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01 November 2019

The Umoja team in the Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance (DMSPC) is pleased to announce the deployment of Umoja Mobile on 14 October at UN Headquarters in New York and offices away from Headquarters.

Umoja Mobile delivers a personalized and simplified user experience across all devices (mobile phones, tablets, notebooks and desktops).

13 August 2019

The Uniformed Capabilities Management (UCM) system is about to expand its scope with the launch of the second phase.  Additional functionalities now provide improved handling and oversight of MOUs within the system, as well as the processing of quarterly reimbursements and payments to Troop and Police Contributing Countries (T/PCCs) for Contingent Owned Equipment (COE). The system will now also be used for the processing and/or tracking of ad-hoc claims such for hostile damage to COE, death and disability.

18 July 2019

As part of the July payroll processing, specific Umoja Employee Self-Service functionalities will be unavailable during the dates listed below. 
    
For the month of July 2019, the following ESS/MSS freeze schedule will be in effect:

08 July 2019

The Umoja team in the Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance (DMSPC) is excited to introduce Umoja Mobile, an enhanced SAP platform that is optimized to deliver a personalized and simplified user experience across all devices (desktops, tablets and mobile phones).

The user-centered design of the platform strives to provide an intuitive flow.

The first release of Umoja Mobile went live at the end of June with the following entities: 

14 June 2019

The Conference and Learning Centre at the United Nations Global Service Centre (UNGSC) in Brindisi is adopting the Meeting Participants Management (MPM) module, part of the Umoja Extension 2 Conference and Events Management solution.

The Meeting Participants Management module, accessible from any mobile device, supports online event registration for participants, provides easy access to important event documentation, and enables the creation of event webpages to streamline communications between event organizers and participants.

12 June 2019

In case you missed the recent broadcast, we have enhanced Umoja to allow staff to take leave-related actions in Umoja Self-Service at any time, even during payroll lock.

While leave can be requested and approved during the payroll lock, leave balances will be updated only after the payroll lock period.

Until now, Umoja Self-Service functionality for leave-related actions had to be constrained during payroll processing in order to mitigate the impact on payroll.

11 June 2019

Important Announcement!

We are pleased to announce that we have enhanced Umoja to allow staff to take leave-related actions in Umoja Self-Service at any time, even during payroll lock. While leave can be requested and approved during the payroll lock, leave balances will be updated only after the payroll lock period. Read more here.  

08 May 2019

As part of the May payroll processing, specific Umoja Employee Self-Service functionalities will be unavailable during the dates listed below. 

For the month of May 2019, the following ESS/MSS freeze schedule will be in effect:

•    NY based General Service staff (L1 pay area): From Monday, 13 May at 5pm (NY time) to Friday, 17 May at 9am (NY time); 

10 April 2019

As part of the April payroll processing, specific Umoja Employee Self-Service functionalities will be unavailable during the dates listed below.     

For the month of April 2019, the following ESS/MSS freeze schedule will be in effect:

•    NY based General Service staff (L1 pay area): From Thursday, 11 April at 5pm (NY time) to Wednesday, 17 April at 9am (NY time); 

12 March 2019

The management reform proposals of the Secretary-General led to the approval of an annual Regular Budget cycle by the General Assembly.

This change is accompanied by a transition from the Budget Information System (BIS) to Umoja’s new Budget Formulation module, which is a part of Umoja’s broader solution for Strategic Planning, Budgeting and Performance Management (SPPM).