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Represented UNOPS at #SyriaConf2024 today. UNOPS is committed to supporting collective efforts of International community for better, resilient and dignified tomorrow for the people of Syria and host communities.

🇩🇪🇺🇳Excellent exchange between Usman AKRAM and the German Foreign Affairs Office GermanForeignOffice on the #MiddleEast, including the United Nations mechanism to accelerate aid into Gaza, the UN Verification Inspection Mechanism for Yemen, & UNOPS' key role in operationalizing the #HDP nexus

Officials from Germany in Lebanon 🇩🇪🇱🇧, KfW Development Bank & winner of the Ambassador For A Day (AFAD) competition Lynn Farah, visited one of SiMA’s solar lighting projects in Bourj Hammoud, implemented by UNOPS. KfW Development Bank. Know more about AFAD shorturl.at/mjMHv

🇺🇳🇩🇪Insightful conversations with KfW Development Bank on ongoing cooperation and potential areas of collaboration in the #MiddleEast on Transitional Development Assistance, and continued support in the #health, #education, #WASH and shelter sectors. #SDGs

Works are ongoing: Local communities will enjoy better safety and enhanced visibility at night, thanks to Bourj Hammoud Centralised Lighting, as part of SiMA interventions funded by Germany in Lebanon 🇩🇪🇱🇧 thru KfW Development Bank, implemented by UNOPS.

We are delighted to announce signing 2 grant agreements with Saint-Joseph University of #Beirut & NAHNOO to support the operational maintenance of Jesuit Garden & Karantia Garden, as part of SiMA interventions funded by Germany in Lebanon 🇩🇪🇱🇧 thru KfW Development Bank, implemented by UNOPS

In Al-shihr, #Yemen, 200K residents are benefiting from improved access to clean water.  As part of the IDA - World Bank-funded Yemen Integrated Urban Services Emergency Project, UNOPS Yemen is enhancing critical urban services across the country: bit.ly/3pH1CQx

In #Yemen, widespread damage to infrastructure, including the country’s electricity grid, has severely restricted access to essential services. With IDA - World Bank funds, UNOPS Yemen is providing off-grid renewable energy solutions to power communities. bit.ly/4cVZNGV

It was a pleasure to see US Ambassador to Yemen Steven Fagin U.S. Embassy Yemen السفارة الأمريكية لدى اليمن during his visit to the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) in Djibouti. In our discussions, I thanked him for the United States' steadfast support for the mechanism.

In war-torn Yemen, over 3M people are benefiting from improved access to essential services. With IDA - World Bank, we’re committed to providing the practical solutions needed to build #OurCommonFuture. bit.ly/4gmWivB

We stand ready to advance #ClimateAction & help get the #SDGs back on track – providing practical solutions to global challenges. We're joining the discussions around #UNGA79 to translate commitments to actions. #OurCommonFuture bit.ly/3Xnqcao | UNOPS

Happening now: Final workshop - through strategic coordination of ways forward for humanitarian #MineAction interventions in #Yemen, UNOPS & UN Yemen with EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 funding supported extensive stakeholder engagements . Read more about the joint efforts shorturl.at/DGWCg

Funded by The Gov't of Japan 🇯🇵, UNOPS strengthened access to health services across #Jordan, providing 92 dialysis machines & 28 patients monitors to 13 Royal Medical Services facilities. Get to know more!! #SDG3 📽️ shorturl.at/c9sM1 📝 shorturl.at/oawGo

Productive meeting with Eng. Nmair Makhlouf, Homs Governor in #Syria. We discussed progress on the Japan-funded Homs Grand Hospital  shorturl.at/U8CEn; and collaboration with UNOPS in support of emerging priorities in Homs Governorate.

Another fruitful meeting with Dr. Ahmed Damirieh, the Syrian Minister of Health. Effective partnerships are crucial to supporting the health sector in #Syria to improve the lives of people through enhanced access to healthcare and life saving services. sana.sy/en/?p=339010

Climate change threatens health, safety & livelihoods. Across the Middle East, we’re providing practical solutions to help communities build resilience & advance #ClimateAction. #COP29 | UNOPS Middle East

استقبل مدير عام #الصندوق_الكويتي للتنمية بالوكالة السيد/ وليد شملان البحر ممثل و مدير مركز العمليات التابع لمكتب الأمم المتحدة لخدمات المشاريع في عمّان (UNOPS) السيد/ محمد عثمان أكرم والوفد المرافق له. . وقد حضر الاستقبال عدد من مسؤولي الصندوق الكويتي للتنمية.

UNOPS Representative & Director and Acting DG of الصندوق الكويتي للتنمية met in #Kuwait to discuss global & regional challenges and explore potential partnership opportunities to support countries' development while contributing to the #SDGs .

It was my pleasure to sign an MOU with Dr. Dr. Fadi A. Makki - establishing a collaboration framework #OMSARgov to advance digital transformation and public sector modernization in #Lebanon.