UNOPS South East Asia Multi-Country Office (EAPMCO)
The South East Asia and Pacific Multi Country Office (EAPMCO) supports, develops and oversees the UNOPS portfolio of projects in South East Asia and the Pacific. EAPMCO was established in January 2023 following the merger of the Thailand Multi-Country Office, which covered 20 countries across North East Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific, and the Cambodia Multi-Country Office, which covered 4 countries South East Asia - 3 countries in the Mekong Sub-region (Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam) and the Philippines. EAPMCO currently covers 24 countries across North East Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific. With its head office in Bangkok, the Multi-Country Office comprises nine business units: EAPMCO Thailand, EAPMCO Indonesia, EAPMCO Pacific Operations Cluster, EAPMCO Papua New Guinea, EAPMCO China, EAPMCO Vietnam, EAPMCO Mekong, and EAPMCO Philippines.
In 2024, the UNOPS EAPMCO implemented projects worth more than USD 80 million, in the areas of Energy Transition, Digital Transformations, Sustainable Environmental Management, Climate Change, Waste Management, Rule of Law and Access to Justice, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Post Conflict Reintegration, Emergency Relief, Post COVID19 Economic Transformations, and Health, through HR, procurement, construction, contract management, fund and program management services.
The Multi Country Office head office in Bangkok provides strategic direction, operational support, delivery oversight and assurance of the excellence of business processes and quality standards across all of the entire Multi Country Office locations. It is also responsible for developing, delivering and managing the portfolio of engagements in the country of the MCO location itself.
Health Enhancement and Resiliency in Tonga (HEART) Project
The World Bank intends to support the Government of Tonga (GoT) to implement a Health Enhancement and Resiliency in Tonga (HEART) Project. The GoT plans to commit part of the HEART Project funds towards the services which will increase the availability of climate-resilient health services at the Prince Wellington Ngu Hospital (PWNH) in Vava’u, A Project Management Unit within the Ministry of Health is being established. The PMU is responsible for the day‐to-day implementation, monitoring, and coordination of the Project. It is intended that the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) will advise the PMU with engineering and infrastructure project management expertise. UNOPS’ primary responsibilities will focus on supporting the implementation of Component 2 (out of other components) of the HEART project as below (it is cost-estimated about USD 1mil for UNOPS’ project component):
Component 2: Strengthen the accessibility of resilient health services focuses on ensuring the delivery of climate-resilient infrastructure, goods, and digitally enhanced equipment; with several sub-components:
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Sub-component 2.1: Infrastructure support for a resilient and appropriately designed PWNH hospital; which includes but is not limited to pre-design technical studies that would inform the detailed hospital design and construction needs; providing Technical Assistance (TA) for the detailed functional and architectural design and supervision of the new hospital complex; and construction and related works according to the priorities defined in the detailed design phase.
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Sub-component 2.2: Essential Equipment and Supplies for PWNH and Health Facilities; which supports the provision of priority equipment and supplies for effective functioning of the redevelopment of PNWH, as well as for health facilities across the Northern Islands; including upgrading ICT and connectivity that could subsequently enhance the quality of healthcare using digital technology, both for patient management and remote diagnostic services.
Reporting to the UNOPS Pacific SIDS Advisor, the Project Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the project(s) and provides advisory services to the different donors, partners and beneficiaries in the Pacific region. The Project Manager acts on behalf of the Project Board to manage the project on an ongoing basis during the Implementation Stage. The main responsibility of a Project Manager is to ensure that the project outputs are delivered within the specified project tolerances of time, cost, quality, scope, risk and benefits. He/she is expected to meet the organization’s performance and delivery goals.
The Project Manager is responsible to create the Project Implementation Plan (PIP), use the Project Initiation Documents (PID), Legal Agreement and have a thorough understanding of the terms, conditions, and the respective roles and responsibilities of the partners/stakeholders to ensure the project(s) outputs are capable of meeting the business cases for both UNOPS and the partner(s). Success of the project(s) and hence Project Manager will be based on the defined Success Criteria.
The Project Manager for advisory projects will be managing project(s) whose ultimate goal is to provide advisory services that contribute to the achievement of beneficiaries’ needs, stakeholders’ objectives and partners’ goals. The variety of projects is quite diverse and can range from management of grants, development of strategies, managing scope(s), setting up procurement plans, and to delivery of training or providing technical assistance
While the complexity of those projects may vary, maintaining high standards in terms of quality, health, safety and sustainability is always expected.
UNOPS operates in complex contexts where resources might be scarce, local capacity low and where professional judgment and experience in these environments are of uttermost importance.