women leading digital transformation

The #WomenInTech social media campaign highlights the vital role played by women working in technology fields across the United Nations Secretariat. Check out their profiles now!

About OICT

The Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) enables a better, safer, more sustainable future through innovative technology. It is committed to ensuring colleagues worldwide have every tool necessary to succeed in their respective mandates.

All Secretariat entities report to Mr. Bernardo Mariano Jr., Assistant Secretary-General and Chief Information Technology Officer. The Office is headquartered in New York City.

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CITO's 2025 Year-end Message

Bernardo Mariano Jr., UN CITO, Assistant Secretary-General, delivers his 2025 Year-End Message.

#WomenInTech Voices

Meet Tiziana Bonapace, Director of the ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division at the UN ESCAP, who has spent 35 years with the UN. She has focused on leveraging digital innovation for sustainable development, including expanding connectivity in some of the world’s most disconnected regions.

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#DigitalUnite

In this #DigitalUnite video, Florence Keter, Project Manager at the UN C4ISR Academy for Peace Operations (UNCAP), shares how UNCAP utilizes technology-driven training to enhance C4ISR preparedness, ensuring that UN peacekeepers are equipped with essential digital skills. She also highlights UNCAP Women Outreach Course (WOC), which leverages tech-enabled trainings to expand women’s participation in peacekeeping and advance gender equality across operations.

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News Updates

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Report of the May 2021 KG4SG Workshop

Attended by over 70 participants, the second Workshop on Knowledge Graphs for Social Good (KG4SG) featured an amazing variety of applications of knowledge graphs as well as lively discussion by our speakers and panel of…
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Strengthening Peacekeeping through Technology Training

The UN signals training programme has prepared military and police Information and Communications Technology (ICT) specialists for service since 2016. It now offers an expanded curriculum on UN Command, Control…
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Reboot the Earth

Reboot the Earth web banner showing a collage of pictures of participants

Reboot the Earth is a social coding event that brings a diverse group together to improve or build technology solutions addressing the current climate crisis. The event will take place around the globe between April and October 2025.

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The Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) is leading the digital transformation of the Organization to enable a better, safer, more sustainable future through secure, reliable, and innovative technology solutions. OICT is committed to achieving 50/50 gender balance and geographical diversity in its staff, and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for OICT positions. OICT supports the principles of work-life balance and flexible work arrangements.