146.Theprogramme toenablefamilies tobecomeself-supporting hasbeenextendedandnowincludes theGazaStrip,Jordan, andLebanon. TheNorwegian People's Aid(NPA)hasprovided fundstoenabletheAgencytoemployanexpertintheestablishment ofself-supporting/income-generating projects intheSidonareaofsouthLebanon. Theexpertwasevacuated fromLebanon soonafterhisarrival thereandisnowcarrying outasimilar taskintheGazaStripandtheWestBank. Assoonasitisconsidered thathecansafelycontinue hisworkinLebanon, hewillreturnthere. During1984,sevenself-support projects havebeenestablished intheGazaStrip. 17inJordan andthreeinLebanonatacostof$54,857 ingrants. 147.Twocommunity projects toassistthedisabled within twocampcommunities (SufandJarash) inJordan haveprovedverysuccessful. Theseprojects areorganizedwiththeassistance andfinancial support ofOXFAM(United Kingdom). -25-',.: ,.1 :i30June1984 30June1985 (a)International staff (i)UNRWA 99 99152 co Men 85 84 Women 14 15 (11) UNESCO 18 18 Men 16 16 Women 2 2 (Hi) WHO 6 6 Men 4 4 Women 2 2 (b)Localstaff 16808 16702 Men 10912 10759 Women 5896 5948 (c)Totalstaff 16931 161330 Men 11017 10863 Women 5914 5967 -26-15 re no fu pa wh fr ye 37.30June1985 103 108 20 20 15 6 6 !l2.134 17340!./ 17382 17469 1751630June1984Changes inthestaffing tablePersonnel andadministrative matters 1.E. UNRWA(i)International posts !ISeeannexI,table8,fordetails ofthedistribution oflocalposts.(ii)UNESCO(filled onnon-reimbursable loan) (iii) WHO(filled onnon-reimbursable loan)(a) (b)Localposts 149.Thetotalnumberofstaffoccupying thesepostsisatpresent 16,830. women represented 14.2percentofinternational and36.6percentcllocalstaff, compared withl4.bpercentand35.1percentrespectively ayearago.148.Overtheyear,therewasanincrease of47postsinthestaffing table:150.Ofthe108UNRWAinternational posts, 92arefunded fromtheUnitedNations regular budget, 12arefunded fromtheAgency's ownbudget andfourby non-governmental organizations (onefundedbytheNorwegian People's Aidandthree fundedbytheNorwegian Refugee Council). Thelatterpostswereestablished in parttoassistwiththeemergency operation inLebanon andtheywillbephasepout whenoperations returntonormal. ThenumberofpostsatHeadquarters d~reased from366to330mostlyastheresultofausterity measures announced lateinthe year(seepara.151below). 2.Austerity measures 151.WiththeAgencyinacritical financial positiol1, theCommissioner-General announced anumberofausterity measures inDecember 1984designed bothtoreduce expenditure andincrease productivity without masstermination ofstaffor reduction intheexisting levelofservices totherefugees. Measures affecting staffincluded thefollowing: (a)Deferment ofa$9.4million payincrease dueon1January 1985for locally recruited ~taffinJordan, Syria,WestBankandGaza.Theseincreases were basedonsalarysurveys. (b)Suspension ofallcost-of-living increases forlocalstaffwhichbecome duefor1985. (c)Abolition of38postsinHeadquarters. (d)Abolition offlexible working hoursandanincrease intheworkweekfrom 37.5to40hoursinHeadquarters. (e)Cancellation ofextensions ofstaffoverage60. 3.Localstaffpayadministration 152.WhiletheCommissioner-General suspended allpayincreases in1985,payand cost-of-living increases whichbecameduein1984wereauthorized asfollows: (a)Egypt Forthethreestaffmembers intheAgency's CairoOffice whohadnothad apayincrease sinceMay1980,anewsalaryscalewaspromulgated on 1September 1984whichrepresented anaverage increase of19.8percent andanannualcostof$2,844. (b)Jordan InNovember 1984,thegeneral service andmanualworkerstaffreceived an increase of3.02percent,intheformofacost-of-living allowance, withretroactive effectto1August 1984atanannualcostof$233,000. Theteachers received noincrease. -27-(c)Syria InJanuary 1985,alllocalstaffreceived anincrease of4.5percent,in theformofacost-of-living allowance, withretroactive effectto 1September 1984atanannualcostof$600,000. (d)Lebanon Interim payadjustments between salarysurveys arebasedonGovernment dec.ees foremployees inthepublicandprivate sectors andaregranted intheformofacost-of-living allowance (COLA)outside ofthesalary