UN Reference Architecture A logical and application model to fit UN Agency future challenges

IbrahimKhaliliSystemIntegra2onTeamLeaderCapgemini

Scope of the Reference Architecture

BUILD A 21st CENTURY PLATFORM TO BETTER SERVE

PEOPLE “Innovate more with less”

The UN Reference Architecture sets out to accomplish three things:

•  Enable the beneficiaries , the donors and an increasingly mobile agency workforce to access high-

quality digital agencies information and services anywhere, anytime, on any device. Operationalizing

an information-centric model, it is possible to architect the systems for interoperability and openness,

modernize content publication model, and deliver better, device-agnostic digital services at a lower

cost.

•  Ensure that as the agencies adjust to this new digital world, seize the opportunity to procure and

manage devices, applications, and data in smart, secure and affordable ways. Learning from the

previous transition of moving information and services online, with the opportunity to break free from

the inefficient, costly, and fragmented practices, build a sound governance structure for digital

services, and do mobile “right” from the beginning.

•  Unlock the power of agency data to spur innovation and improve the quality of services for people

and donors. Unlocking the API economy in the UN world.

Strategy Objectives

Strategy Principles To drive this transformation, the strategy is built upon four overarching principles: •  An “Information-Centric” approach—Moves us from managing “documents” to managing

discrete pieces of open data and content which can be tagged, shared, secured, mashed up and

presented in the way that is most useful for the consumer of that information.

•  A “Shared Platform” approach—Helps us work together, both within and across agencies, to

reduce costs, streamline development, apply consistent standards, and ensure consistency in how

we create and deliver information.

•  A People-Centric” approach—Influences how it is created, manage, and present services

through websites, mobile applications, raw data sets, and other modes of delivery, and allows people

to shape, share and consume information, whenever and however they want it.

•  A platform of “Security and Privacy”—Ensures this innovation happens in a way that

ensures the safe and secure delivery and use of digital services to protect information and privacy.

Conceptual Model First we have established a

c o n c e p t u a l m o d e l t h a t

acknowledges the UN Agency

business Model .

Both the Programe (Core Mission

of an Agency) that it is recurring

y e a r l y a c t i v i t y t h a t t h e

emergency/projects are depicted

in the described conceptual

model.

Agency as a Platform To make the most use of o u r r e s o u r c e s a n d “innovate with less”, we n e e d t o s h a r e m o r e effectively, both within the government and with the public. We also need to share capacities to build t h e s y s t e m s a n d processes that support our efforts, and be smart about creating new tools, applications, systems, web-sites and domains.

Ultimately, a shared platform approach to developing and delivering digital services and managing data not only helps accelerate the adoption of new technologies, but also lowers costs and reduces duplication. To do so, we need to rapidly disseminate lessons learned from early adopters, leverage existing services and contracts, build for multiple use cases at once, use common standards and architectures, participate in open source communities, leverage public crowdsourcing, and launch shared government-wide solutions and contract vehicles Agencies are missing out on opportunities to share ideas and resources within the digital services space. Inefficiencies such as fragmented procurement and development practices waste donors dollars and stymie the consistent adoption of new technologies and approaches. The shift to a shared platform culture will require strong leadership at the government-wide and agency levels. Agencies must begin to look first to shared solutions and existing infrastructure when developing new projects, rather than procuring new infrastructure and systems for each new project. They must also share ownership of common service areas, both within and across agencies, instead of creating multiple websites on the same topic. To alleviate the burden on individual agencies, prevent duplication, and spur innovation.

An API Driven Agency

The Layers of Digital Services The information layer contains digital information.It includes structured information (e.g., the most common concept of “data”) such as census and employment data, plus unstructured information such as fact sheets, press releases, and compliance guidance. The platform layer includes all the systems and processes used to manage this information.Examples include systems for content management, processes such as web API (Application Programming Interface) and application development, services that support mission critical IT functions such as human resources or financial management, as well as the hardware used to access information (e.g.mobile devices). The presentation layer defines the manner in which information is organized and provided to customers (citizien,agencies, government). It represents the way the agencies and private sector deliver information (e.g., data or content) digitally, whether through websites, mobile applications, or any other modes of delivery. (multichannel) These three layers separate information creation from information presentation—allowing to create content services and data once, and then use it in different ways. In effect, this model represents a fundamental shift from the way agencies provides digital services today.

Reference Architecture Logical View

From the functional Model has been

designed an holistic architectural view

describe all the logical components

needed to support the conceptual model.

Starting from objectives and drivers

declining them in a conceptual and

functional model we are arrived to

describe the entire IT components that

could enable the 21st Century Platform.

Application UN Reference Model

Features: ü  Clean service

Layer

ü  General Services

ü  Unified Data

ü  Rapid Environement deployment

ü  Deploy everywhere

ü  Autoscale

ü  Private Cloud

ü  DevOps

ü  Cost Reduction

Technical Benefits: ü  Push on API Approach

ü  De-coupled

ü  Elastically scalable

ü  Cleaner architecture

ü  Provides Pre-Prod and DR

ü  Cloud-burst ready

ü  Fast time to Market

ü  Completely Open Source

ü  Completely Integrated

ü  Based on a unique software stack

ü  Based On Standard

ü  Cloud Provider Agnostic

ü  Introduce of DevOps Approach

ü  A Unique point of control for the entire Architecture

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