Helping governments better respond to emergencies and natural… Through a new agreement, UNOPS and the European Investment Bank will work together to target challenges to sustainable development, including climate…
Learning from and accelerating good practices of local action for… Speech by Grete Faremo, Under Secretary General and Executive Director of UNOPS at UN Ocean Conference side event: Marine and coastal management, 6 June…
Strengthening resilience in Bangladesh A new partnership between the Government of Bangladesh and several UN agencies aims to increase the country’s resilience to natural and built environment…
Sint Maarten and UNOPS sign new host country agreement UNOPS will support Sint Maarten’s efforts to build resilience to climate change, strengthen the rule of law, and advance progress towards the 2030 Agenda.
Improving living conditions in Argentina through social housing Under-Secretary-General Grete Faremo conducts official visit to Argentina to discuss infrastructure and improving living conditions.
UNOPS and UN Women bring discussion on gender and infrastructure to… The side event “What do you see? Insight to gender mainstreaming in infrastructure” included high-level speakers from Finland, Sri Lanka and Sweden, as…
Contributions needed for high-profile publication on procurement and… UNOPS is seeking diverse articles for an upcoming publication on how procurement can support the Sustainable Development Goals.
Rehabilitating East Darfur’s gum arabic belt For many years, one of Sudan’s most important exports went into decline, but a new generation of farmers are returning to gum arabic production
How can infrastructure better contribute to the achievement of SDG 5… Statement by Grete Faremo, Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director 11 March 2019, UN Headquarters, Conference Room 12, New York
UN City 10th anniversary and UN Day Celebration Remarks by Jorge Moreira da Silva, UNOPS Executive Director, at the UN City 10th anniversary and UN Day Celebration ceremony – Copenhagen, 24 October 2023