Taken from Ministry of Health PAHO WHO.

Clients appreciate UNOPS speed, transparency and cost effectiveness.

As a result, UNOPS no longer uses the inter office voucher account.

Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization (PAHO WHO), summary of basic data and health indicators, Nicaragua, 1999 (www.ops.org.

The table below presents established delivery targets grouped by UNOPS business unit.

The Board also notes that UNOPS experienced challenges relating to the integrity of its financial data.

Comment by the Administration. UNOPS has implemented internal control procedures to ensure that project budgets are approved in Atlas before the funds can be used.

UNOPS attributes these project overruns to the reasons for overriding the Atlas budget check function, mentioned above.

UNOPS will actively pursue additional partnerships with the full range of United Nations entities.

The inter office voucher account was used for the imprest account transactions effected by UNDP on behalf of UNOPS.

This represented an increase in the UNOPS share of the application service provider fee, which is beyond its control.

A service level agreement for UNOPS was expected to be concluded by the second quarter of 2005.

UNOPS provides start up funds from its administrative budget only in order to leverage the first one or two projects.

At the same time, the durable viability of UNOPS will require a reduction in the cost base of its operations.

The Unit will now resume discussions with the Office of Internal Oversight Services on possible coordinated evaluations and other joint projects.

Comment by the Administration. In addition to appointments of limited duration, UNOPS also administers UNFPA special service agreements.

Management services agreements (MSAs) may also decline in value as UNOPS undertakes direct contracts with IFIs and with governments for infrastructure works.

The Board notes that the UNOPS action plan may give rise to restructuring and rationalization processes to maintain sustainability.

UNOPS has become a member of the Working Group on Common Services, to which it will contribute its experience in this area.

UNOPS is valued for its ability to provide professional solutions to help clients achieve their objectives.

Consulting services now include project management, UNIX administration in Geneva, system administration in New York and help desk services.

UNOPS requires a one month lead time for recruitment under such contracts and this deadline has been strictly adhered to.

The Board notes that UNOPS has opted not to collaborate with UNDP and has prepared its own fraud policy.

The GoE may wish to ask CST Bureau members to organize workshops on desertification assessment for coordinating ongoing projects.

Delivery project portfolio of services

UNOPS will reduce ongoing operating expenses by 2 million in 2005 as compared to current estimates for 2004.

For the biennium 2002 2003, delays were experienced in the transportation of source documentation between the UNOPS Asia office and New York.

UNOPS procurement office is in the same building with IAPSO in Copenhagen.

The business model described above will be evaluated during 2005 and if successful, will become the basis for transforming UNOPS' project management methodology and organizational arrangements in future years.

While UNOPS will seek to continue improvements to the quality of service delivery to UNDP, it expects continued erosion in the portfolio as direct execution is expanded.

Indeed, the 2004 business acquisition level may testify not only to the demand for UNOPS services but also to the value that the speed, flexibility, project mentality and results orientation of UNOPS adds to the work of its clients.

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A summary of the approved programme budget will subsequently be issued as Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixtieth Session, Supplement No. 6 (A 60 6 Add.1).

These are detailed in the UNOPS report on implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors for the biennium 2002 2003 (DP 2005 12).

The implementation of Atlas as at 1 January 2004 enabled financial systems at UNDP country offices to interface with UNOPS for the transactions captured by UNDP on behalf of UNOPS.

(a) Welcome the significant level of business acquisition in 2004, demonstrating demand for UNOPS services

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

The UNOPS action plan report, submitted pursuant to Executive Board decision 2005 6, provides two alternative courses of action for UNOPS to restore the future viability of its operations as a self financing, independent service provider in the United Nations system.

The report provides two alternative courses of action for the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) to ensure the future viability of its operations as a self financing, independent service provider in the United Nations system

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UNOPS works with several types of clients, including host governments in the infrastructure and public works fields, and with and the World Bank.

Further analysis has subsequently been undertaken, and UNOPS has developed a set of strategic business development objectives for market positioning.

Reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services