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ICT News and Announcements

17 January 2024


Lucianna Floriano Goncalves
Assistant Data Analyst
Emergency Response Section, Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

15 January 2024


Perla Xochitl Bernal Avila
Data Science Specialist
Centre of Excellence, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

12 January 2024


Margarita Yordanova
Information and Evidence Officer
International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism - Syria, United Nations Office at Geneva

10 January 2024


Hawnaz Mohammed
Information Management Officer
International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism, United Nations Office at Geneva

08 January 2024


Juliet Motende
Data Analysis Assistant
United Nations Office at Nairobi

05 January 2024


Alfonsina Del Mar Ruiz
Information and Communication Technology Associate
Information and Communication Technology, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Venezuela

22 December 2023


Shalini Sisodiya
SAP BASIS Administrator L3
Business Application Software Integrated Solution, Enterprise Resource Planning Solution Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Office of Information and Communications Technology

22 December 2023


Matilde Triguis Gonzalez
Programme Officer (ICT Programme & Budget Coordinator)
Information and Communications Technology Service, United Nations Office at Geneva

22 December 2023


Susana Carolina Villadiego Cabeza
Service Desk Team Leader and Representative
Field Technology Services, United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia

22 December 2023


Maria Elena Calix
Communications and Advocacy Officer
United Nations Resident Coordinator Office, Honduras

20 December 2023


Sondos Albeshte
Administrative Assistant
United Nations Resident Coordinator Office, United Nations in Libya

18 December 2023


Amalya Jalalova
Executive Associate
United Nations Resident Coordinator Office

15 December 2023


Cecile Aptel
Deputy Director
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

13 December 2023


Florence Karera
Human Resources Officer
United Nations Support Office in Somalia, United Nations Assistance Mission Somalia

11 December 2023


Ekaterina Pugacheva
Reviser
Department for General Assembly and Conference Management

08 December 2023


Laetitia Cesari Zarkan
Researcher
Space Security Programme, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

06 December 2023


Amina Ali Darani
Graphic Designer
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, Regional Office in East Africa, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

04 December 2023


Nana Aichatou Abdou Bakah
Information Systems Assistant
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic

01 December 2023


Fleur De Lotus Ilunga
Associate Geospatial Information Officer (Cartographer)
Geospatial Information Section, Operations Support Division, Office of Information Communications and Technology

29 November 2023


Jessica Summers
Planning Officer, Data Analyst & Digital Solutions Architect
Executive Office of the Secretary-General

22 June 2020

NEW YORK, 05 June (Office of Information and Communications Technology) — The United Nations announced the winners of Unite Ideas Reboot the Ocean challenge.  

21 May 2020

 

NEW YORK, 21 May (Office of Information and Communications Technology) — As Italy confronts the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools have had to explore new ways of teaching through distance-learning techniques. In this context, the Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) is proud to announce that the Unite Maps team in the United Nations Global Service Centre in Brindisi, Italy conducted a humanitarian mapathon in March.

07 May 2020

 

Estonia  Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden have pooled their digital education solutions to support other countries’ education systems during the Covid-19 crisis.  The initiative is supported by Startup Estonia and co-organized with United Nations Technology Innovation Lab, the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research, Estonian Union of Educational Technologists, Good Deed Education FundInnoveHITSA, and Education Nation.

10 February 2020

 

NEW YORK, 10 February (Office of Information and Communications Technology) —During its 75-year history, the United Nations has continuously utilized the most effective information communications technology (ICT) in its efforts to promote peace and cooperation.

29 May 2019

NEW YORK, 29 May 2019 (Office of Information and Communications Technology) - The Secretariat of the United Nations High-Level Committee on Management (HLCM) today announced that a team from the University of Bologna, Italy, won a global challenge for the Extraction and Elicitation of United Nations General Assembly Resolutions.

09 May 2019

The "Summer Of Solutions" is a new campaign for young people around the world that encourages innovative technology-based solutions to global challenges.

05 June 2018

Qlik®, a leader in data analytics, today announced the expansion of its existing strategic partnership with the United Nations to deliver critical and actionable analytics insights to positively effect global sustainability and humanitarian efforts.

20 March 2018

NEW YORK, 20 March (Office of Information and Communications Technology) — The United Nations and Tableau Software are proud to announce an unprecedented agreement that provides access to Tableau’s world class visual analytics to professionals working in 193 Member States across the United Nations system.

15 March 2018

NEW YORK, 15 March 2018 (Office of Information and Communications Technology) — The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the United Nations Department of Management’s Office of Information and Communications Technology announced today that the Blockchain for Social Impact team of ConsenSys has won the Unite Ideas “Blockchain for Huma

12 February 2018

NEW YORK, 12 February (Office of Information and Communications Technology) — The United Nations announced that a team from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom, has won the Unite Ideas #SDGInsights challenge for its methodology providing a framework to combine multiple data sources based on geographic location, and to apply advanced machine learning algorithms to the data to discover