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About UNJSPF

The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund provides retirement, death, disability and related benefits for eligible staff of the United Nations and participating organisations.

UNJSPF is a Premium Member of The British Blockchain Association.

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Retirement and related benefits
United Nations personnel
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Membership in action

Sharing institutional expertise through the BBA

Dino Cataldo Dell’Accio at the BBA’s ISC2026, Houses of Parliament, 27 March 2026.

International Scientific Conference · ISC2026

Connecting institutional experience with research and policy

Dino Cataldo Dell’Accio, Chief Information Officer of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, featured as a speaker at the BBA’s eighth Blockchain International Scientific Conference.

Held at the Houses of Parliament on 27 March 2026, ISC2026 explored “Blockchain in 2030: Science, Standards, & Societal Impact”. The conference provided a platform to share institutional expertise with an audience spanning research, policy and industry.

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ISC2026 · Speaker announcement

Showcasing UNJSPF’s contribution

The official speaker announcement highlights UNJSPF’s representation in the conference programme and introduces Dino Cataldo Dell’Accio to the BBA’s wider community.

Research in practice · The JBBA

Digital identity for proof-of-life

Explore UNJSPF’s experience of applying blockchain, biometrics, artificial intelligence and geo-localisation to pension beneficiary verification.

UNJSPF proof-of-life infographic summarising the challenge, technologies, security, deployment and reported benefits of its digital identity solution — Infographic accompanying the research by Dino Cataldo Dell’Accio and Mirko Montuori. Credit: Centre for Evidence Based Blockchain / The JBBA. Select the image to view it full size.

Peer-reviewed research · 30 July 2025

UNJSPF Blockchain-based Digital Identity Solution for Proof-of-Life

Dino Cataldo Dell’Accio and Mirko Montuori
The Journal of The British Blockchain Association · Volume 8, Issue 2

The paper shares lessons from a four-year implementation journey at UNJSPF, examining deployment challenges, beneficiary verification, security and trust. It describes how the digital solution was developed to improve a process previously reliant on paper-based certificates.

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DOI: 10.31585/jbba-8-2-(2)2025

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