The Annual Session of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board will take place in New York at UN Headquarters 3-7 June 2019. Board documents are available on the UNOPS website. The UNOPS segment will take place on 7 June from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm (New York time), during which UNOPS Executive Director Grete Faremo will deliver a statement and present UNOPS Annual Report of the Executive Director to the Executive Board. The entire meeting will be streamed live on UN Web TV.

UNOPS has been awarded the ConnXus Supplier Diversity and Inclusion Award at the 2019 Procurement Leaders World Procurement Awards held in London.

The joint meeting of the Executive boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN Women and WFP will take place in New York at the UN Headquarters.

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Focused on Asia and the Pacific, the publications provide region-specific guidance, information and case studies showcasing socially-inclusive and gender-equitable infrastructure designs.

To address the gender gap in the maritime, ports, fishing and related industries, the World Maritime University is hosting an event focusing on the theme ‘Empowering women in the maritime community.’ UNOPS Executive Director Grete Faremo is delivering a keynote address at the event.

Limiting global warming is imperative to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda. The conference will examine how best to advance joined-up efforts for the Sustainable Development Goals and climate action at the global, regional and country levels, helping to scale up levels of ambition towards these objectives. UNOPS Executive Director Grete Faremo is delivering the opening remarks at the event.

Grete Faremo joins UN Women’s Executive Director at a side-event on the margins of the 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.

Remarks by Grete Faremo, Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director at the UN Women side-event 13 March 2019, 15.00-16.15, UN Headquarters, Conference Room 11, New York

Grete Faremo speaks at opening day of the 63rd Session on the Commission of the Status of Women in New York.

‘sustainABLE’ will provide project partners, developers and others working in the development sector with practical actions that will help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Statement by Grete Faremo, Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director 11 March 2019, UN Headquarters, Conference Room 12, New York