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RSCE Returns Staff to Office After 7 Months

Entebbe, 19 October 2020: The United Nations Resident Coordinator and Designated Official for Uganda has authorized a gradual and cautious return of 20% of United Nations staff to the offices after 7 months of telecommuting…
Ingemar Björnfot: Chief Centralized Warehouse Section / Head of Premises ESB

Ingemar Björnfot: a man with a plan

For most of us, he is a new face on the Entebbe Support Base (ESB). For others, his name might ring a couple of bells since he has been in the United Nations Common System for over fifteen years. Get acquainted with Mr…
The RSCE Communication Unit with Yannick on the far left.

Looking back on my first year as a UNV at the RSCE in Uganda

So, that went by fast! It seems like only yesterday that I was working for that global credit card company, back in a small office cubicle in good old but grey Brussels. I realized not long after I started there that that job…
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RSCE Celebrates a Decade of Existence

On Friday 18 December 2020 – just before a lot of colleagues are leaving for the end of year holidays – the Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE) held a celebratory Town Hall on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the…
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RSCE to return staff to the office

Entebbe, 10 February 2021: The Regional service Centre Entebbe is preparing to return another 20 to 30% of their staff to the offices in February 2021 almost 11 months after they were sent to work from home due to the global…
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RSCE Adopts New SOPs for Updating Vendor Banking Details

18.02.2021, Entebbe; In recent times, just like anywhere else in the world, the United Nations (UN) has been susceptible to fraudulent attempts by external sources due to the increased use of online platforms on different…

RSCE Client Board Chairperson Pays Visit to the Centre

The Chairperson of the Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE) Client Board, Ms. Maria Costa, paid a visit to the RSCE on Wednesday, 10 February 2021. Ms. Costa, who is also the Director Mission Support for the United Nations…

RSCE Celebrates Women Leadership in Times of Crisis

08 March 2021, Entebbe; The COVID-19 response has highlighted the power and effectiveness of women’s leadership in responding and adapting during crisis. Many women have taken on extra roles not only in the workplace but also…

RTCC Gradually Resumes Training Activities

After a year-long hiatus, induced by the COVID-19 lockdown and its accompanying limitations on movement and travel restrictions, the Regional Training and Conference Centre (RTCC) welcomed participants from outside Uganda for…
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RSCE Achieves 100% Resolution of Client Queries

The Regional Service Centre Entebbe has achieved 100% query resolution for the period July 2020 to June 2021 with 85% of these resolved within the 7 day promise as per Service Level Agreements with client missions. A key…

RSCE Migrates from COSMOS to SharePoint Online

In order to improve the way UN staff collaborate and manage content, the UN looked to Microsoft’s Office365 to provide a variety of tools with SharePoint Online (SPO), being one of these. SPO provides the Regional Service…
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