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Stakeholder Conference 2025
openIMIS Stakeholder Conference, September 2025
This year’s openIMIS Stakeholder Conference took place on Wednesday, 19 September 2025, and was attended by more than 50 representatives of bilateral implementing agencies, development partners, openIMIS community members, and international organizations working in the fields of digitalization, health and social protection, and…
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openIMIS Newsletter July/August 2025
Welcome to our July/August 2025 newsletter! Many exciting things have happened that we want to call your attention to: Latest Highlights New article in the "Celebrating Women in Tech" series New corporate design elements Updates on "Learning Exchange on AI in Health Insurance" Recent Events Attended ADB INSPIRE - …
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Celebrating Women in Tech: Suravi Bhandary
This series of portraits celebrates women working with the openIMIS Initiative from across the world in diverse technical roles. Women make up less than a third of the global tech workforce, with even fewer women at senior levels. In line with BMZ’s Feminist Development Policy, openIMIS actively seeks to address this gender gap…
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Burundi’s growing social protection system now runs on openIMIS
  Merankabandi, Burundi’s national Cash for Jobs project, has started using a software solution powered by openIMIS to administer cash transfers and other social protection benefits to more than one million people.                  …
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July Bhela: Configuration of Complex Health and Social Protection Products in openIMIS
The July 2025 Bhela meeting focused on configuring openIMIS for complex  healthcare protocols and programs. George Atohmbom Yuh opened the session by explaining how openIMIS is adapted to specific country contexts - ensuring that the software accurately reflects national healthcare delivery processes and protocols. This…
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Digital transformation: harnessing opportunities, mitigating risks
©Umong Shahi In GIZ’s work on digital transformation, openIMIS plays an important role in making social protection systems more effective and accessible. As part of the Global Alliances for Social Protection program, openIMIS helps countries manage various social protection programs including health insurance - offering…
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Celebrating Women in Tech: Simona Dobre
This series of portraits celebrates women working with the openIMIS Initiative from across the world in diverse technical roles. Women make up less than a third of the global tech workforce, with even fewer women at senior levels. In line with BMZ’s Feminist Development Policy, openIMIS actively seeks to address this gender gap…
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openIMIS Newsletter May/June 2025
Welcome to our May/June 2025 newsletter! Many exciting things have happened that we want to call your attention to: Upcoming Highlights Upcoming Bhela Call on Women in Tech  Recent openIMIS Events Recap: Community Connect Recap: Stakeholder Committee Meeting Recent Bhela Discussions on Communication and Dashboards…
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Celebrando Mulheres na Tecnologia: Karolliny Nayra dos Santos Lima
Esta série de relatos celebra mulheres que atuam na Iniciativa openIMIS ao redor do mundo em funções técnicas diversas. As mulheres representam menos de um terço da força de trabalho global em tecnologia, com ainda menor presença em cargos mais altos. Em conformidade com a Política de Desenvolvimento Feminista do BMZ…