(Important) Information on Indico, the 2018 HLPF registration platform
Friday, April 27, 2018 at 5:54AM We have received the following:
Please note that from 2018 onwards, NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC and NGOs on the CSD roster will register to the HLPF using Indico, which replaces the CSO Net registration system. A key difference to note is that in the Indico platform each participant must create their own personal account in order to register to events, as opposed to using a single account per NGO as was done in CSO Net.
Registration to the 2018 HLPF will open in the coming days, and we strongly recommend those who have yet to create an Indico account to visit https://reg.unog.ch/ Please see the quick guide for instructions on how to create your account in Indico.
Another important point about Indico is that each ECOSOC-accredited NGO must designate at least one Conference Focal Point who will be able to review and approve participants registering under their organizations’ name. Please note that Conference Focal Point designations take up to a week to be reflected in the system. We recommend all ECOSOC-accredited NGOs that have yet to designate a Conference Focal Point in Indico to proceed with it as soon as possible. You can find a guide on how to do designate Conference Focal Points attached to this message.
Please also review the attached FAQ file.
More information is available on CSOnet:
Introducing the INDICO event registration system
We have launched a new platform for managing NGO registration to meetings and events at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The platform is called INDICO, and it is replacing the registration functionality of CSO Net. INDICO is an open source platform developed by CERN and customized by our colleagues at the UN Office in Geneva, where it is used for all event registrations.
Please see the quick guide for instructions on how to create your account in INDICO. If your NGO is in consultative status with ECOSOC, it must designate up to two Conference Focal Points, who will review the individual registrations of members of their organization for all events that use the platform. Please see instructions for designating Conference Focal Points.
You can find more information about INDICO here: https://reg.unog.ch/about
DESA recently hosted a webinar on INDICO. The recording can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/33Do2LpNRj4.
The PDF of the slide presentation can be found here: http://csonet.org/content/documents/Indico-Webinar-NGO-FocalPoints-15December.pdf