Rapid development across Africa in recent years has highlighted the need for more infrastructure that will be sustainable now and in the future. And that requires more home-grown engineers to apply their skills in local contexts.

Funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by UNOPS, the Eastern Partnership European School Scholarship Programme aims to promote secondary education opportunities for six EU Eastern Partnership countries.

The new programme will contribute to balanced socio-economic development of southern part of the country.

Over the years, we’ve worked hand-in-hand with the European Union (EU) to implement development projects across the globe, often in some of the world’s most challenging locations. To mark the start of European Development Days, we’re looking at some of the ways UNOPS has supported the EU. Here are just a few of those projects.

For many people around the world, a lack of economic opportunities often means leaving not only one’s community, but one’s country to search for work. But not for Erkan Hadžić.

UNOPS will help improve access to markets and socio-economic facilities for some of the most vulnerable populations in the Gambia.

UNOPS Executive Director Grete Faremo visited Serbia 25-28 September 2017 to meet with Serbian government officials, as well as ambassadors from Norway, Switzerland and the European Union (EU).

UNOPS infrastructure projects don’t just improve access to services, markets and clean water – they also help to build the systems that countries need to improve people’s health and livelihoods in the long term.

Agriculture offers great opportunities to drive development and raise living standards for millions of people in rural Myanmar.​

A new project is designed to strengthen community policing and public order in 20 districts in Ukraine.

Dagon Seikkan Township sits in the eastern part of Yangon. Between the trees and along the coast, more than 165,000 people built a life in this industrial town. Young Hlaing Hlaing Htet lives here.

Towards better movement between Serbia and Kosovo*