MANDATORY LEARNING
The United Nations has several learning programmes that are mandatory for all personnel to ensure familiarity with key regulations, rules, and processes. The Organization requires that all personnel 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. Each staff member is responsible for checking the requirements and ensuring they are up-to-date with mandatory learning. 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. If you have already completed a mandatory learning course that you wish to validate and transfer to your Inspira learning records, you may upload the certificate onto your Inspira account via the Contact Us menu option. Please note not all mandatory learning courses may be equivalent between UN agencies, funds, and programmes. This also applies to courses that have been replaced or retired. Anyone that does not have an Inspira account that can be accessed with their UN credentials can access all self-paced mandatory learning through elearning.un.org. This includes non-staff personnel such as consultants, interns, contractors, or any other UN personnel who has not received an Inspira account from the Organization. Instructions to enable mandatory learning in your account can be found here. |
Mandatory Courses for All Staff Members
| Course Name | Direct Link / Contact | Remarks |
| BSAFE1 |
Registration through Inspira: |
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| Ethics and Integrity at the United Nations | Registration through Inspira: LMS-1796 (English) LMS-2164 (French) LMS-6607 (Arabic) LMS-6606 (Chinese) LMS-6608 (Russian) |
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| I Know Gender: An Introduction to Gender Equality | Registration through Inspira: LMS-2375 (English) LMS-2376 (French) LMS-2377 (Spanish) |
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| Information Security Awareness - Foundational | Registration through Inspira: LMS-1834 (English) LMS-6824 (French) LMS-7074 (Arabic) LMS-7075 (Spanish) |
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| Information Security Awareness - Foundational [Assessment Certification 2025-2026] | Registration through Inspira: LMS-7868 (English) LMS-7869 (French) LMS-7870 (Arabic) LMS-7871 (Spanish) |
Once "Information Security Awareness - Foundational" has been completed, learners must take the assessment separately to fulfill all course requirements. The assessment needs to be taken on an annual basis starting April 1st every year. |
| Preventing Fraud and Corruption at the United Nations | Registration through Inspira: LMS-2926 (English) LMS-6029 (French) LMS-6928 (Arabic) LMS-6929 (Spanish) |
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| Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Personnel [Version 2.0]4 |
Registration through Inspira: |
Released in February 2023. Anyone in a supervisory role should instead take the version for Managers (civilians) or the version for Commanders (uniformed personnel), see below table for more information. Staff only need to complete one version to fulfill mandatory learning requirements. |
| Records and Information Management | Registration through Inspira: LMS-6434 (English) LMS-7387 (French) |
Released in July 2023. |
| United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy - Putting Words Into Actions | Registration through Inspira: LMS-7965 (English) LMS-7966 (French) LMS-7967 (Spanish) |
Released in July 2025. The course "Disability Inclusion: Building an Inclusive and Accessible United Nations" is not equivalent to this course. |
| United Nations Human Rights Responsibilities3 | Registration through Inspira: LMS-2302 (English for staff in DEVNET, INFONET, LEGALNET, POLNET) LMS-2299 (English for staff in ITECNET, LOGNET, MAGNET, SCINET and SAFETYNET) |
There are two versions of this course. Which one you should take depends on your job network (DEVNET, INFONET, LEGALNET, POLNET / ITECNET, LOGNET, MAGNET, SCINET, SAFETYNET). |
| United to Respect: Preventing Sexual Harassment and Other Prohibited Conduct2 | Registration through Inspira: LMS-6638 (English) LMS-6814 (French) LMS-6818 (Arabic) LMS-6820 (Chinese) LMS-6816 (Russian) LMS-6822 (Spanish) |
Anyone in a supervisory role should take the version for Managers (see table below this one for more information). The Managers' version includes an additional module, but is otherwise the same course. |
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1 Basic Security in the Field II and Advanced Security in the Field were replaced by BSAFE effective June 2019. Certificates from either of those courses do not meet the requirements to have completed this programme.
2 This course replaced "Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Abuse by UN Personnel - Working Harmoniously" effective August 2022. Certificates from "Working Harmoniously" do not meet the requirements to have completed this programme.
3 LMS-2234 is equivalent to LMS-2299/2302, therefore staff who have previously taken LMS-2234 are not required to re-take the United Nations Human Rights Responsibilities course.
4 Version 2.0 launched on February 1st, 2023. All staff are to complete this new version, regardless of completion or progress made in the previous version.
Mandatory Training for all supervisors
| Course Name | Direct Link /Contact | Remarks |
| Performance Management Basics |
Registration through Inspira: |
Self-paced online course. Completion of the legacy live instruction version (LMS-1090) is also considered valid. LMS-3281 (old version of the online course) is not up to date with current performance management practices and is no longer available for registration.
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| Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Personnel for Managers [Version 2.0] | Registration through Inspira: LMS-7145 (English) LMS-7214 (French) LMS-7171 (Arabic) LMS-7179 (Chinese) LMS-7190 (Russian) LMS-7187 (Spanish) |
All civilians in a supervisory role should take the version for Managers. Staff only need to complete one version to fulfill mandatory learning requirements. |
| Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Personnel for Commanders [Version 2.0] | Registration through Inspira: LMS-7146 (English) LMS-7215 (French) LMS-7170 (Arabic) LMS-7180 (Chinese) LMS-7191 (Russian) LMS-7188 (Spanish) |
All uniformed personnel in a supervisory role should take the version for Commanders. Staff only need to complete one version to fulfill mandatory learning requirements. |
| United to Respect for Managers: Preventing Sexual Harassment and Other Prohibited Conduct | Registration through Inspira: LMS-6813 (English) LMS-6815 (French) LMS-6819 (Arabic) LMS-6821 (Chinese) LMS-6817 (Russian) LMS-6823 (Spanish) |
Anyone in a supervisory role should take this version, which includes an additional module, but is otherwise the same course. There is no need to also complete the regular version. |
Mandatory Training for Staff Members at D1 and D2 levels
| Course Name | Direct Link /Contact | Remarks |
| UN Leaders' Programme (formerly Leadership Development Programme (LDP)) | Contact leadershipdevelopment@un.org for information and registration. | Blended learning. Refer to A/61/255, Para 301. |
Mandatory Training for Staff Participating in Interview Panels
| Course Name | Contact Information | Access Instructions |
| Competency-based Selection and Interviewing Skills |
For BlueLine or technical inquiries: emc@unssc.org For substantive inquiries: learning@un.org |
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Mandatory Training for Staff Members in Procurement
| Course Name | Direct Link /Contact | Remarks |
| Procurement Training Campus4 | https://www.unssc.org/courses/un-procurement-training-campus |
Online, self-paced learning programmes offered on the UNSSC platform. |
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4 The Fundamentals of Procurement; Ethics and Integrity in Procurement; Best Value for Money; Overview of the Procurement Manual; Acquisition Planning; Contractual Issues in Purchasing; Contract Management; CIPS
Mandatory Courses for all Staff arriving in a Peacekeeping mission
| Course Name | Direct Link /Contact | Remarks |
| Integrated Mission Induction Training (IMIT) | Contact the Integrated Mission Training Centre (IMCT) / Training Focal Point in the respective mission for information. | 3-5 day instructor-led or blended programme held at the respective mission. Refer to Code Cable 0632 of 20 March 2009 from USGs of DPKO and DFS to Heads of Field Operations & DPO 2024-00949 Fax of 11 April 2024 issued by the DPO Integrated Training Service (ITS). |
Mandatory Training for Staff deploying to DPO-led and DFS-led field missions up to/including D1
| Course Name | Direct Link /Contact | Remarks |
| Civilian Pre-deployment Training (CPT) | Contact CPT Team at cptcoordinators@un.org for information. | Blended learning programme (9 hours e-learing + 4-day residential course) held at United Nations Entebbe Support Base, Uganda. Refer to Code Cable 1006 of 14 May 2012 & Code Cable 0930 of 29 May 2018 from USGs for DPKO & DFS to Heads of Field Operations. |
United Nations Secretariat staff members should access all self-paced courses through the Inspira LMS, so that their learning records are updated correctly. Consultants and other personnel as well as non-Secretariat staff can access these courses through the following host websites:
| Course Name | External Website |
| Mandatory Courses for All Staff Members |
As of January 2021, anybody can register to mandatory learning via elearning.un.org using both organizational or personal e-mail accounts. Instructions can be found here. |
| Overview of the Procurement Manual | Procurement Training Campus https://www.unssc.org/courses/un-procurement-training-campus |