UNJSPF has taken the leap into emerging technologies to streamline service delivery to clients, the 205,000 retired UN staff around the globe.
Spearheaded by Dino Cataldo Dell’Accio, CIO, UNJSPF, this is part of the Fund’s journey towards digital transformation, leveraging technology to update manual processes and streamline systems.
The Fund’s Certificate of Entitlement (CE) certifies that retiree beneficiaries are who they say they are, are still living, and still reside at their registered locations. This has been a cumbersome and manual process that has been prone to error.
The Fund together with the UN International Computing Centre, with the partnership of Hyperledger open source blockchain solutions, has created a solution to automate and make immutable the CE process with blockchain, biometrics and a mobile app.
The project team created and completed a Proof of Concept prototype demonstrating technology applied to overcome issues with the CE without introducing risks to hamper the flow of entitlements.
The pilot was a success and approved at the Annual UNJSPF Board Meeting. Now the Fund is beginning to implement the solution, first with food Agencies in Rome, including WFP, IFAD and FAO, attesting to the cost savings and process streamlining with these innovative digital solutions.

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• International

• Older persons
• UN retirees and other beneficiaries

The UNJSPF Digital Certificate of Entitlement blockchain, biometric mobile app solution can be applied to other transactional systems in the United nations family, leveraging immutable ledger technology of blockchain and delivery with smart identity management solutions over mobile applications.

The system is foundational to financial transactions worldwide. As a result, it finds longevity and sustainability in its global use value.

The UNJSPF Digital Certificate of Entitlement blockchain solution supports the common desire and commitment to build a people centered, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society, where everyone can create, access, utilize and share information and knowledge, enabling individuals, communities and peoples to achieve their full potential in promoting their sustainable development and improving their quality of life, by ensuring seamless digital information transfer for beneficiary information and financial transactions.