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Helen Wood, GEO Secretariat Director

Secretariat Transition Update

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Secretariat Transition Plan

Details the transition of the ad hoc GEO Secretariat to the successor GEO Secretariat

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Secretariat Transition Elements

4. Office Relocation

2. Transition Staff Plan

3. Director Recruitment and Placement

4. Transition Costs and Funding

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Secretariat Office Relocation

• Continuity of existing operations in Washington (director, staff, equipment, website hosting, communications, etc.) until Geneva office is established fully established.

• Establishment of new operations in Geneva, including temporary relocation of some Washington office staff

• Support for GEO-I from Washington and Geneva

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Secretariat Transition Staff

• Director of Ad Hoc Secretariat continues until appointment of new Director

• Administrative staff including an Executive Officer, Transition Coordinator, and two additional support staff

• Work Plan Development staff of 4-5, including Work Plan Manager as leader, supported by external experts and internal staff

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Secretariat Staff : GEO Work Plan Team• Guy Duchossois, Manager (ESA)• Joan Fitzpatrick (United States)• Yukio Haruyama (Japan)• Antti Herlevi (Finland)

• Special Assistant to be hired pending availability of funds

• Due to level of workload, we have proposed addition of one seconded expert to the team, with additional occasional visiting experts seconded

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Secretariat Staff: Administrative Team

• Peter Colohan, Executive Officer (United States)

• Adam Steckel, Database Manager (United States)

• Natasha Brutsch, Administrative Assistant (GEO)

• Transition Coordination Officer to be hired pending availability of funds

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Secretariat Director Recruitment• Co-Chairs appoint a recruitment panel

• Call to community for letters of interest

• Interviews conducted by recruitment panel and Co-Chairs if necessary

• Director selected

• WMO Secretary General appoints Director as WMO staff member

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Secretariat Director Recruitment

• GEO Co-Chairs authorized to recruit and select Director, and approve interim staff including secondments

• Should the selection process extend beyond GEO-I, the responsibility to select the Director would pass to the newly created Executive Committee (The GEO may actively choose this delay)

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Required Transition Funding

• Although much of the contributions are provided by secondments and other in-kind support, there is an urgent need for financial contributions

• Financial contributions from GEO Members and Participating Organizations are required to proceed with critical staffing