Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 1: No Poverty
Digital business solutions are facilitating the delivery of information and services that promote wages and self-employment, raise productivity and improve the quality of employment generation and poverty-alleviating project. The development of digital technologies in remote areas enhance people’s economic opportunities and access to financial resources allows people to access information on government policies, social services, health care and education.
UNICC and UNHCR at the Stellar Meridian 2022 Blockchain Conference
UNICC was proud to participate in the Stellar Development Foundation’s Meridian 2022 Conference, called “The Urgency of Doing,” between 11-13 October in Rome, Italy. The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization supporting the development and growth of the…
Artificial Intelligence Powers UNDP’s Evaluation Solutions
An innovative solution from UNDP in partnership with UNICC and Amazon Web Services helps unlock decades of experience for institutional learning Independent evaluation offices play a major role in gleaning and sharing years of evaluation knowledge and experience for UN…
FAO Embraces Robotic Process Automation for Vendor Sanctions Screening
Shared Services Centre leads with multiple automation use cases for shared services, financial accounting, budgeting, information systems and human resources The FAO Shared Services Centre (SSC) is embracing robotic process automation (RPA), freeing up colleagues to focus on value-added work:…
UN Digital Solutions Centre Delivers Cashless Payments for the United Nations Booking Hub
The new Clearing House solution leverages Robotic Process Automation to streamline payments and invoicing for UN Accommodations in the field The Clearing House solution seeks to create inter-Agency automated billing for cashless common service payments, with a vision to improve…
World Food Programme Puts Bots to Work
How robotic process automation helps organizational efficiency The UN International Computing Centre opened its Robotic Process Automation Centre of Excellence (CoE) in 2019; the World Food Programme (WFP) was among the first UN Agencies to explore this new range of…
WFP and UNHCR Teams Meet Virtually for the UN Digital Solutions Bootcamp
Five teams of innovators from the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), from 9-13 March 2020, came together virtually for the United Nations Digital Solutions Bootcamp. The joint venture, led by both Agencies’ finance leadership…
UNHCR and WFP Launch Plans for UN Digital Solutions Center Hub with UNICC
United Nations Digital Solutions Center – for Business Process Optimization and Innovation UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and WFP, the World Food Programme, in partnership with UNICC, have today unveiled plans for an innovative Digital Solutions Center (UN DSC). The…
