A lack of local skills can ultimately doom a development project before it even starts. Here's how we can address it.​

Colombia is at a crossroads. Over five decades of conflict have left around 220,000 dead. Millions of people ​​have been displaced. But a peace deal between the Government and FARC guerillas aims to open a new chapter in the nation’s history. Fifty years of armed conflict appear to be ending.​

The Central Clinical Hospital of the State Border Guard Service in Kiev is one of six hospitals to benefit from a project aimed at improving diagnostic procedures in the country

UNOPS marks another milestone towards its long-term climate goals and announces full climate neutrality for its 2015 operations.

UNOPS has a long-standing relationship with Denmark. This January we met Ms. Ulla Tørnæs, Danish Minister of Development Cooperation, to talk about future priorities.

Op-ed by Grete Faremo, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNOPS, as seen in the Huffington Post, 19 December 2016​

UNOPS joined other UN agencies and international organizations in Geneva this week to formally endorse the “green” procurement of health commodities.

A new agreement with the Government of Japan signals the start of a new project that aims to develop a transport service especially for women, in parts of Pakistan.

Keynote speech by Grete Faremo, Under Secretary Gene​ral and Executiv​e Director of UNOPS, at GIIN Investors Conference, 8 December 2016​

As part of UNOPS efforts to further support sustainable procurement, the forum provided small- and medium-sized businesses, including those owned by women, with ideas and tools to encourage their success.

The new equipment will help speed up diagnostic procedures and reduce patient waiting times.