
The United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) is the dedicated learning institution of and for the United Nations (UN) and its partners. We serve the system from within, understanding its unique demands, mandates, and missions.
Headquartered in Turin, Italy, with an office in Bonn, Germany, we are committed to fostering a cohesive UN leadership and management culture that enhances collaboration, effectiveness, and cooperation across the system, preparing people to lead with purpose and make a lasting impact.
Governed by a board chaired by the Chef de Cabinet of the UN Secretary-General, UNSSC operates as a system-wide enabler, offering learning programmes, knowledge products and a trusted collaborative space for personnel at all levels and functions. In partnership with UN entities, governments, academic partners and private and civil society actors, UNSSC supports the UN’s collective efforts to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Pact for the Future, and the UN 2.0 transformation.
UNSSC offers you the professional development that meets your needs. Through a combination of learning solutions, we help our clients both within the UN and beyond meet the demands of an ever-changing world. We take an individual approach to learning and development, fostering an environment that values different perspectives, and challenges conventional thinking.
UNSSC gives you the tools, knowledge and confidence you need to drive meaningful change. Our solution scoping and delivery methodology has been built over many years, and is based on the success we have had with various partners. Work with us to discover the training solution that best fits your organization’s development goals.
The idea of creating a learning and training institution for UN personnel was first explored in 1969. But it wasn’t until 1996 that the College began operating as a project entrusted to the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization. By August 2000, it was recommended that a full-fledged United Nations System Staff College be established with its own statutes.
In July 2001 the United Nations General Assembly approved the Statute for the creation of a new, independent learning organization within the United Nations. With support from the Italian Government, the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) opened its doors in Turin on 1 January 2002. It shares its campus with the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the UN’s Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI).
With support from the Federal Government of Germany, in January, 2016 the UNSSC opened its “Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development” in Bonn. The Centre was created to equip the UN and its partners with the knowledge, skills, and behaviours to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.