General Background
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.
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.
UNOPS has signed an agreement with the United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism (UNOCT) to implement the project activities for UNOCT Special Projects and Innovation Branch (SPIB).
The United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel Programme (CTTP) is an initiative of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and is implemented through an ‘All-of-UN’ approach in partnership with the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the United Nations Office of Information and Communication Technology (OICT), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL).
The CTTP seeks to assist Member States to build their capacities to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and other serious crimes, including their related travel, by collecting and analysing passenger data, both API and PNR, making better use of existing international databases and enhancing information exchange, in accordance with Security Council resolution 2178 (2014), 2396 (2017), 2482 (2019), ICAO Annex 9 SARPs and other international law obligations.
The Programme was launched on 7 May 2019 in New York in the presence of the United Nations Secretary-General, following the transfer of an analytical software system to the United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism by the Government of the Netherlands at the margins of the High-Level Segment of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly, on 26 September 2018.
Since the launch, CTTP has been supporting Member States using the following methodology. After determining a State’s existing level of implementation, the Programme produces a “roadmap” for the Member State that identifies subsequent steps for implementation across four pillars:
- Pillar I involves the provision of legislative assistance to establish a legal framework or update existing legislation governing the Passenger Information Unit (PIU).
- Pillar II involves institutional set-up of Passenger Information Units (PIU) and capacity-building support, including training, drafting standard operating procedures, and sharing expertise among countries on the use of travel data to stem the flow of FTFs and serious criminals.
- Pillar III involves supporting beneficiary member states in setting up carrier engagement and connectivity, by actively coordinating with the carriers in beneficiary countries.
- Pillar IV involves the provision of technical support and expertise, in the deployment, installation, enhancement and maintenance support of ‘goTravel’, the UN configured version of the system donated by the Kingdom of Netherlands, as an effective software solution for countries to collect and process API/PNR data.
The incumbent of this position will be a personnel of UNOPS under its full responsibility.