Japan – UNFPA and NEC Collaborate to Build Beneficiary Information Management and e-Voucher System

UNFPA and NEC Collaborate to Build Beneficiary Information Management and e-Voucher System

Tokyo, Japan, August 18, 2025 – (JCN Newswire)— NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today revealed the finalizing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (* 1), which promotes activities to safeguard the health and rights of ladies and women, to work together on the advancement of a recipient info management system.

Both celebrations will promote digitization in the management of recipient info supported by the UNFPA and execute privacy-conscious operations, therefore adding to the arrangement of quick, safe, and safe assistance. This system will be executed in Nigeria and Madagascar by the end of 2025, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan and intending to develop on this collaboration in other parts of the world.

NEC Chief of Staff for the CDO and Head of the Marketing & Alliance Promotion Department, Mayuko Tatewaki (left), UNFPA Director, Division for External Relations, Ian McFarlane (center left), UNFPA Director, Information Technology Solution Office, Soren Thomassen(center right), and UNFPA Chief, Representation workplace in Tokyo, Japan, Eiko Narita (best)

The UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health firm. The UNFPA’s objective is to provide a world where every pregnancy is desired, every giving birth is safe and every young adult’s capacity is satisfied. The company started running in 1969 and presently deals with partners in more than 150 nations to offer access to a large range of sexual and reproductive health services.

In the last few years, a boost in worldwide disputes, and natural catastrophes triggered environment modification have actually resulted in continuous social and financial discontent all over the world. In the middle of this circumstance, it is important to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), consisting of dealing with gender-based violence (GBV) versus females and women.

To attend to these difficulties more quickly and securely, the UNFPA and NEC will develop a recipient details management system based upon an e-Voucher system, which is NEC’s service for the registration and management of recipient details, that digitizes and centrally handles info such as names, addresses, and information of the assistance attended to recipients, which was formerly handled on paper. This will allow the UNFPA to precisely recognize the requirements of recipients, such as the type of assistance needed for each area, and to establish assistance strategies appropriately, therefore attaining swift and efficient assistance shipment.

Furthermore, to properly deal with recipient info consisting of delicate material, the system will be created to make sure the personal privacy of recipients, and the UNFPA will get NEC training on information literacy, guaranteeing safe and safe operations that focus on personal privacy defense.

NEC will take part in the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) (* 2) at Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan, from August 20 (Wed.) to 22 (Fri.), 2025. At this occasion, NEC will present its efforts at the TICAD Business Expo and Conference exhibit hall (* 3) and at the UNFPA-planned occasion phase (* 4).

“This is a great partnership opportunity that leverages resources from both public and private sectors for a greater impact on the ground, especially for women and girls to enjoy their ‘rights and choices’.”

Ian McFarlane, Director, Division for External Relations, UNFPA

“We are pleased to contribute to the UNFPA’s acceleration of its activities around the world by leveraging NEC’s digital technology. We are confident that this collaboration will bring about digital transformation in the fields of humanitarian aid and global health.”

Mayuko Tatewaki, Chief of Staff for the CDO and Head of the Marketing & & Alliance Promotion Department, NEC

(* 1)United Nations Population Fund
https://www.unfpa.org/
(* 2)The 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9)
https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/africa/ticad/ticad9/index.html
(* 3)NEC to take part in “TICAD Business Expo and Conference” and thematic occasions for TICAD 9
https://www.nec.com/en/press/202508/global_20250805_03.html
(* 4)Investing in Peace: Digital Transformation (DX) in Health for Adolescent Youth and Women
https://tokyo.unfpa.org/ja/event/ticad9_thematic (scroll down the link for English)

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