UNOPS is providing operational support to the country’s new electoral complaints commission.

Under-Secretary General and UNOPS Executive Director Grete Faremo held high-level meetings with Israeli and Palestinian authorities earlier today, aimed at strengthening support to the Middle East peace process.

Promoting sustainable procurement in the UN

The Annual Statistical Report on UN Procurement provides data and analysis on the goods and services procured by the United Nations system in support of its operations around the world.

UNOPS helps contribute to a UN "fit for purpose" by ensuring a high level of excellence and risk management in our implementation operations, while promoting resilience and national ownership throughout all of our work. This year's brochure provides an overview of who we are, where we work, our priorities and our main partners. It also showcases key results achieved in 2014 and examples from our work around the world, from Afghanistan and Haiti to Liberia and Myanmar. In 2014, we supported more than 1,200 projects in over 80 countries on behalf of our partners.

‘Climate change pioneers’ is hardly what the fishermen and rubber tappers of Buntoi envisaged they would one day become.

Sustainability, focus, excellence and an emphasis on national capacity – these are the key messages of UNOPS strategic plan, 2014-2017. The strategic plan provides direction and focus for UNOPS and states how we will contribute to the peacebuilding, humanitarian and development results of our partners.

The 2013 Annual Statistical Report on UN Procurement also features a thematic supplement on a key issue in procurement. For 2013, the focus of the supplement is on procurement and innovation. In the context of the global drive to find innovative solutions to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and shape a post-2015 development agenda, the supplement provides an overview of the benefits and challenges of implementing innovative procurement. It contains a range of articles and case studies from academia, the public and private sectors and the United Nations.

The Annual Statistical Report on UN Procurement provides data and analysis on the goods and services procured by the United Nations system in support of its operations around the world.

A large-scale reconstruction project is benefiting more than 33,000 Haitian families whose neighbourhoods were destroyed by the 2010 earthquake.