The United Nations has several learning programmes that are mandatory for all staff to ensure familiarity with key regulations, rules, and processes. Here you will find a list of which programmes are mandatory for all staff, regardless of their level, duty station or function, as well as those that are mandatory for staff carrying out certain functions, or certain groups of staff (e.g. staff travelling on official business or moving to a filed duty station). You are responsible for checking the requirements and ensuring you are up to date with mandatory training. If you are not sure what applies to you, contact the staff development/learning/training office or an HR Partner at your duty station for more clarification. Staff deploying to the field will be notified about pre-deployment training.

The Organization requires that all staff members take the courses listed in the first section below. In addition to these, other courses are required for certain groups of staff as laid out in the subsequent sections. These courses are accessible in various ways. Some are only available online through inspira, which is also the easiest way for tracking and recording completion of mandatory courses.  To register log into inspira, go to Main Menu – Self-service – Learning – My Learning.  

If you have already completed a mandatory learning course* via another website or in a UN agency, fund or programme, you may upload the certificate onto your inspira account via the Contact Us link by following the steps under the category e-learning enquiry – Management of content subcategory – and indicate in the free text area the description of the inspira course taken and that you wish to update your learning record (please ensure to list the inspira course name and LMS number) and then follow the procedure for attaching your certificate.

If you do not have an Inspira account that can be accessed with your index number, all self-paced mandatory learning is available through elearning.un.org, whether you are or are not a staff member. Please scroll to the bottom table for more information and instructions.