Statement in response to independent reviews of UNOPS S3i | NEWS
In its key findings, KPMG notes: Leadership failures at the highest level, pushing through investments, disregarding red flags and creating an opportunity for fraud.
In its key findings, KPMG notes: Leadership failures at the highest level, pushing through investments, disregarding red flags and creating an opportunity for fraud.
UNOPS was also able to use savings in the project's budget to furnish the administration blocks with new office equipment.
The estimated millions of dollars in savings allow the government to buy more drugs and equipment. A real dividend for the people of Honduras.
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So what makes this version so special? An important consideration is what these initiatives are not.
The items support the needs of the NPU formulated earlier in the winter, when large parts of the country suffered power and heating outages.
On the contrary, in 2021 we saw significant progress on the energy front. We signed a landmark investment deal that will build a 250MW solar farm, with partners including the Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries. This project will help bring clean energy to around half a million people in Western India.
Our towering S3i commitment to help build more than 860000 homes over the next decade, in Kenya, Ghana, India, Pakistan and across the Caribbean, makes a tangible difference in people's lives. In Kenya, the first of 100000 planned homes has been built, in a scheme that – to quote President Uhuru Kenyatta - “addresses the lack of access to affordable and accessible financing for ordinary Kenyans who want to own an affordable home.” In Antigua and Barbuda, Prime Minister Gaston Browne recently said his government “fully endorsed” our work on affordable housing.
An example can be seen today, in Sierra Leone. Last month's flooding and mudslides devastated the lives of thousands. As part of the co-ordinated UN response, we are providing technical expertise.
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