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Bokova pledges to cut Unesco's staffing costs
Irina Bokova, the new Bulgarian director-general of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), has pledged to streamline bureaucracy and cut costs when she takes office officially on October 23.
"I’d like a bigger budget but first we must prove we are efficient," she said at a press conference on October 7. "Half of our budget goes to administration and I’d like to reduce that. We have to show we are spending taxpayers’ money well," Bokova said.
Bokova pledged to continue efforts to shift spending towards activities rather than staffing costs.
When Japan’s Koichiro Matsuura took over eight years ago, 75 per cent of Unesco’s 2118 staff members worked at its headquarters. The staff has since been reduced to 1925 people, with 65 per cent of them working in Paris.
"I support Matsuura’s reforms of streamlining bureaucracy, and increasing transparency and accountability," Bokova said.
Bokova’s election required five votes by Unesco’s executive committee. She defeated her Egyptian opponent Farouk Hosny after the latter's campaign became embroiled in allegations of anti-semitism after he said he would burn any Israeli books he found in Egyprian libararies.
"I’d like a bigger budget but first we must prove we are efficient," she said at a press conference on October 7. "Half of our budget goes to administration and I’d like to reduce that. We have to show we are spending taxpayers’ money well," Bokova said.
Bokova pledged to continue efforts to shift spending towards activities rather than staffing costs.
When Japan’s Koichiro Matsuura took over eight years ago, 75 per cent of Unesco’s 2118 staff members worked at its headquarters. The staff has since been reduced to 1925 people, with 65 per cent of them working in Paris.
"I support Matsuura’s reforms of streamlining bureaucracy, and increasing transparency and accountability," Bokova said.
Bokova’s election required five votes by Unesco’s executive committee. She defeated her Egyptian opponent Farouk Hosny after the latter's campaign became embroiled in allegations of anti-semitism after he said he would burn any Israeli books he found in Egyprian libararies.
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"Half of our budget goes to administration ..."
well as an ex-commie, she should be right at home...
Half for administration? Probably even more if she's admitting it. It just shows how much good they do - to themselves...