Umoja, the UN Secretariat's administrative reform initiative that will improve processes and systems that manage financial, human and physical resources, has passed a key milestone:

Over half of released business processes have been accepted!

What does this mean?

Some background:

The Umoja team is working with staff Subject Matter Experts from around the UN who have volunteered their time to help re-engineer business processes in the areas of finance, human resources, supply chain and central support services.

Staff members from field missions and departments such as DGACM, DM, OICT and DFS are analyzing hundreds of everyday operations – such as invoice processing, managing requests for conference rooms, moving staff among posts and reporting of annual leave, to name just a few.

Umoja’s Steering Committee members accept the new business processes based on feedback from Subject Matter Experts.

In the last few weeks, Umoja has achieved a major milestone: 60 per cent of future business processes that have been released for review have been accepted by the Steering Committee.

The 60 per cent mark represents 38 per cent of the larger pool of all business processes; new processes are continuously released for review and acceptance.

The re-engineered processes will be incorporated into Umoja’s technical solution which will enhance the efficiency and speed of UN administrative functions. Umoja will move the Organization away from slow, paper-based administrative practices that are exacerbated by disconnected and outdated systems.

The Umoja team thanks all those who have contributed to the progress made so far.

All UN staff can see the excellent work happening by logging in to Umoja NET at www.unumoja.net. You’ll find details about the current and future business processes, including process maps that outline the future processes.

If you’re not already an Umoja NET member, visit Umoja’s public website to request an account. Once your registration is confirmed, you can access the Umoja Solution section to view presentations on all released processes and give us feedback.

So register today to learn about and contribute to a once-in-a-lifetime reform process at the UN.

If you have questions, contact Umoja at (212) 963-4140 or email umoja@un.org.

Umoja’s public website: www.unumoja.org
Umoja NET: www.unumoja.net (members only)

Originally published on iSeek in English and French on 1 April 2011