UNOPS office for the English and Dutch Speaking
Caribbean is based in St Lucia a...
UNOPS office for the English and Dutch Speaking
Caribbean is based in St Lucia and currently oversees several infrastructure
projects (both implementation and technical assistance) in Belize, Jamaica, Dominica,
St Lucia, St Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad and Curacao.
In
Jamaica, there is a plan for the establishment of a UN House in an existing
4-story Conference Centre building located in Kingston designated by the
government, to collocate most of the UN Agencies present in Jamaica. To accommodate the new activities, the
building requires refurbishment to:
- Reduce
operation costs
- Incorporate UN
values into design. Including gender and climate sensitivity reviews (green
concepts such as energy efficient ventilation and air conditioning system,
lighting, etc. will be analysed and proposed in a phased approached).
- Foster
interagency cooperation
- Provide a
secure, effective and conducive work environment for employees
- Provide more
opportunity for team work/collegiality
- Improve
flexibility in space use
- Allocation of
office space in rationalized, simplified and streamlined ways
- Realize
organizational values of openness
- Maximal use of
daylight and views
- Reduce wasted
double circulation
UNOPS
is to be engaged to manage the refurbishment project on behalf of the UN
Agencies. The project will be carried out in two main phases, the first being
feasibility/concept development, with a duration of 6 months, and the second
being design/construction, estimated to take another year or two.