UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services Meeting

UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services Meeting: Meet the UN agencies in UN City 3 October 2013 Presenter: Therese Ballard Director, Sustainable Procurement Practice Group

Who we are Our mission To serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner. As central resource of the UN, we help our partners deliver their aid and development programmes in over 80 countries. 2

Who we are Over 6, 000 personnel implementing around $1 billion worth of projects. UNOPS is a not-for-profit organization and is fully self-financing, prompting efficiency and financial discipline. We provide support in three main areas: • Sustainable infrastructure • Sustainable procurement • Sustainable project management 3

What we do Our work ranges from: building shelters in Haiti to procuring bednets in Myanmar to managing a development programme in Serbia 4

Key results

UNOPS in Denmark Headquarters in the UN City complex Hosted by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Services • • Three delivery practices providing oversight & guidance for project management, infrastructure, procurement projects Administrative services: e. g. legal, internal audit, ICT, communications, etc. Partnerships and collaboration • • 8 UN organizations: Common facilities, joint events/training, networking Collaboration with local and international partners 6

Contact UNOPS in Denmark Marmorvej 51 P. O. Box 2695 2100 Copenhagen Denmark Tel: +45 45 33 75 00 Fax: +45 45 33 75 01 Email: info@unops. org www. unops. org 7