Partner Verification
UN agencies conduct Partner Verification (due diligence) to review a CSO’s self-reported profile data, and perform an internet search/consultation of other sources.
User, with appropriate permissions (UN HQ Editor, Editor Advanced) can run new Verification at any time, from a Partner's detailed page.
Button is placed in a header, under the menu located in the top right of the page.
Ability to automatically mark a CSO’s profile as “Pending Verification” by default upon entry into the portal. |
Ability to have automated periodic scans of a CSO and its key staff against the UN Security Council sanctions list on the following profile fields: • Organization Name •Alias • Former Legal Name • First + Last Name of Head of Organization • Board Members • Authorized Officials |
Ability to view potential matches on the UN Security Council Sanctions List and indicate if the organization or individual is ‘Not a true Match’ or a ‘Confirmed Match’. |
Ability to ensure that the name of a CSO is not flagged in subsequent scans if the potential match on the UN Sanctions list was manually determined to be ‘Not a true match’. |
Ability to review a CSO’s profile and mark the status of the profile as “Verified” if the CSO meets the verification requirements and “Unverified” if the CSO does not meet the verification requirements. |
Ability to automatically show if a CSO has an observation or risk flag against its profile, and the content of the observation during verification. |
Ability to review details of current and past verifications made to a CSO’s profile. |
Ability to view the date a CSO was verified, the name and agency of the person who performed the verification. |
Ability to notify agency user when a CSO’s profile was verified more than 5 years ago. |
Ability to restrict verification to advanced editor and HQ editor roles. |
Ability to restrict the user from verifying a CSO if the profile is incomplete. |
Ability to restrict verification if there is a potential match of the organization’s name or key personnel on the UN Security Council Sanctions List. |
Ability to restrict verification of INGO HQ’s to HQ editor. |
Ability to restrict verifying the CO of INGOs if the HQ profile has status ‘pending verification’ or ‘unverified’ and/or has a red risk flag. |
Ability to restrict verifying a CSO with a red risk flag. |
Ability to restrict viewing comments on a verification to advanced editor and HQ editor roles. |
Ability to prompt user to confirm verification prior to changing verification status. |
Ability to generate a report on the verification status of CSOs. |
Ability to compare how many CSOs in the portal have been verified. |
- UN HQ users can verify INGO HQ profiles. A verification performed by one UN HQ will be accepted by all other agencies.
- CSO can only be verified if their profile is complete.
- INGO COs cannot be verified if the HQ profile has not been verified.
without new tab
User can view Verifications from Overview tab:
Verification statuses
When view details button is clicked, the following modal with details will appear:
Verification details
To conduct new Verification, users need to answer to the questions in the form, that is open in a modal window.
Add new verification button
Verification form contains five questions.
Verify Partner's profile - modal window
If user chooses respectively: 3x "yes" and 2x "no" partner's profile will be Verified. Otherwise - Unverified. When Verify button is clicked, one of the following modal windows will be shown:
Verification status - Verified
Verification status - Unverified
with new Verification tab
User with appropriate permissions can view Verifications from Verifications tab:
Verification tab
Each row is expandable and shows verification details. Table provides also information about Verification date and person who conducted this verification.
Adding new verification is possible from header:
Verify button in header
To conduct new Verification, users need to answer to the questions in the form, that is open in a modal window. Modal should contain a link to Partner's profile, which will be opened in a separate browser window. The Observations details (information about risk flags) will also be provided, so the users could check if any risk flags were added to the profile. To save a modal, users will need to mark a checkbox, to confirm they want to perform the action.
Verify Partner's Organization Profile
Verify Partner's Profile - flags details open
Checkbox in modal window - unchecked
Checkbox in modal window - error when verify without checkbox
Checkbox in modal window - checked
If user chooses respectively: 3x "yes" and 2x "no" partner's profile will be Verified. Otherwise - Unverified. When Verify button is clicked, one of the following modal windows will be shown:
Verification status - Verified
Verification status - Unverified
Available statuses of verification: Pending, Verified, Unverified.