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The Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE) Client Board Meeting held on 17 and 18 April in Entebbe was attended by Directors and Chiefs of Mission Support (D/CMS) for UN peace operations in Africa and the RSCE Senior Management. RSCE Client Board, chaired by Mr. Ebrima Ceesay, DMS at United Nations…

“A customer is the most important visitor on our premises; he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him.” Mahatma Ghandi. Paulin Djomo, Director RSCE often refers to Mahatma Ghandi’s words when he addresses new staff at the Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE). This is to emphasize that RSCE…

“ We would like to see an increase of Ugandan contractors doing business with the United Nations.” Said Paulin Djomo, Director Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE). These were part of his opening remarks at the UN Business Seminar hosted by the UN Global Procurement Support Section (GPSS) for…

“ Here at the RSCE, peace begins with each of us as we all have a role to play in promoting peace in Africa.” Said Josef Salani, Chief of Financial Services and Compliance Monitoring at the Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE) “Ours is to ensure that all non-location dependent transactions are…

“Moving forward, we need to do some self-reflection on how much plastic we are individually contributing to our environment. Say no to using plastic straws. Carry your own reusable water bottle with you everywhere you go, have a designated reusable and preferrable cloth bag with you every time you…

“We are right in the peak season for Education Grant and so the purpose of this session is to help you better understand what we can easily call the complex policy for Education Grant.” These were the opening remarks from Ms. Jana Warming, Service Delivery Manager for Education Grant, Claims and…

On August 3, 2023, the Under-Secretary-General (USG), Mr. Christian Saunders, Special Coordinator on improving the United Nations’ response to sexual exploitation and abuse, visited the UN Base in Entebbe, Uganda. The Officer in Charge of the Regional Service Centre, Mr. Emmanuel Ngor, welcomed and…

25 July 2023, Entebbe; The United Nations (UN) community of travel experts came together between 17 and 21 July 2023, for the annual Global Travel Symposium (GTS), a forum to exchange ideas and best practices to make travel in the UN better. For the first time, the GTS was a virtual event hosted by…

The Forward Support and Deployment Hub (FSDH) based at the Regional Service Centre Entebbe has coordinated the flight services of a C130 Hercules cargo plane from the Canadian government for a period of two weeks for UNMISS. The UNMISS operations conducted 16 cargo flights between Entebbe, Juba, Wau…

The International Client Service Week at the Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE) is one of the most engaging events of the year. The annual celebration that is held every 1 st week of October is an opportunity for the RSCE to not only reaffirm their commitment to client service but also to bond…

The Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE) hosted the 13 th session of the Client Board meeting on 19-20 October 2023 in Entebbe which was the second meeting this year as per its regular schedule. The RSCE Client Board is made up of all Directors and Chiefs of Mission Support (D/CMS) in the…

The United Nations Enterprise Resource Planning system, Umoja, is upgrading Umoja BI to Umoja Analytics. At the Regional Service Centre Entebbe, Senthil Gopalan, Chief of Analytics and Delivery Management Service from the Enterprise Resource Planning Solution Division (ERPSD), introduced Umoja Self…