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The UN Office for Project Services

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 201 5. Chagcharan Afghanistan 2009. Chagcharan Afghanistan 2011.

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The UN Office for Project Services

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  1. 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

  2. Chagcharan Afghanistan 2009

  3. Chagcharan Afghanistan 2011

  4. Engaging the Community

  5. Serbia Before

  6. Serbia After

  7. 30 CONSTRUCTED OR REHABILITADED SCHOOLS and 01 UNIVERSITY

  8. Port au PrinceHaiti 2010

  9. Port au PrinceHaiti 2013

  10. Port au PrinceHaiti 2013

  11. What is unops? • Operational arm of the United Nations Support sister UN Agencies, Governments, NGOs in three main areas SUSTAINABLE • INFRASTRUCTURE • PROCUREMENT • PROJECT MANAGEMENT

  12. KEY RESULTS

  13. 1,249 >250 PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED PROJECT MANAGERS On behalf of partners

  14. Where we work (2014)

  15. Sustainable PM

  16. Sustainable Project Management • But what does “Sustainable” Project Management means? Aim of results + How we implement 2 1 HOW Our teams embed cross-cutting initiatives, such as how to get the best community support, into their project planning and implementation phases. AIMProjects and programmes comply to strict criteria concerning environmental and social scope and planned results beforethey are initiated.

  17. Sustainable Project Management PM Project Management PROJECT MANAGEMENT I Infrastructure P Procurement

  18. Sustainable Project Management • STRATEGIC PORTFOLIO OFFICE • Oversight UNOPS Portfolio • Plans, prioritization, strategy support • Field Missions • Engagement Acceptance PM Project Management PROJECT MANAGEMENT I Infrastructure P Procurement

  19. Sustainability Marker and gri Maximizing the sustainability potential of our partner’s projects National capacity Score: 2 EconomicScore: 1 EnvironmentalScore: 2 Where we should be headed SocialScore: 3

  20. Sustainable Project Management • BEST PRACTICES • Methodology • Tools • Training • Community engagement • Gender PM Project Management PROJECT MANAGEMENT I Infrastructure P Procurement

  21. Gender Toolkit • Guidelines and guidance to include gender aspects in all UNOPS projects • Aligned with UNOPS Project Management methodology • Case Studies

  22. Project Management Tools

  23. Sustainable Project Management • SERVICES DELIVERY • Advisory services • PM Online Training • Project Planning • Project Office Implementation PM Project Management PROJECT MANAGEMENT I Infrastructure P Procurement

  24. Global Credentials UNOPS continuously benchmarks against external bodies, striving for external certifications of processes and adopting internationally recognized best practices and standards.

  25. 2014 Project Management Work (SPMPG) • Support projects in 123countries • More than 450 new projects (leads) evaluated per year • Capacity building workshops with more than 2700people attending the workshops in 30 countries • 160 UNOPS Project Managers trained this year and 415in the UNOPS Certified Project Manager Program • PM Online Training for UNOPS and partners with more than 1810students attending in French, Spanish, English and Arabic

  26. Our Team – 25 countries

  27. What makes our projects different?

  28. Erbil –Kurdistan - Iraq 15/04/2015 - 13:20 Ainkawa Café

  29. Erbil –Kurdistan - Iraq 17/04/2015 - 17:40 Ainkawa Café

  30. Post Conflict / Disaster Conditions

  31. Post Conflict / Disaster Conditions

  32. Remote Locations

  33. Extreme Work Conditions

  34. Instability

  35. Cultural Diversity

  36. Staff Safety

  37. Logistics and Local Infrastructure

  38. Poverty

  39. How We Address Complexity? 5 Believes The is no perfect solution. Done is better than perfect. 1 It is impossible to wait for stability to start working. 2 Problems will happen. We need to be prepared to handle them. 3 Think long term but act in the short term. 4 Get the most out of limited resources. 5

  40. Many thanks! ricardov@unops.org @rvvargas

  41. Better projects, better livesUNOPS Sustainable Project Management Practice Group

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