Making Commitments Matter (MCM) is an international research and development initiative composed of graduate and undergraduate students as well as young professionals. Our goal is to improve the national implementation of resolutions and conventions issued by the United Nations and its Specialised Agencies. Over 100 MCM members in 18 countries are currently working within our projects UN-informed.org and UN-i.org in an effort to support those involved in the process of implementation.

07 Jan
2010
Wanted! UN-informed.org is looking for IT volunteers

We are currently looking for web developers who would like to donate some of their spare time to the development of UN-informed.org, a website that promises to have a considerable impact on the UN System by making the contents of UN resolutions and conventions as easily searchable as never before.

For the development of this classic LAMP web...  more »
07 Jan
2010
Start into 2010 marked by Helsinki spirit – UN-i.org website online

UN-informed.org started into the New Year inspired by the International Meeting, which took place in the beginning of December. Members from both the UN-informed.org and the UN-i.org project teams met in the Finnish capital to further develop the two projects. For the first time, members of the UN-informed.org project team had an...  more »
22 Sep
2009
Bucharest conference marks kick-off of UN-i.org project, as UN-informed.org development is advancing.

Between 5-12 September, the UN-informed.org and the new UN-i.org project teams met in Bucharest, Romania, in order to conduct international leadership trainings and to plan the further development of UN-informed.org, as well as to pass a framework plan for the recently-started UN-i.org project. The conference was made possible...  more »
20 Jul
2009
The Innovations of UN-informed.org in a Nutshell.

As a result of our initial brainstormings and our IT Meeting in Lausanne in June,we are proud to present to you a first list of features our database will include. In addition to numerous different search functions and filtering options, UN-informed.org will introduce innovations that will set our database apart from the others:

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02 Jul
2009
June Meeting kicks off IT development and release conference preparation

Between 11 and 15 June, the UN-informed.org IT team came together in Lausanne and Geneva to kick off the IT development phase. Following the first usability brainstorming during our International Meeting in Budapest back in March, the intention behind this latest meeting was to develop the database architecture for UN-informed.org. In addition,...  more »
10 Jun
2009
Find us on Facebook, follow us on twitter

MCM is now on Facebook: we created a cause [UN-informed.org - Making Commitments Matter]. Many of you probably already got an invitation. Come, come, join us and spread the word! On top of that, we personalised our project to feed the international curiosity-voyeurism and make us more seen, read and heard: UN-informed.org twitters! Start...  more »
10 Jun
2009
Online at last!

Welcome world! It took a while, but here we are and delighted we are. Now take your time and our information, which we will heap up bit by bit in the next days and weeks. If you have any questions or remarks or want more information or just need it quicker, contact us! (We offer you a variety of ways to do so - just click on the link in the top right hand...  more »