One year on: Cyclone Idai recovery efforts continue in Zimbabwe In March 2019, Cyclone Idai destroyed approximately 50,000 households and displaced over 60,000 people in the country, causing as much as $622 million…
Possibilities Portal Through the Possibilities Portal, UNOPS engages with the private sector and the supplier community to raise its awareness of the “possibilities” available…
Investing in homes to reduce poverty and hunger The vast majority of Colombia’s poor live in rural areas. Forty-five percent of the population live under the national poverty line, surviving on less…
Advancing the 2030 Agenda through sustainable procurement At the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development in Beirut, a UNOPS-hosted session explored the transformative role of sustainable procurement.
Fighting climate change with resilience in Timor-Leste In partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UNOPS is working to enhance early warning systems and build greater resilience to…
Improving data collection in The Gambia New vehicles procured by UNOPS with funding from the World Bank will improve the mobility of data collectors in the country.
Humanitarian hotline handles over 50,000 calls from Afghans in need… Awaaz Afghanistan, the country’s first nationwide inter-agency humanitarian call centre, offers a single point of contact for all Afghans – including…
Statement to the First regular session of the Executive Board 2023 Statement by Jens Wandel, Acting Executive Director of UNOPS, at the First regular session of the Executive Board, 31 January 2023
Network for climate action moves forward The Santiago network for Loss and Damage will catalyze technical assistance and boost the capacity of vulnerable developing countries to effectively…
Internal Audit and Investigation Group The Internal Audit and Investigation Group (IAIG) leads the Executive Director's investigations into alleged fraud, corruption, waste of resources, sexual…