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The United Nations Signals Academy Second Women’s Outreach Course Award Ceremony was held on 17 March 2017 at the Regional Service Center-Entebbe (RSCE), in Uganda. It was attended by programme participants, United Nations representatives, the Government of Uganda, and representatives from the…

On Friday 12 May, 47 students representing nine different countries, from the Kampala International University visited the United Nations Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE) for the first time, many of them hoping to work for the UN one day. The group of students, all pursuing their bachelor’s or…

The Regional Service Centre Entebbe was honored to host a visit from His Excellency Mr. Peter Thomson, President of the UN General Assembly on Thursday, 11 May 2017. During the visit, Ms. Safia Boly, Chief RSCE presented H.E. Thomson with an overview of the Centre, and took him on a tour of the RSCE…

A team of five from RSCE traveled to Bangui, Central African Republic on 28 May to meet with focal points in the MINUSCA Mission. Representatives from the RSCE included: Elisabeth Muchai (OSSL), Jean Minani (ETSL), Moreen Kobusingye (OSSL), Albert Bockarie (EGSL) and Kelly B. Strunk (CCMU). The…

UN Secretary- General Antonio Guterres visited the Regional Service Centre Entebbe on Friday 23 June, 2017, while he was in Uganda to co-host the 2017 Solidarity Summit on Refugees with the Ugandan government. Uganda faces the world’s fastest growing refugee emergency, with 1.25 million people…

The Regional Service Centre Entebbe hosted its 4 th Client Board Meeting from 6-7 July 2017 in the Regional Training and Conference Centre in Entebbe, Uganda. The meeting was chaired by UNSOS Director, Mr. Amadu Kamara. In attendance were representatives from RSCE’s client missions including MONUSCO…

Under-Secretary-General Dr. Atul Khare delivered a town hall to the UNESB on Wednesday 5 July in front of the Regional Training and Conference Centre. Dr. Khare is the USG for Field Support and was in Entebbe for the annual DMS/CMS Conference. He was appointed to USG in 2015 by former Secretary…

Under the leadership of Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, Atul Khare, the RSCE for the first time hosted the annual conference of Directors and Chiefs of Mission Support of UN Peacekeeping and Special Political Missions, from 3-5 July 2017. Building on the Secretary-General’s call for…

Thirty nine participants from five peacekeeping missions and one special political mission participated in the fourth training of trainers' course about how field missions can help prevent conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and respond effectively. Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE), hosted…

Umoja Technicians and Support staff underwent the Galileo Decommissioning Project (GDP) teach-back Training on Inventory Management (IM) and Warehouse Management (WM) that took place from 07 to 11 August 2017 at the Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE). The participants; technicians and service…

Umoja Supply Chain Phase 1 of the Galileo Decommissioning project (GDP) kicked off in MINUSMA Mali on Wednesday 06 September bringing the organisation one step closer to transferring all functionalities related to inventory, property, and fleet management previously done in Galileo into Umoja. The…

The Global Health Challenge kicked off on Wednesday 6 September with a record breaking number of 91 staff members split between 13 teams. The participants sweated it out in an aerobics class with the Staff Welfare Committee’s gym instructor Marvin. The challenge provides a great opportunity for UN…