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The 11 staff members who worked on the Project were selected for the project positions, which were advertised through temporary job openings. (...) If the new project was to materialize, there was no guarantee that the modalities would be the same as for the digitization Project. (...) The project will use basic project. … 3.1 Within two weeks of agreement on the PID, DPI will identify team structures and roles that fit the profiles and the needs of the project.

The 11 staff members who worked on the Project were selected for the project positions, which were advertised through temporary job openings. (...) If the new project was to materialize, there was no guarantee that the modalities would be the same as for the digitization Project. (...) The project will use basic project. … 3.1 Within two weeks of agreement on the PID, DPI will identify team structures and roles that fit the profiles and the needs of the project.

However, the correct funding agreement relating to the Pacific Project was posted in that Project’s portal entry, to which Mr. (...) The document that the UNDT relied on to support the latter element was the Pacific Project portal screenshot which listed the project’s start and end dates and clearly showed the finite nature of the Project. (...) The UNDT correctly relied on the Pacific Project portal entry as well as e-mails regarding the financial status of the Project.

The most salient example relates to the management of the Pacific Project. One of the Applicant’s supervisors, together with a Consultant, conducted a review mission of this project. (...) The Applicant argues that the post he encumbered was fully funded by the Donor Country through funds earmarked for the Pacific Project. Pointing out to the fact that he was called to assist in other projects, representing approximately 40% of his functions, he then asserts that ITC used part of the Pacific Project funds for other projects without the donor’s approval. (...) Neither can the Applicant demonstrate how project funds earmarked for specific-projects were to be diverted to ensure that he could continue to be employed as a P-4 on the Pacific Project. 36.

From the parties’ submissions, it is apparent that “UNOPS project 00071445”, which the Applicant was appointed to, is a project entitled “Specialised Training of the Judiciary and Law Enforcement Authorities to Address Organised Crime and Global Challenges Enhancing Capacity Building of the Lao Criminal Justice System” (“the Project”). (...) The Applicant’s contract was not extended due to a lack of funding, not underperformance as he suggests. UNICRI is a project-based Institute and project officers’ salaries, including the Applicant’s, are fully covered by funds directly linked to projects funded by donor countries. (...) The Applicant was appointed to and for the Project. No acceptable evidence has been put before me that the Project has been terminated.

The end of the project was followed by a limited extension pending the creation and implementation of the new Access to Justice project. (...) The new project had a significantly lower budget than the Rule of Law project and was composed of 11 positions, compared to 26 in the preceding project. 17. (...) The evidence rather shows that the Applicant’s post was abolished when the project to which it was attached ended in December 2017, and that her contract was extended for an additional period of six months to cover the limited extension of the project pending the creation and implementation of a new project. 25.

According to the Applicant, on or about the same day, the Applicant discovered two documents pertaining to the 2nd phase of the project for digitalization with DGACM, namely, a project proposal from April 2018 and a draft project initiation document dated 4 February 2018. (...) UNDT/NY/2018/049 Order No. 221 (NY/2018) Page 14 of 16 preservation project and that there is still a second phase of the project to be completed. (...) In the reply, the Respondent suggests that the project has ended as funding for the digitization project has been exhausted.

According to the Applicant, on or about the same day, the Applicant discovered two documents pertaining to the 2nd phase of the project for digitalization with DGACM, namely, a project proposal from April 2018 and a draft project initiation document dated 4 February 2018. (...) UNDT/NY/2018/050 Order No. 222 (NY/2018) Page 14 of 16 preservation project and that there is still a second phase of the project to be completed. (...) In the reply, the Respondent suggests that the project has ended as funding for the digitization project has been exhausted.

The Applicant has further explained in her motion that she has been listed on the project resource list under Project Quality Assurance according to Prince 2 methodology on prior similar projects such as “Compensation Package, PMD [unknown abbreviation], Pension Interface, and LMS projects”. 14. (...) The Applicant’s name was added to the project resource list under the Project Quality Assurance role. (...) A.F., Environmental Reporting Tool Project Manager (copied) my name to appear as Project Quality Assurance on the (PID).

The letter of 5 January 2015 cites the closure/ending of the Ikea Foundation funded project as the prime reason. However, this project did not end on 31 December 2014. (...) Moreover, on 15 January 2015, UNDP India advertised a position of Senior Project Officer for said project; b. The Administration misrepresented facts arguing that all agreements with the donor were terminated on 31 December 2014, and that henceforth there would be a new project with a new name. (...) All positions under the Ikea funded project were subject to the duration of the project and availability of funds.