VDBIO - Association of German International Civil Servants
(VDBIO - Verband deutscher Bediensteter bei Internationalen Organisationen)
The Association of German International Civil Servants (VDBIO) represents the interests of its members vis-a-vis the Parliament and Government of the Federal Republic of Germany. VDBIO aims at improving the status of German international civil servants, thus helping to maintain the attractiveness of the international civil service for German civil servants and potential candidates. VDBIO also assists its members – German international civil servants and retirees from the UN and specialized agencies, CERN, ESA and similar intergovernmental organizations – in finding solutions to problems in relation to their home country, and any others that can be arranged more effectively by the Association.
The VDBIO is concerned with issues of social security (especially pensions, life insurance, and complementary health and long term care insurance), the right to vote, domiciliation, repatriation, career development for seconded civil servants, and schooling and vocational training. It has built up an information resource for its members, covering topics such as contacts with employment services and educational institutions, taxation and many others. VDBIO members have at their disposal personal advice and an extensive collection of information material.
Since its foundation in 1976, VDBIO holds an annual Assembly in Geneva, at which the Management Board is elected and the work programme proposed. The Board meets once a month in Geneva. Working groups in a dozen cities - Bangkok, Bonn/Berlin, Geneva, Manila, Montreal, Nairobi, New York, Paris, Rome, Washington, Vienna - function as local delegations and provide feedback and input to the Board regarding issues faced by German international civil servants. Communication organs include the regular newsletter VDBIO-Rundbrief and the website www.vdbio.ch
VDBIO, P.O. Box 254, CH-1211 Geneva 19 (Switzerland)
Tel./Fax +41 22.788.64.77
E-mail vdbio@vdbio.ch
|
