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UNICC participation in the UNGA 77. Photo: UNICC/Ouyang
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Common Secure Conference 2022
The United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are pleased to announce that the 4th Annual Common Secure Conference and the 5th Annual UNDP Cybersecurity for Developing Nations Conference will take place as an onsite event in Valencia, Spain, from the 3rd to the 7th of October 2022. The conference will include the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) Technical Colloquium.
The purpose of the conference is to share best practices, develop synergies and enhance collaboration within the UN system and with national and international Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs). The conference blends vendor and regional stakeholder sessions with presentations and input from UN Agencies, civil society and academic participants.
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UNICC Director's Report 2021
The United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC) Director’s Report 2021 provides a snapshot of what UNICC achieved during a tumultuous yet productive year. The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic presented the UN system with many challenges, but also provided UNICC with the opportunity to produce greater and more innovative technology-driven solutions in collaboration with its trusted Clients and Partner Organizations.
This report highlights UNICC's key achievements and innovations in 2021 as well as some insights into the paths that UNICC will take in the future, the challenges that lie ahead and UNICC's commitment to staying SDG-focused while delivering secure, trusted and scalable digital services to the UN family based on global best practices.
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The need for the multilateral system to visibly help the world reach the SDGs and ride the existing crises like COVID, climate or the Ukraine conflict has never been so high. It needs a UNICC which delivers both reliable value for money, superior IT services and agile digital innovative solutions. At 50 years old, UNICC’s human workforce mixes the right balance between expertise and dynamism to chart an exciting course together.
Fabrice Boudou, Director of IT Solutions Division, World Trade Organization and the Chair of the UNICC Management Committee
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UNICC Supports FAO Conferencing Needs for its 170th Council Session
UNICC partnered with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to plan, set up and integrate a reliable, scalable and user-friendly virtual conference platform for FAO’s 170th Council session. UNICC and FAO teams, together with the 6Connex platform team met regularly to review work done and sync on the required actions for the implementation and customization of the live chat tool in 6Connex.
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OECD/UNDP – Tax Inspectors Without Borders: A Digitalization Journey
UNICC partnered with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to deliver a digital business solution for tax audit capacity-building programmes. The solution includes features that support contact management, programme cycle management, documentation storage, collaboration tools for UNDP partners and more.
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UNICC Builds Mandate Review and Management System to Support UN Secretariat Business Processes
UNICC supported the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in building a Mandate Review and Management System (MRMS) to unify and systematize the UN Secretariat’s intricate PBI business process workflows, augmenting collaboration in real-time using the UN’s M365 technology toolkit.
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Meet Rafiki: UN Partner Portal Answer Bot
The UN Partner Portal, managed by UNICC, is a centralized online platform that streamlines partnership opportunity selection between UN Agencies (UN Secretariat, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR and WFP) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). The portal’s Helpdesk has a new helper named Rafiki that was developed by UNICC’s Application Delivery team to help users of the platform find answers to their most common questions.
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UNDP Crisis Bureau’s Crisis Risk Dashboard Support
UNICC has been working with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 2016 to provide support for data warehouse management and Business Intelligence services for their Crisis Risk Dashboard (CRD). More recently, UNICC has supported UNDP with advanced analytics, communications, operational support and their platform migration to the cloud.
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UNICC Wins a CDO Data4Good Award for Quality Education
Chief Data Officer (CDO) magazine has selected UNICC for its 2022 Data4Good Awards together with thirteen other organizations. The 2022 UNICC Global Data Hackathon was chosen for its wide reach in bringing together UNICC family stakeholders to apply data expertise to selected United Nations challenges and use cases.
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UNICC Joins UNJSPF as a Winner of UN Secretary-General Awards 2021
Every year, the UN Secretary-General recognizes the inspiring work of United Nations personnel who have gone above and beyond their duties, or have introduced new ideas with great potential. This year, he recognizes four worthy winners, including UNJSPF and UNICC for the Fund’s Digital Certificate of Entitlement (DCE) solution to replace paper-based pension verification processes.
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UNICC Joins PAHO as a Winner of the World Procurement Award 2022 for Digital Impact
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), a specialized international health agency of the WHO for the Americas, won the World Procurement Award for Digital Impact for its first ‘Digital Workers’, Mia and Max bots, developed by UNICC’s Robotic Process Automation Centre of Excellence and PAHO’s Procurement and Supply Management Team.
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UNICC Director and Chief of Operations Speak at Diplo’s Science Diplomacy Week Open Forum
On 17 May 2022, Sameer Chauhan, Director, UNICC and Marco Liuzzi, Chief, Operations Division, UNICC, spoke at the ’AI as a Tool for Diplomacy and Mediation’ event to discuss Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools UNICC has developed and their impact on the work of diplomats, as well as the challenges UNICC faced in order to create a set of needs-oriented tools.
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UNICC Strengthens Partnerships with Universities and Academic Institutions
UNICC’s involvement with academic institutions demonstrates the willingness of the organization and its personnel to engage with bright minds through insightful presentations and dynamic discussions, as well as its commitment to provide young people with professional experience while benefiting from creating a diverse workforce, expanding the organization’s expertise.
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UNICC Keynote Speaker at Group-IB Digital Risk Summit 2022
On Thursday, 26 May, 2022, Bojan Simetic, Information Security Specialist at UNICC, presented as a keynote speaker at the Group-IB’s Digital Risk Summit 2022, which brings together independent analysts, cybersecurity experts and representatives of different industries to share the best practices for developing and scaling digital security and brand protection strategies in the time of COVID-19 and beyond.
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UNICC Shares Job and Internship Opportunities at Career Fairs
UNICC is building a dynamic pipeline for its talented workforce, with commitments to gender parity, diversity and inclusiveness. UNICC also supports the UN's Youth 2030 initiative. With these goals in mind, UNICC regularly attends career fairs in countries where it has offices (Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the United States) to share its organizational profile and job and internship opportunities with potential candidates.
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Sameer Chauhan, Director, UNICC, speaking at 'Roundtable on Digital Cooperation' with UN Technology Envoy Amandeep Singh Gill and others, at a UN Tech Envoy Office sideline event of UNGA 77. Photo: UNICC/Ouyang
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Sameer Chauhan, Director, UNICC during a visit to UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: UNICC/Ouyang
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UNICC with partners at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) 'Aula De Empresa' event. Photo: UNICC
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UNICC staff out to dinner celebrating the new UNICC Rome Office. Photo: UNICC
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UNICC New York office lunch during Sameer's UNGA 77 visit. Photo: UNICC/Ouyang
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The Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) Job Fair in Valencia, Spain. Photo: UNICC
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Shashank Rai, Chief Technology Officer, UNICC at Hyperledger Forum. Photo: Hyperledger Foundation
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UNICC 'Sprinterns' during a visit to the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Photo: UNICC/Ouyang
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UNICC Brindisi office celebrating its 20th anniversary. Photo: UNICC
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