Opening speech by Grete Faremo, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNOPS, at the International Conference on European Development Aid Post-2015, Luxembourg, 20 October 2015

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Content Index for 2015 contains references to the required GRI disclosures or reasons for omission, as well as additional data and information to complement the 2015 Sustainability Report. The Index has been prepared in accordance with GRI guidelines and complies with its Core option.

Some 63,000 small farmers living in rural poverty and operating in vulnerable ecosystems will benefit from a series of environmental studies in Peru.

UNOPS first-ever Sustainability Report profiles the organization's work around the world in 2015. We are the first UN organization to report on sustainability using the Global Reporting Initiative model. "Our Common World" showcases UNOPS contribution to sustainable development, by profiling the organization and its people, partnership goals and work on the ground, as well as the impact of UNOPS operations on the planet.

The Annual Statistical Report on UN Procurement provides data and analysis on the goods and services procured by the United Nations system in support of its operations around the world.

'Future Proofing Procurement' poses the ​question: How can we ensure that the procurement field is equipped to meet the world's most complex issues? Contributors from across the public and private sector, as well as academia, propose innovative solutions to challenges in procurement – while also using procurement as a driving force to solve some of the humanitarian and development challenges of our time.

New school facilities are helping nearly 7,000 children from the Kilinochchi District in the northern region of Sri Lanka access education services in a safe and child friendly environment.

To celebrate UNOPS 20th anniversary we will be exploring some of our past achievements. This includes our work in 2006, where following the civil war, Nepal was left littered with landmines and explosive remnants of war.

A UNOPS-supported small grants programme has provided financial and administrative support to Iraqi non-governmental organizations (NGOs) all over the country, allowing them to provide vital assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs).

Remarks by Grete Faremo, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNOPS, at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Round Table 6), Addis Ababa, 16 July 2015