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The UN Office for Project Services and Its Unique Experience in the World of Humanitarian Projects Ricardo Vargas Director, Infrastructure and Project Management, United Nations Office for Project Services 20 November 2015

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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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2ChagcharanAfghanistan

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3ChagcharanAfghanistan

2011

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Engaging the Community

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6Serbia

Before

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7Serbia

After

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30 SCHOOLS and CONSTRUCTED OR REHABILITADED01UNIVERSITY

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9Port au PrinceHaiti

2010

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10Port au PrinceHaiti

2013

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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

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15 KEY RESULTS

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1,249PROJECTSIMPLEMENTED

On behalf of partners

>250PROJECTMANAGERS

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17 WHERE WE WORK (2014)

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Sustainable PM

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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.

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20 SUSTAINABLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Strategic Portfolio Office

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21 SUSTAINABLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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

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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

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25 PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS

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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.

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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

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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

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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! [email protected]@rvvargas

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Better projects, better livesUNOPS Sustainable Project Management Practice Group