Staff Association
MISSION and OBJECTIVES
The Staff Association is established according to Article 59 of the Staff Regulations of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF).
The mission of the OTIF Staff Association is to ensure that the interests and needs of staff are represented on matters relating to their rights and working conditions. It aims to:
- Maintain and strengthen unity, solidarity, good relations and mutual understanding between members of staff;
- Ensure satisfactory working conditions for staff;
- Improve the professional situation, in the broadest sense of the term, of members of staff and help those who find themselves in a difficult professional situation;
- Protect the status and independence of international civil servants;
- Assist in achieving the aims of OTIF and the proper functioning of the OTIF Secretariat.
MEMBERS
The Staff Association welcomes both active and associate members.
Active members are any current staff of OTIF with a fixed-term or permanent contract.
Associate members can be any former member of the staff of OTIF who is in receipt of a retirement or invalidity pension, as well as interns for the period of their internship.
GOVERNANCE
The Staff Association consists of the following two organs:
Staff Council
The Staff Council is the executive organ of the Staff Association and represents the interests of staff and defends the Staff Assembly’s decisions to the Secretary General and other persons and organs of OTIF that have competence in areas affecting staff.
The Staff Council also prepares the provisional agenda for the ordinary and extraordinary sessions of the Staff Assembly.
The Staff Assembly
The Staff Assembly is the supreme organ of the Association. As such, it elects the Staff Council, discusses proposals and decides the Association’s course of action and main activities. It comprises all active or associate members of the Association.
