Trillions of dollars will be needed annually to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. World leaders meet in Brussels to shape financing global development needs.

This year, the focus for World Day Against Child Labour – marked on 12 June – is on child labour in supply chains. With 168 million children still in child labour, all supply chains, from agriculture to manufacturing, services to construction, run the risk that child labour may be present.

The Government of Japan is funding a $3.2 million UNOPS-implemented project designed to assist Somali’s federal police force.

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, and UNOPS chief Grete Faremo, met in Kosovo this week.

This week the Italian Development Cooperation (IDC) in collaboration with UNOPS announced a donation of two vehicles to the Italian NGO, Doctors with Africa, CUAMM.

UNOPS chief Grete Faremo discusses infrastructure and humanitarian needs with President Petro Poroshenko

The Italian Government, through the Italian Development Cooperation, will provide €500,000 for a new UNOPS-implemented project in Kassala State.

Implemented by UNOPS on behalf of the Government of Canada the new project comes as part of Canada’s continuing support to Iraq.

The Government of Japan and South Sudan’s Ministry of Transportation, Roads and Bridges jointly inaugurated on 28 April a river port in Mingkaman.

“My life has been very gloomy and cold, but I know my sun will shine.” – Yama Tamang, survivor of the Nepal earthquake.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and UNOPS signed an agreement on 16 April to work together on key projects around the world in an effort to improve the lives of people in need.

About 15,000 Afghans are set to benefit from more reliable and better access to electricity under a $5 million renewable energy project funded by the Government of Japan.