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10 May 2024

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Joelle Yazbeck
Regional Coordinator of the ICC-ESCWA Centre of Entrepreneurship Community, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

08 May 2024

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Eunjoo Lee
Programme Officer
United Nations Resident Coordinator Office

06 May 2024


Gladys Chepkemoi Chesimett
Information Technology Specialist
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

03 May 2024


Elin Andersdotter Fabre
Her City Coordinator
UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme)

01 May 2024


Dhanya Chandrasekharan
Information Systems Assistant
Information Management, Communications and Technology Section, Division of Administration, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

23 April 2024


Fatuma Mohamed Dida
Information Technology Computer Technician
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

23 April 2024


Pinar Dirin Tanriverdi
Information Systems Officer
Global Technology Team, Global Information and Data Analytics Section, Office of the Under-Secretary-General, Department for General Assembly and Conference Management

22 April 2024


Elena Segura
Learning Management System Administrator, Instructional Designer
Capacity Development and Operational Training Service, Department of Operational Support

19 April 2024


Candace Hosang Charbonné
Chief, Business Process Improvement Unit and Lead, Knowledge Management Team
Office of Support Operations, Department of Operational Support

17 April 2024


Mosammat Israt Jahan
Lieutenant Colonel
Information and Communication Cell Force Headquarters in Goma, United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

15 April 2024


Maria Liz Vera Benitez
Finance and Budget Officer
Peacekeeping Budget Service, Field Operations Finance Division, Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance

12 April 2024


Ida Jallow
Senior Liaison Officer
International Telecommunication Union Liaison Office to the United Nations

08 April 2024


Dima Abou Hamze
Cybersecurity Analyst
Information and Communications Technology Section, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

05 April 2024


Winfred Awino Bolo
ICT User Support Trainer
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic

03 April 2024


Sifat E Monzoor
Data Analyst
United Nations Mission in South Sudan

01 April 2024


Jyotsna Sharma
Human Resources Officer
Department of Operational Support

27 March 2024


Hamna Nasir
Military Observer
United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei

25 March 2024


Omniat Ayman Fawzy
Programme Intern
Anti-corruption Department, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Romena

22 March 2024


Lorenza Jachia
Senior Economist
United Nations Resident Coordinator Office in Serbia

20 March 2024


Ruth Mary Kemigisha
Nurse
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

25 January 2018

NEW YORK, 25 January (Office of Information and Communications Technology) — The United Nations announced that a team of data scientists and developers from CKM Advisors, a consulting firm based in New York City, has won the Unite Ideas #SciTechMatcher challenge.