Better infrastructure for landlocked developing countries A new UNOPS report highlights the critical role of infrastructure in helping landlocked developing countries combat development challenges, and offers…
Building a more resilient Haiti A large-scale reconstruction project is benefiting more than 33,000 Haitian families whose neighbourhoods were destroyed by the 2010 earthquake.
Improving health surveillance and strengthening the healthcare system… Uganda's Ministry of Health received a mobile laboratory as part of the European Union-Intergovernmental Authority on Development (EU-IGAD) COVID-19…
UNOPS and Government of Ecuador sign cooperation agreement This year, UNOPS will start its first project in Ecuador to support the construction of a tramway. The project aims to improve the living conditions for…
Grete Faremo welcomes UN Secretary-General to Copenhagen Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director Grete Faremo today welcomed UN Secretary-General António Guterres to Copenhagen, Denmark, in a visit…
Statement to the Annual Session of the Executive Board 2023 Statement by Jorge Moreira da Silva, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director, to UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board Annual Session of 9 June…
Decarbonizing buildings is vital to climate action We have to focus on buildings to help mitigate the impacts of climate change. Here's why – and how to do it.
Improving livelihoods for cyclone-affected people in Zimbabwe A $72 million grant from the World Bank’s International Development Association will fund a four-year project to support livelihood recovery for…
Supporting sustainable, equitable access to water in Port Sudan UNOPS is working with UKAid to provide around 40,000 people with access to safe drinking water.
Beyond the seawall: To live and learn For the second part of our series, we travelled over 380 kilometers away from Pangani to the Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy. Here we met other…