UNOPS Myanmar
Myanmar is one of UNOPS leading offices in Asia,
acting as fund manager for three of the largest development programmes in the
country, namely the Three Millennium Development Goal Fund (3MDG), the
Livelihood and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) and the Joint Peace Fund (JPF).
Also, UNOPS Myanmar is Principal Recipient for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria in Myanmar and Cambodia, and for the Global Fund¹s
Regional Artemisinin-resistance Initiative targeting drug-resistant malaria in
the Greater Mekong sub-region. UNOPS provides procurement, infrastructure and
project management services to a wide range of organisations in the country,
including the Government of Myanmar, international development partners, other
UN agencies, NGOs and INGOs. UNOPS Myanmar plays a critical role in ensuring
that the quality of services provided to its partners meets stringent
requirements of speed, efficiency and cost effectiveness.
Job Specific
The 3MDG Fund was launched in 2012 and is set to
continue until the end of 2018. By pooling over $283 million through the
contributions of seven bilateral donors – Australia, Denmark, the European
Union, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America
– 3MDG promotes the efficient use of development funds. 3MDG accelerates progress towards the health
Millennium Development Goals and the achievement of Universal Health Coverage
in Myanmar. In close partnership with the Government of Myanmar and others, it
strengthens the national health system at all levels, helping poor and
vulnerable people access quality health services.
A new structure for the 3MDG
Fund
In 2016 the Ministry of Health and Sports
(MOHS), in consultation with Health Partners, developed the 2017-2022 Myanmar
National Health Plan (NHP) – a roadmap for the country’s response to health
challenges in the next five years. The
3MDG Fund, now extended until the end of 2018, aims at supporting the NHP and
fully aligning with its approach. This entails:
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Focusing efforts on the
delivery of an Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS) to all populations
in Myanmar;
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Focusing on equity and on access
to Health for the most underserved populations (remote and conflict areas,
marginalized populations)
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Ensuring that all interventions
– including through support to service-delivery – contribute to capacity building
and Health Systems Strengthening (HSS).
As part of this transformation, the Fund
Management Office (FMO) is being reorganized, moving away from a vertical structure
by components[1] and
towards an organigram in which a Strategy Department provides cross-cutting
support (Health, HSS, Civil Society, Conflict Sensitivity) while a Programmes
Department manages grants and interventions in selected geographies.
[1]
Component 1: Mother, Newborn and
Child Health; Component 2: HIV, Harm Reduction, TB, Malaria; and Component 3:
Health Systems Strengthening