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The ICSC secretariat reported today that the unprecedented levels of participation in the place-to-place surveys conducted in September were replicated in the October surveys, conducted in Geneva, Austria, Montreal, and Washington, DC. Staff should recall the importance of the information they provided because it enables the secretariat to have the most up-to-date data on which to base the post adjustment.

FICSA was a strong supporter of the survey, providing training workshops on place-to-place surveys In Geneva, Rome, Vienna, Montreal and Washington, D.C., ensuring that staff representatives joined the survey teams, and distributing to its members information notes to share with staff to encourage them to complete the survey forms.

Here are the results:

For Geneva (total number of eligible staff=5,357, including 646 P-1&P-2s, 1,508 P-3s, 1,807 P-4s, 1,163 P-5s, and 233 D-1s),
We needed 1,232 respondents overall (200 P-1&P-2s, 362 P-3s, 307 P-4s, 291 P-5s, and 72 D-1s).  
We got 1,774 respondents overall (242 P-1&P-2s, 522 P-3s, 552 P-4s, 360 P-5s, and 92 D-1s).
Overall response rate (actual number of respondents/required number of respondents) = 144%
Overall response rate (actual number of respondents/total number of eligible staff) = 33%

For Vienna (total number of eligible staff=1,477, including 103 P-1&P-2s, 424 P-3s, 549 P-4s, 341 P-5s, and 60 D-1s),
We needed 857 respondents overall (56 P-1&P-2s, 254 P-3s, 296 P-4s, 188 P-5s, and 60 D-1s).  
We got 1,086 respondents overall (104 P-1&P-2s, 298 P-3s, 401 P-4s, 230 P-5s, and 53 D-1s).
Overall response rate (actual number of respondents/required number of respondents) = 127%
Overall response rate (actual number of respondents/total number of eligible staff) = 74%

For Montreal (total number of eligible staff=307, including 50 P-1&P-2s, 60 P-3s, 134 P-4s, 49 P-5s, and 14 D-1s),
We needed 303 respondents overall (50 P-1&P-2s, 60 P-3s, 134 P-4s, 49 P-5s, and 14 D-1s).  
We got 303 respondents overall (54 P-1&P-2s, 54 P-3s, 120 P-4s, 39 P-5s, and 14 D-1s).
Overall response rate (actual number of respondents/required number of respondents) = 92%
Overall response rate (actual number of respondents/total number of eligible staff) = 92%

For Washington, DC (total number of eligible staff=320, including 56 P-1&P-2s, 81 P-3s, 108 P-4s, 47 P-5s, and 28 D-1s),
We needed 320 respondents overall (56 P-1&P-2s, 81 P-3s, 108 P-4s, 47 P-5s, and 28 D-1s).  
We got 263 respondents overall (46 P-1&P-2s, 73 P-3s, 88 P-4s, 36 P-5s, and 20 D-1s).
Overall response rate (actual number of respondents/required number of respondents) = 82%
Overall response rate (actual number of respondents/total number of eligible staff) = 82%

FICSA would like to thank the survey coordinators and their teams and, most of all, the staff who took part in this very important exercise. FICSA will be monitoring the data analysis and will as always participate in the January 2011 session of the Advisory Committee on Post Adjustment Questions (ACPAQ).