Industry — Government & International Organizations

Digital Solutions Built
for Institutional
Standards and Scale

We work with government ministries, UN agencies, multilateral bodies, and intergovernmental organizations to deliver compliant, accessible, multilingual digital programs — meeting public sector procurement standards and operational realities that most digital agencies simply don't understand.

14+
Countries with active
govt & intl org projects
UN Ready
Procurement-aligned
processes & documentation
30+
Languages supported
for multilingual output
Project Compliance Dashboard · UN Procurement Framework
WCAG 2.1 AA Accessibility Verified
UN Procurement Standard Docs Complete
GDPR & Data Privacy Compliance Verified
Multilingual Output (6 languages) Delivered
Section 508 / PDF/UA Standards Verified
English 28% French 20% Arabic 18% Spanish 14% Russian 12% Other 8%
Geneva
New York
Nairobi
Vienna
Brussels
Bangkok
Beirut
Cairo
Delhi
Addis
Manila
Paris
40+
Projects
100%
Compliant
30+
Languages

Sector Context

We Understand How
International Organizations Work

Working with government ministries, UN agencies, multilateral development banks, intergovernmental organizations, and regional bodies requires more than technical capability. It requires a genuine understanding of how these institutions procure services, how they make decisions, how they measure success, and what failure looks like politically and reputationally. Most digital agencies don't have this understanding — they treat public sector and international organization work like any other B2B engagement, and the gaps show immediately.

AFI Digital Services has built its practice around the realities of this sector. We understand UN procurement frameworks and can provide the documentation, certifications, and compliance evidence that RFP processes require. We design for multilingual audiences from the start — not as a post-hoc localization exercise — because we know that a capacity-building program that works in Geneva but fails in the field in Nairobi is not a success. We build for bandwidth-constrained environments, for learners who may have limited technical literacy, and for distribution across devices and platforms that vary enormously by country context.

We also understand the political dimensions of public sector digital work. Content must be neutral, evidence-based, and rigorously reviewed. Accessibility is not optional — it is a legal and ethical obligation. Data must be handled in accordance with jurisdiction-specific privacy regulations. And every deliverable must be maintainable by the organization's own team after the engagement ends, because dependency on external vendors is not a sustainable model for public sector institutions.

These are not challenges we learn on your project. They are the operating context we designed our practice around.

The Challenges We Solve

Procurement complexity & documentation requirements
UN, World Bank, and government procurement processes require extensive vendor documentation — certifications, insurance, conflict-of-interest declarations, and technical compliance evidence. We maintain a current procurement documentation pack and can provide vendor registration materials for major intergovernmental procurement systems.
Multilingual, multicultural audiences in diverse environments
Your content must reach staff and beneficiaries speaking Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and dozens of national languages — across devices ranging from high-end enterprise laptops to shared mobile phones with intermittent connectivity. We design for this from day one.
Mandatory accessibility and standards compliance
WCAG 2.1 AA, PDF/UA, Section 508, and national accessibility legislation are non-negotiable in public sector digital work. Every deliverable we produce for this sector is tested and certified to the required standard — with documentation provided for audit purposes.
Knowledge transfer and long-term maintainability
International organizations cannot be dependent on external vendors for the ongoing maintenance of mission-critical platforms and content. We build for handover: documented systems, trained internal champions, and open standards that don't lock you into our tools.
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AFI understood the complexity of our procurement environment from the very first call. They provided every document we needed for vendor registration, built the program to WCAG AA from the ground up, and delivered across six languages in the timeframe we needed. Working with an agency that genuinely knows this sector makes an enormous difference.

R
Rania Al-Hussaini
Programme Officer, Learning & Development, UN Agency

Solutions for This Sector

What We Deliver for Government
& International Organizations

Four solution areas — each adapted to the specific operating context of public sector and intergovernmental institutions — delivered to the compliance and quality standards your mandate requires.

01

Capacity Building & Staff Learning Programs

Custom eLearning programs for field staff onboarding, compliance training, technical skills development, and institutional capacity building. Designed for geographically distributed teams, low-bandwidth environments, and audiences with varying levels of digital literacy. Delivered in multiple languages, SCORM/xAPI compliant, and compatible with standard UN LMS platforms including Saba, Cornerstone, and custom systems. We have delivered capacity building programs for staff across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Multilingual eLearning SCORM / xAPI LMS integration Field-ready design Offline-capable
02

Accessible Document & Archive Digitization

Conversion of institutional archives, policy libraries, research reports, and field documentation into WCAG 2.1 AA compliant, multilingual, searchable digital formats. We handle the full spectrum: scanned PDF remediation, structured HTML conversion, EPUB3 production, and metadata tagging for knowledge repository integration. For organizations under public sector accessibility mandates, we provide conformance certificates for audit purposes and maintain a documented audit trail throughout the digitization process.

WCAG 2.1 AA PDF/UA remediation Archive digitization Multilingual output Conformance certificate
03

Knowledge Portals & Institutional Web Platforms

Custom web portals and knowledge platforms for intergovernmental bodies, treaty secretariats, and government ministries — built to open standards, maintained by your team, and accessible to all audiences including people with disabilities. We design for WCAG compliance, multilingual interfaces (including RTL scripts), high-security hosting requirements, and the institutional approval processes that public sector web publishing involves. Includes full CMS training and documentation for internal content teams.

Open standards RTL language support WCAG web compliance Secure hosting CMS training
04

Communications & Audience Outreach Programs

Digital communications programs for government agencies and international organizations that need to reach specific audiences — from citizen awareness campaigns to professional stakeholder engagement. We design multilingual content strategies, produce accessible communications materials in multiple formats, and build the digital infrastructure (web, email, social) that keeps institutional messaging coherent across languages, regions, and channels.

Multilingual content Stakeholder engagement Accessible formats Multi-channel delivery

Case Studies

Sector Delivery in Practice

Two recent engagements with international organizations — demonstrating field-ready, multilingual, compliance-first digital delivery.

Geneva New York Nairobi Bangkok 14 COUNTRIES · 6 LANGUAGES · 3,000+ FIELD STAFF
Digital Learning UN / Multilateral
Onboarding 3,000 Field Staff Across 14 Countries for a UN Agency — 90 Days, 6 Languages
A multilateral UN agency needed a coherent onboarding program for newly recruited field staff across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East — in six official languages, within a 90-day window, deployable offline in environments with limited connectivity.
40%
Reduction in onboarding time per staff member
6
Languages localized & deployed simultaneously
Read the full case study
3,400 PDFs 6 MONTHS WCAG 2.1 AA 100% COMPLIANT PDF/UA Section 508 ALL FORMATS · AUDIT CERTIFIED · ON DEADLINE
Content Digitization Government Ministry
WCAG 2.1 AA Remediation of a Government Ministry's 3,400-Document Public Library — Before Statutory Deadline
A national government ministry faced a mandatory public sector accessibility deadline requiring all 3,400 documents on their website to be fully WCAG 2.1 AA and PDF/UA compliant within six months — with zero internal capacity to execute the work.
3,400
Documents remediated to WCAG 2.1 AA & PDF/UA
100%
Compliance achieved before statutory deadline
Read the full case study

Compliance & Standards

Built to Meet the Standards
That Matter in This Sector

Every deliverable for government and international organization clients is designed, tested, and documented against the compliance frameworks that govern public sector procurement and digital output.

Accessibility
WCAG 2.1 AA
All digital content, web platforms, and PDF documents produced for public sector clients meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance. We provide automated testing reports and manual review documentation for audit submission.
Accessibility
PDF/UA (ISO 14289)
All PDF deliverables for international organization clients meet PDF/UA (Universal Accessibility) standards — including proper document structure, tagged reading order, alt text, and form accessibility. Conformance verified with PAC 3 and axesPDF tools.
Procurement
UN Procurement Framework
We maintain a current vendor documentation pack aligned with UNGM (UN Global Marketplace) registration requirements — including technical capacity documentation, financial information, and conflict-of-interest declarations required for UN system procurement processes.
Privacy
GDPR & Data Privacy
All platforms and data processing activities comply with GDPR and applicable national data protection legislation. We implement data minimization principles, maintain processing records, and provide data processing agreements where required.
Accessibility
Section 508 (US Federal)
For engagements with US government agencies and organizations operating under US federal accessibility mandates, all electronic content and ICT meets Section 508 standards. We provide Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) documentation on request.
Multilingual
UN Official Languages Support
All six official UN languages supported — English, French, Spanish, Arabic (RTL), Russian (Cyrillic), and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional). We maintain glossaries aligned with UN terminology databases and use certified translators with subject matter expertise in the relevant thematic areas.

Why AFI

What Makes AFI Different
for This Sector

Working with government and international organizations requires a different posture than commercial B2B work. We've spent years building the processes, documentation, and cultural understanding that this sector demands.

Procurement-ready from day one

We maintain current vendor documentation for UN, World Bank, and government procurement systems — including UNGM registration materials, technical capacity evidence, and all standard compliance declarations. We don't slow down your procurement cycle.

Designed for field contexts, not headquarters

We design for the people in Nairobi, Beirut, and Bangkok — not just the stakeholders in Geneva and New York. Offline capability, low-bandwidth optimization, and multilingual RTL support are not afterthoughts in our process; they're front-loaded requirements.

Compliance documentation for every deliverable

Every deliverable for public sector clients comes with full compliance documentation — WCAG conformance certificates, PDF/UA verification reports, testing methodology documentation, and chain-of-custody records for digitization projects. Audits don't catch us unprepared.

Knowledge transfer built into every engagement

We build for organizational independence. Every platform we create includes CMS documentation, user guides, and team training. Every eLearning program includes authoring source files and a maintenance guide. You own what we build — completely.

Sector Performance Data
40+
Projects for government ministries, UN agencies, and multilateral organizations
100%
On-time delivery across all government and intergovernmental engagements
6
UN official languages supported across learning and digitization programs
0
Audit failures on accessibility and compliance deliverables

Our Services

What We Deliver for This Sector

Each of our four practice areas is adapted to meet the specific requirements of government and international organization mandates.