Enabling poor rural people
to overcome poverty



1. Go to the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) web site

2. A complete guide to UNGM is available on the site.

3. Select the “Registration” tab on the main menu, then select “Register as Supplier" and  enter your data:

  • Company Information
  • Export Experience; click the first or second options based on whether you are an International Vendor or a local Vendor. If you have more than 3 years of export experience you can qualify as International Vendor, otherwise you can register as Local Vendor.
  • User Information
  • Email address; please ensure to enter a valid email address
  • Registration information
  • Click on – “Save”

4. An email containing an activation link will be sent to your email address. Click on the activation link to activate your UNGM account.

You will be connected to the “UNGM Account Activation” and the following information will appear: “Your account has now been activated. You will shortly receive your login credentials in another email to access your UNGM account.”

5. Return to UNGM and login in with your new login credentials.

6. When you enter your account you will see at the bottom your “UNGM Registration Number”. At this stage you have started your registration process. Please click on “Edit / Complete your application form” to begin with the detailed Vendor information part of the registration.

7. Following the 14 steps beginning with “General Information”, please enter all the data requested paying particular attention to select “IFAD” as an agency. 

8. You must carefully identify and accurately indicate the products or services your company supplies during the registration process.  This will ensure that your company  is correctly classified for invitation to tenders that are relevant to your line of business.

9. When you have completed all the fields of a particular step, simply click the “Save” button to save that step’s information.

10. Once you have finished all 14 steps, please review your registration information, then click on “Submit” to officially submit your information to the UNGM.