Tag: UNOPS

SOGREA Initiative Launches €22 Million Investment Facility to Accelerate Green Mini-Grid Deployment in Sierra Leone

Stuart Mitchell

The Salone Off-Grid Renewable Energy Acceleration (SOGREA) Initiative has officially launched its Investment Support Windows, a crucial mechanism set to catalyse private sector investment in Green Mini-Grids (GMGs). Funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), with its hosted entity Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), in partnership with the Government of Sierra Leone (GOSL), the initiative features an indicative total of €22 million in catalytic investment support incentivizing private developers/operators to develop, finance, build, own, and operate mini-grids across rural Sierra…

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UNOPS and ILO join forces to strengthen the UN’s sustainable procurement processes

Stuart Mitchell

The ILO and UNOPS have signed an agreement that will allow both agencies to assess the use of the UNOPS Supplier Sustainability Programme through Delivering Responsibility in Vendor Engagement – or DRiVE – and the benefit that DRiVE can potentially bring to procurement and supply chains in the UN system. The ambition is to eventually expand the use of DRiVE within the wider UN operational environment and build on a One UN approach to sustainable procurement. Today, at the 36th session of the High-Level Committee on Management (HLCM) Procurement Network…

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