty stations and Washington, DC. (see survey schedule)The procedures described are based on the methodology approved by the 70th session of the ICSC.

The Web page is designed to facilitate the successful administration of the survey by helping all the key players in their respective roles in the survey process.

For survey coordinators, there is a checklist of tasks to be performed, templates of the personnel list, the initial broadcast message to staff, the outlet recruitment letter and the cover letter for pricing agents; and other documents related to the administration of the survey including the Coordinator’s Report.

For staff at large, there is a section on frequently asked questions (FAQs), an electronic diary for recording household expenses, both electronic and hardcopy versions of the questionnaires and instructions on how to complete them.