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First Career Day Inspires Staff To Shape Their Career Paths
13/04/2022, Entebbe; “Can you perform the same function routinely for 10 years without an impact on you and the organization? Sitting in the same place for so many years can make one unproductive.” Paulin Djomo, Director a.i Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE) “Your career starts with you, and it…
RSCE Looks to Improve Business Processes in Client Services
Entebbe 19.04.2022; The Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE) launched a Business Process Improvement (BPI) Network Awareness Workshop for two half days at the Regional Training and Conference Centre (RTCC). The aim of the workshop is to reintroduce the concepts of Business Process Improvement…
RSCE Recognizes Commitment of Long Serving Staff
“You can be a woman, and be a leader. You can be of color and be a leader. You can be humble and be a leader. You can come from a poor country and be a leader.” These were some of the words spoken by Ms. Nalini Contreras, Deputy Director a.i Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE) at the United…
SESG Horn Of Africa visits the RSCE
“We cannot do our job without you in the background doing what you do” said UN Special Envoy of the Secretary General (SESG) for the Horn of Africa, Hannah Tetteh. On 20th May 2022, the senior management team led by the Deputy Director a.i RSCE, Ms. Nalini Contreras welcomed Ms. Tetteh on her…
RSCE Pledges to Environmental Protection
6 June 2022, Entebbe: “We only have one earth and we need to protect it.” Said Director a.i. Regional Service Centre Entebbe, Paulin Djomo at the celebration of the World Environment Day on 6 th June. “This is a joint effort; we all must contribute if we are to save our planet.” He added Every year…
RSCE Promotes Knowledge Sharing with Clients
The Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE) has set up an online Community of Practice (COP) platform that is accessible to all clients of the Centre. The COP is meant to facilitate knowledge sharing between the RSCE and its client entities in the areas of human resources, travel, and finance. Most…
RSCE Adopts the UN Global ID
The United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) in Entebbe, in collaboration with the Regional Field Technology Services (RFTS), is expanding the scope of the United Nations Global ID facility at the Entebbe Support Base (ESB). In keeping up with digital transformation within the UN…
Streamlining the Education Grant Review Process: A Time Saver
As of May 20th, 2022, the Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE) has changed the Education Grant (EG) business process flow to improve client satisfaction and increase efficiency and time saving for RSCE education grant processors as well as clients. The new changes eliminate the Human Resources (HR…
Cigna Assures RSCE Staff of Round The Clock Medical Care
“All our members are free to receive services as stipulated by your plan benefits from the in-network providers in Uganda as long as you present your Cigna card.” says Diana Rajoro, Cigna Representative for Uganda. During a briefing on Cigna health insurance plans to Regional Service Centre Entebbe…
Women in Technology: Countering Security Threats in Peacekeeping
Friday July 29 2022, 17 officers from 12 countries concluded the 8 th edition of the Women Outreach Course, the first of its kind to be delivered in French, organized by the UN Academy for Peace Operations (UNCAP) at the Regional Service Centre Entebbe. “We wish to see you soon wearing the blue…
Ombudsman to host Civility Workshop for Staff in Entebbe
The United Nations Ombudsman and Mediation Services (UNOMS) office in Entebbe will host Civility and Conflict Management Workshops for all UN Secretariat staff based in Uganda from Monday 19 to Thursday 22 September 2022. The sessions, which will be held online through MS Teams, will consist of a…