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UNOPS Executive Director
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Ms. Grete Faremo joined UNOPS as Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director in August 2014. She brings with her a wealth of knowledge and expertise, having held several high-level positions for the Government of Norway as well as years of experience in the private sector.
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Opinion
Getting COVID-19 jabs to the world’s hardest-to-reach people is a monumental taskBy Grete Faremo, UNOPS Executive Director
COVID-19 exposed and increased the vast inequalities of our world. Now, the effort to vaccinate humanity risks creating the latest front in global inequality.
Devastating natural disasters show the need for resilient, sustainable and inclusive infrastructureBy Nick O’Regan, UNOPS Director of Implementation Practices and Standards
The infrastructure we invest in today needs to be fit for the needs of present and future generations – and we can no longer afford to get it wrong.
The Executive Director of a UN agency on running it like a businessBy Grete Faremo, UNOPS Executive Director
With a business model that combines the best of the UN and the private sector, what does it take to run an organization like UNOPS?
