The openIMIS Initiative is happy to announce the last software release of openIMIS for this year. The developers committee has again bundled an exiting mix of first software release of 2024 – it’s a big one! Thanks to enhanced functionalities developed through the integration of CORE-MIS, openIMIS now supports the main activities in all four phases of the social protection delivery chain (Assess, Enroll, Provide, Manage). Everything from intake and registration to basic targeting and payment of benefits can now be managed using openIMIS.

With this latest release, openIMIS is well on its way to functioning as a full-fledged social registry. It supports the management of individuals, including filtering by key characteristics and enrolment into various programs. We encourage interested developers and implementers to join us as we work to continue to enhance openIMIS’ functionalities as a robust and dynamic social protection information system.

As always, the developers committee has bundled an exciting mix of other updates and additions into this release:

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• The first results of the merger with the CORE-MIS software from The WorldBank are now included in the package as a preview. The experience of both communities qualify openIMIS even more for use cases in universal social protection such as unconditional cash transfer or its implementation as a unified beneficiary registerWorld Bank has further evolved. openIMIS can now cover the basic processes of a full social protection delivery chain from intake and simple targeting to payout of benefits.

• The team from Nepal has again contributed a number of features back into the main package that proved useful during daily work with the system.

• An impressive number of Many bug fixes and performance improvements was were applied based on feedback from the field.

• Improvement of the mobile apps.

Feel free to browse the detailed list of changes in the Release Notes and check out the usual links for further information and downloads:

• Demo server

• Download

• Documentation

Kindly be aware of the Service Desk to report issues that you might experience with this new version.

Beta Test

The openIMIS Initiative opens up the Beta testing phase to a wider audience. You are now able to play around with new features before the product is even released. Of course, the some features will might not all work as expected at this stage, but you are helping the team achieve a higher quality level by reporting the bugs that you might find. The developers' committee has again bundled an exiting mix of updates and additions into this release:

• The modular migration of openIMIS was completed: all of the legacy functionality is now available on open source technology, including the integration of the mobile apps.The first results of the merger with the CORE-MIS software from The WorldBank are now included in the package as a preview. The experience of both communities qualify openIMIS even more for use cases in universal social protection such as unconditional cash transfer or its implementation as a unified beneficiary register has further evolved. openIMIS can now cover the basic processes of a full social protection delivery chain from intake and simple targeting to payout of benefits.

• The team from Nepal has again contributed a number of features back into the main package that proved useful during daily work with the system.

• An impressive number of Many bug fixes and performance improvements was were applied based on feedback from the field.

• Improvement of the mobile apps.

You can already try out the new version on the release server. Feel free to browse the full list of changes in the release notes and to check out the usual links for further information and testing:

• Release Server (same credentials as the Demo server)

• Testing scenarios / Instructions

• Test Management Platform

• Documentation (might not be fully updated to the new release, yet)

Kindly be aware of the Service Desk to report issues that you might experience with this new version.

If want to take it further and wish to participate in the official beta testing, please contact Saurav Bhattarai (saurav.bhattarai@giz.de) or leave a comment on this page.

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• Various bug fixes

Kindly be aware that not all developers are maintaining their tickets in a public Jira project. These will not be visible in the lists below.

In that case kindly refer to the github repositories to follow up detailed changes.