Speech by Grete Faremo, Under Secretary Gene​ral and Executiv​e Director of UNOPS, at the UN Global ​Compact Leaders​ Summit 2016​, New York, 22​ June 2016​​

Each day, war forces thousands of families to flee their homes. To escape the violence, they often leave everything behind. Since the beginning of the Syria​ crisis, UNOPS has supported individuals and families who have been affected. This World Refugee Day, we stand #WithRefugees.​

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

Speech by Grete Faremo, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNOPS, at the Oslo Forum, Oslo, 13 ​June 2016​

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.

A day in the life of Mary Lau Makur, a local nurse in South Sudan.

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.

Behind the scenes: personal stories from temporary settlements in Jordan and Iraq

Op-ed by Grete Faremo, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNOPS, and Kevin Jenkins, President and CEO of World Vision International, ​in the Huffington Post, 23 May 2016

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