UNOPS supports partners to build a better future by providing services that increase the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of peace building, humanitarian and development projects. Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United Nations organizations.
New York Service Cluster (NYSC) supports the United Nations Secretariat, as well as other New York-based United Nations organizations, bilateral and multilateral partners in the delivery of UNOPS mandate in project management, infrastructure management, and procurement management.
The Sustainable Development Cluster (SDC) supports diverse partners with their peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations. It was formed by combining the following portfolios: Grants Management Services (GMS), UN Technology Support Services (UNTSS), Development and Special Initiatives Portfolio (DSIP). It provides Services to partners’ programmes that are designed, structured, and managed with a global perspective and primarily serving partners that are headquartered in New York. The SDC has a footprint of approximately 125 countries.
The seventh Operational Phase (OP7) of the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) in Sri Lanka aims to build upon the long-standing achievements of SGP in the country, specifically involving strengthening civil society organizations and improving socioeconomic conditions for local communities through implementation of participatory conservation, restoration, and sustainable livelihood interventions.
Expanding upon the integrated approaches initiated during the Sixth Operational Phase in the target landscapes of the Knuckles Conservation Forest, Mannar coastal region, and the urban wetlands of Colombo, the OP7 project aims to achieve broader impacts at scale and ensure sustainability of results achieved.
The three project landscapes cover expansive and complex rural and urban geographies. Globally significant biodiversity in these regions faces a variety of threats influenced by a variety of drivers. These factors, many of which have been exacerbated by the impacts of climate change, have led to biodiversity loss, degradation of fragile ecosystems, and restricted opportunities for local communities to sustain nature-based livelihoods. The project strategy addresses the threats and barriers in the target regions to generate multiple benefits for biodiversity, land degradation, climate change and the well-being of local communities through participatory, integrated land and resource management approaches implemented across socio-ecological production landscapes.
Reaching an estimated 4,000 direct beneficiaries, 50% of whom are women, the project will facilitate community-driven interventions that generate global environmental benefits, including bringing an estimated 18,000 ha under improved landscape management practices, and restoring 10,000 ha of degraded forest, agricultural, shrubland, and wetland ecosystems. The durability of the results achieved will be ensured through implementation of integrated landscape approaches, supported by multi-stakeholder governance platforms that foster enabling partnerships among civil society organizations, national and local government entities, private sector enterprises, and academic research institutions.
The incumbent of this position will be personnels of UNOPS under its full responsibility.