Improved public spending could help countries recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and encourage sustainable development, argues UNOPS Executive Director.

The 14th edition of the European Development Days will focus on the topic of a green deal for a sustainable future. UNOPS Executive Director Grete Faremo will deliver welcome remarks for a high-level panel with UN-Habitat on sustainable urbanization.

A virtual session of the Annual Session of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board will be held 7-11 June 2021. Board documents are available on UNOPS website. The UNOPS segment will take place on 11 June from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm (New York time), during which UNOPS Executive Director Grete Faremo will deliver a statement and present UNOPS Annual Report of the Executive Director.

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 2020 Sustainability Report gives a flavour of the breadth of our support to partners around the world – helping advance sustainable and inclusive development.

Data tells a complex story of an indiscriminate opponent – mines and other explosive ordnance. But new innovations are helping us better understand them.

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.

Mine action work has long been a male-heavy field. It shouldn't be – here's how to change it.

How can inclusive infrastructure increase women’s participation in public life and enable safe access to work and opportunities?

For billions of people across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic brought life as they knew it to a stop. At UNOPS, our focus has remained resolutely on saving and improving lives.

UNOPS and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance will work together to strengthen national health systems and support vaccination efforts globally.

This event aims to find new ways to inspire, mobilize and connect people and organizations to take action on the Sustainable Development Goals. UNOPS Executive Director Grete Faremo will discuss gender, infrastructure and COVID-19 via video on 26 March at 3:30 pm (Central European Time).