United Nations Office for Project Services
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The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is a United Nations agency dedicated to implementing humanitarian and development projects for the United Nations System, international financial institutions, governments and other partners around the world, with a focus on infrastructure, procurement and project management The organization's global headquarters is located at the UN City campus in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1] UNOPS delivers around $3 billion worth of development projects for its partners every year. Its activities have ranged from managing the construction of schools in Afghanistan, to building shelters in Haiti, to procuring ambulances to support the Ebola response in Liberia.
Abbreviation | UNOPS |
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Formation | December 1973 (as an office of United Nations Development Programme); January 1995 (as an independent agency) |
Type | Independent self-financing member of the United Nations family |
Legal status | Active |
Headquarters | UN City, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Executive Director | Jorge Moreira da Silva |
Parent organization | United Nations System |
Website | http://www.unops.org |
UNOPS is a member of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board and Senior Management Group, the Environment Management Group (EMG), the United Nations Sustainable Development Group[2] and works closely with UN partners, governments, international financial institutions and multilateral development banks, such as: the World Bank, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, United Nations Department of Peace Operations, Government of Argentina, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the European Union, and the government of the United States.