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About<br />
UNOPS<br />
UNOPS is a central resource for project management,<br />
infrastructure and procurement at the United Nations,<br />
providing a range of high quality, cost-effective project<br />
management services to its partners in support of the 2030<br />
Agenda. In 2016, UNOPS implemented more than 1,000<br />
projects worth over $1.4 billion, often in some of the most<br />
challenging and fragile environments. UNOPS has earned high<br />
recognition with its consistently clean audit results, its effective<br />
and agile administrative processes, its continuous acquisition<br />
of independent certifications on its services, and strong<br />
partner satisfaction ratings.<br />
A global initiative in support of sustainable urban<br />
development, <strong>Cities</strong> <strong>Alliance</strong> is hosted by the UNOPS<br />
Geneva Office, through which it is supported in advisory,<br />
implementation and transactional services. The Geneva office<br />
is a central resource for several global partnerships, hosting<br />
entities such as the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative<br />
Council (WSSCC), the Stop TB Partnership, Scaling Up<br />
Nutrition (SUN), and the Platform for Disaster Displacement<br />
(PDD).<br />
As a demand-driven and self-financed operational resource<br />
for the UN, UNOPS provides a framework through which <strong>Cities</strong><br />
<strong>Alliance</strong> may implement its work – ensuring accountability,<br />
transparency, and providing the privileges and immunities<br />
of the UN – while allowing <strong>Cities</strong> <strong>Alliance</strong> to govern its own<br />
mandate and maintain its clear brand and identity.<br />
UNOPS remains committed to supporting <strong>Cities</strong> <strong>Alliance</strong> in<br />
accomplishing its goals in support of the 2030 Agenda, to<br />
strengthening partnership in the implementation of the New<br />
Urban Agenda, and to focusing on SDGs 11 on cities and 5 on<br />
gender equality.<br />
UNOPS continues to facilitate <strong>Cities</strong> <strong>Alliance</strong>’s work in<br />
developing joint actions with national governments,<br />
local governments, multilateral institutes and civil society<br />
organisations to make cities more inclusive, safe, resilient and<br />
sustainable.<br />
UNOPS provides a<br />
framework for <strong>Cities</strong><br />
<strong>Alliance</strong> to implement<br />
its work while allowing<br />
the partnership to<br />
govern its own mandate<br />
and maintain its clear<br />
brand and identity.<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> | <strong>2018</strong> 55
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