UNOPS and UK Aid launch UNOPS Possibilities (UP) Forum in Myanmar The fourth edition of the UP Forum kicked off in Yangon, in partnership with the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID).
Lighting up rural Sierra Leone The Ministry of Energy’s Rural Renewable Energy Project, funded by UK Aid, will benefit up to 360,000* people in Sierra Leone by using solar energy to…
New UNOPS Possibilities (UP) Forum launches in Ethiopia The two-day event in Addis Ababa brought together local entrepreneurs with procurement practitioners from UNOPS and the UK Department for International…
Lighting the way for those affected by disaster With funding from the UK’s Department for International Development, UNOPS distributes 1,000 solar lanterns to Sierra Leone’s Office of National Security
How can organizations imagine the unexpected? Speech by Grete Faremo, Under Secretary General and Executive Director of UNOPS at the EFQM Forum Event in Madrid, 26 October 2017
UNOPS names leading personalities in global finance to its Investment… UNOPS has announced the creation of a new Investment Committee consisting of senior and highly respected figures in the international financial industry…
UNOPS Executive Director delivers TEDx talk tackling inequality in… Grete Faremo led the event at TEDxFrederiksberg held in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark
Sustainable water supply for towns in Darfur The Darfur Urban Water Supply Project has helped improve the availability of clean water for over 240,000 people in four state capitals in western Sudan.
Ambitions to action From rising sea levels to extreme weather events, the impacts of climate change are being felt by communities in every corner of the world. Vulnerable…
Statement to the Annual Session of the Executive Board 2020 Statement by Grete Faremo, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNOPS, to UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board Annual Session, New York – 3 June…