ICCROM has won this year’s Gold Award, Fast Delivery category of the annual SAP Quality Awards. This annual prize is bestowed on corporations and other organizations for excellence in the introduction of information systems. The awards were handed out in Milan on Thursday 18 October by SAP executives at the SAP NOW event. The Gold SAP Quality Award was handed out to Sophy Janowski, ICCROM’s Chief Management Officer, who received the award on behalf of ICCROM’s Director-General, Dr Webber Ndoro.
SAP UNiverse Path is a robust financial administration and oversight information system developed to support accounting, financial, grants and procurement management. Its implementation strengthens ICCROM's financial management capacity, and project monitoring.
Linked to ICCROM's efforts to modernize and transform the organization, SAP is an integral part of the internal improvement process for reinforcing results-based management systems and accountability to two constituents for the overall performance of the organization. This tool permits ICCROM to boost its credibility, attracting new donor groups who commonly request the financial transparency and respect for UN standard practices that the system provides.
The Rome-based international cultural conservation agency, currently in the final stages of SAP implementation, is one on many international organizations which are adopting the SAP information system as well as the associated International Public Service Accounting Standards (IPSAS) as part of the broader effort to modernize the organization’s financial management, budgeting and results-based programming.
Gold #SAP quality #award for @ICCROM with the support of @CapgeminiItalia at #SAPNOW pic.twitter.com/lPXv2wjUXq
— Elisabetta Spontoni (@espontoni) October 18, 2018
We are very pleased that ICCROM’s effort to introduce SAP, despite many challenges and under considerable time pressure, have been recognized,” said Piergiorgio Muraro, Account Executive, Capgemini Business Unit Italy, which has assisted ICCROM in the implementation of SAP- SAPUNiversePAth version, especially designed for UN agencies and their implementing partners.
Capgemini executives also lauded ICCROM’s innovative approach to SAP implementation, which incorporated elements of results based programming and budgeting into the system.
“As ICCROM we are excited to have won the award and we are looking forward to running the system. It will make our work more efficient and transparent to our Member States and partners,” said Webber Ndoro, ICCROM’s Director-General.
For more information, please contact Sophy Janowski, Chief Management Officer