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The UN Office for Project Services and Its Unique Experience in the World of Humanitarian Projects
Ricardo VargasDirector, Infrastructure and Project Management, United Nations Office for Project Services
20 November 2015
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Engaging the Community
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30 SCHOOLS and CONSTRUCTED OR REHABILITADED01UNIVERSITY
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Port au PrinceHaiti
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14 WHAT IS UNOPS?
INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE
Operational arm of the United NationsSupport sister UN Agencies, Governments, NGOs in three main areas
15 KEY RESULTS
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1,249PROJECTSIMPLEMENTED
On behalf of partners
>250PROJECTMANAGERS
17 WHERE WE WORK (2014)
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Sustainable PM
19 SUSTAINABLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
But what does “Sustainable” Project Management means?
Aim of results + How we implement
1 2AIMProjects and programmes comply to strict criteria concerning environmental and social scope and planned results before they are initiated.
HOWOur teams embed cross-cutting initiatives, such as how to get the best community support, into their project planning and implementation phases.
20 SUSTAINABLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Strategic Portfolio Office
Best Practices
Services & Delivery
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STRATEGIC PORTFOLIO OFFICEOversight UNOPS PortfolioPlans, prioritization, strategy support
Field MissionsEngagement Acceptance
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22 SUSTAINABILITY MARKER AND GRI
Where we should be headed
Environmental
Score: 2
EconomicScore: 1
SocialScore: 3
National capacityScore: 2
Maximizing the sustainability potential of our partner’s projects
23 SUSTAINABLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
BEST PRACTICESMethodologyToolsTrainingCommunity engagement Gender
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24 GENDER TOOLKIT
Guidelines and guidance to include gender aspects in all UNOPS projects
Aligned with UNOPS Project Management methodology
Case Studies
25 PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS
26 SUSTAINABLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
SERVICES DELIVERYAdvisory servicesPM Online TrainingProject PlanningProject Office Implementation
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27 GLOBAL CREDENTIALS
UNOPS continuously benchmarks against external bodies, striving for external certifications of processes
and adopting internationally recognized best practices and
standards.
28 2014 PROJECT MANAGEMENT WORK (SPMPG)
Support projects in 123 countries
More than 450 new projects (leads) evaluated per year
Capacity building workshops with more than 2700 people attending the workshops in 30 countries
160 UNOPS Project Managers trained this year and 415 in the UNOPS Certified Project Manager Program
PM Online Training for UNOPS and partners with more than 1810 students attending in French, Spanish, English and Arabic
29 OUR TEAM – 25 COUNTRIES
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What makes ourprojects different?
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Erbil – Kurdistan - Iraq15/04/2015 - 13:20Ainkawa Café
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Erbil – Kurdistan - Iraq17/04/2015 - 17:40Ainkawa Café
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Post Conflict / Disaster Conditions
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Post Conflict / Disaster Conditions
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Remote Locations
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Extreme Work Conditions
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Instability
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Cultural Diversity
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Staff Safety
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Logistics and Local Infrastructure
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Poverty
42 HOW WE ADDRESS COMPLEXITY? 5 BELIEVES
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The is no perfect solution. Done is better than perfect.
It is impossible to wait for stability to start working.
Problems will happen. We need to be prepared to handle them.
Think long term but act in the short term.
Get the most out of limited resources.
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Many thanks! ricardov@unops.org@rvvargas
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Better projects, better livesUNOPS Sustainable Project Management Practice Group