As you will have seen in the article The upgraded Umoja is live! the Umoja EhP8 upgrade was successfully completed as planned at 23:00 EDT on 9 April 2024 . As mentioned in the article What you need to know about the upcoming Umoja upgrade, users will now be able to access Employee Self-Service (ESS…
The Umoja EhP8 upgrade has successfully completed as planned at 23:00 EDT on 9 April 2024. This major upgrade of the Umoja system will enable the UN in its journey of digital transformation, supporting the Secretary-General’s vision of UN 2.0 and the Quintet of Change. Furthermore, the upgrade…
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As you will have seen in the article The upgraded Umoja is live! the Umoja EhP8 upgrade was successfully completed as planned at 23:00 EDT on 9 April 2024 . As mentioned in the article What you need to know about the upcoming Umoja upgrade, users will now be able to access Employee Self-Service (ESS) and Manager Self-Service (MSS) through all major browsers including Microsoft Edge*, Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. In addition, the ESS/MSS…
The Umoja EhP8 upgrade has successfully completed as planned at 23:00 EDT on 9 April 2024. This major upgrade of the Umoja system will enable the UN in its journey of digital transformation, supporting the Secretary-General’s vision of UN 2.0 and the Quintet of Change. Furthermore, the upgrade provides a platform to significantly improve the user experience through the Umoja UX 2.0 project which will be deployed in the coming months and years…
Sunitha Korithiwada, Director of the Enterprise Resource Planning Solution Division, discusses the upcoming Umoja upgrade: When will this upgrade take place? The upgrade is scheduled to start on Friday 5 April 2024 at 5 PM EDT (23:00 CEST) and is anticipated to last until Wednesday 10 April 2024 at 8 PM EDT (Thursday 11 April 2024 at 02:00 CEST). Who should users contact during the blackout period? Users should contact their HR team and/or local…
Umoja authentication will soon switch from Unite ID (formerly called EIDMS) to Microsoft Azure, to enable Single-Sign-On (SSO) with Office365, to enhance the security of the Umoja solution and improve the user experience. Users who have signed in to Office365 or Umoja on their browsers will benefit from SSO, eliminating the need to login separately to these solutions. Azure supports multi-factor authentication (MFA), which reduces the risk of…
The next phase of the Uniformed Capabilities Management (UCM) system, part of the Umoja Extension 2 portfolio, has been implemented with the introduction of: the Uniformed Strength Reporting (USR) module, the Conduct and Discipline Cases (CDC) module, and the Pending Adjustment module. The solution also includes enhanced Claims, Calculations and Payments modules, used to process personnel cost reimbursements. “These system enhancements and the…
The Enterprise Resource Planning Solution Division (ERPSD) was established on 1 January 2021, marking a turning point in the journey to deliver Umoja to the global Secretariat. Following the end of the Umoja project phase, the Enterprise Resource Planning Solution Division will continue to improve the deployed solutions. The General Assembly approved the establishment of the Enterprise Resource Planning Solution Division in December 2020, based…
Umoja and the Office of the Controller launched the Integrated Planning, Management and Reporting solution as part of Umoja Extension 2. By integrating Umoja modules such as Strategic Management, Budget Formulation and Project System, the Integrated Planning, Management and Reporting solution offers a holistic, end-to-end solution to manage the lifecycle of UN programmes and projects. This high-level process roadmap depicts how the Integrated…
On 29 July, a new Member States’ Contributions Portal was launched as part of the Umoja suite of applications. The Member States’ Contributions Portal provides comprehensive and timely information about Member States’ contributions through a user-friendly interface that is also available on mobile devices. It contains daily data from the United Nations financial system on the status of contributions assessed to the Member States. The portal…
On 29 May, the Umoja team - in close collaboration with the Office of Programme Planning, Finance and Budget in the Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance - deployed the Umoja Performance Dashboard for all entities across the UN Secretariat. The Performance Dashboard is a key component of the Umoja Extension 2 Strategic Planning, Budgeting and Performance Management (SPPM) solution, combining strategic plan and programme…
Umoja will undergo preventive maintenance on Saturday 18 July 2020 from 10:00 to 16:00 CEST
Organizational performance monitoring is now available in Umoja for Regular Budget operations. This module went live on 31 January 2020, allowing UN entities to record and monitor progress towards achieving results and completing deliverables defined in their programme plan, or the Annual Results Framework, as it is called in Umoja. The new module is part of the Strategic Management Application (SMA), a key component of the Umoja Extension 2…
Umoja Mobile is now available to all UN Secretariat staff across the globe, including peacekeeping and special political missions, following the earlier deployments in 2019. Umoja Mobile delivers a personalized and simplified user experience. It can be used across all devices (mobile phones, tablets, notebooks and desktops). Umoja Mobile allows staff to conduct the following functions without using Citrix (often referred to as the “Umoja Access…