U. N. Office for Project Services

U. N. Office for Project Services
Author: Thomas Melito
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2010-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1437927262

The United Nations (U.N.) Office for Project Services (UNOPS) provides numerous services for its clients, including procurement and project management. Recent audits and investigations of UNOPS have revealed alleged violations of law, weak internal controls, and financial mismanagement. UNOPS officials misused some of the more than $400 million awarded to UNOPS by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) from 2004 through 2008. This report: (1) assessed the extent to which UNOPS has addressed key concerns about its internal controls; and (2) evaluated USAID's oversight of UNOPS-implemented projects. To address these objectives, the report reviewed UNOPS and USAID policies and grant documentation. Illus.

Reform for Result in the UN System

Reform for Result in the UN System
Author: D. Dijkzeul
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2000-06-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0333977513

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is the only UN organization that is self-financing through fees earned on project management/provision of services in all development and humanitarian fields. Following a disruptive merger process its future looked in doubt. Combining perspectives from the disciplines of international relations, business and public administration, this book describes and analyses the ensuing reform, its problems and successes, as well as its relevance to other UN organizations and New Public Management theory.

Reform for Result in the UN System

Reform for Result in the UN System
Author: D. Dijkzeul
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781349422524

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is the only UN organization that is self-financing through fees earned on project management/provision of services in all development and humanitarian fields. Following a disruptive merger process its future looked in doubt. Combining perspectives from the disciplines of international relations, business and public administration, this book describes and analyses the ensuing reform, its problems and successes, as well as its relevance to other UN organizations and New Public Management theory.

UNOPS

UNOPS
Author: UN. Office for Project Services Management Coordination Committee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 6
Release: 2003
Genre:
ISBN: