UN Values and Behaviours Framework

In 1999, the UN ‘Competencies for the Future’ were launched with a view of enabling “staff to contribute to their maximum potential”. For twenty years these competencies have provided the Organization with the base on which to define its organizational culture. The ‘UN Values and Behaviours Framework’ builds on their strength and transforms them to better reflect the goals of the organization for the next decade. It takes into account the constant changing nature of the world and renews our commitment to the people we serve.

The ‘UN Values and Behaviours Framework’ forms the basis of an organizational culture that is both current and aspirational. Its nine elements, the result of a co-creation process involving nearly 4500 staff, should guide how we build relationships, how we perform our jobs, and how we experience the organization on a daily basis. As such, they will also inform human resources processes, such as workforce planning, recruitment, learning and performance management.