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 EAPMCOs: EAPMCO Thailand, EAPMCO Indonesia, EAPMCO Pacific Operations Cluster, EAPMCO Papua New Guinea, EAPMCO China, EAPMCO Vietnam, EAPMCO Lao PDR, EAPMCO Philippines and EAPMCO Cambodia.
In 2022, the UNOPS EAPMCO implemented projects worth more than USD 95.7 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.
Background on EAPMCO Papua New Guinea
The EAPMCO Papua New Guinea was formed in early 2020 to support the implementation of design and construction of infrastructure, sustainable procurement, capacity development to support technical and governance excellence, programme management, and to facilitate access to funding sources in Papua New Guinea.
As an established office since 2022, EAPMCO PNG is demonstrating significant growth and portfolio diversification potential in a short period of time. Working with an increasing number of development partners, in 2023 EAPMCO PNG is quickly being recognised as a responsive and quality partner in climate change resilient infrastructure, sustainable procurement and governance support to the Government of PNG in its service delivery obligations to the people. There are a number of projects currently in the pipeline which will expand the portfolio of existing projects for the office.
EAPMCO Papua New Guinea Project Information
Ongoing Projects
WASH Infrastructure Projects: These projects include initiatives to support the Papua New Guinea National Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Policy (WaSH) 2015 - 2030. The projects will contribute towards increased access to and utilization of safe, adequate and sustainable water supply, sanitation and improved hygiene practices in communities and in locations with high population concentrations (hospitals, schools, and major market places). This category also has projects that deal with solid waste management. UNOPS is responsible for the technical elements of the project including implementation of the infrastructure component.
Renewable energy climate change resilient infrastructure and community development infrastructure projects: This category of projects helps the Government of Papua New Guinea to develop practical and sustainable solutions to the provision of energy access and climate resilient infrastructure in the country. In addition the projects in this category supports communities towards building a liveable future.
Pipeline Projects
UNOPS PNG office has a number of projects in the pipeline expected to be finalised throughout 2024. These are in the areas of health infrastructure and sustainable procurement, e-waste, climate change resilient infrastructure and community development infrastructure projects.
The purpose of the Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor is:
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To establish a robust Monitoring and Evaluation framework for the successful delivery of projects and programmes of the UNOPS PNG office in alignment with expectations of partners.
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To design the mechanisms of M&E, track and evaluate projects and programmes to determine whether they are achieving their intended outcomes and impact;
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To put in place data collection mechanisms to inform the relevance of programme/ project design and contribute to sustainable development outcomes.
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To support learning and the application, management and utilisation of data to continuously improve the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of the projects/programmes;
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To contribute to accountability and transparency of programme/ project implementation and facilitate targeted, evidence based and sustainable reporting mechanisms to ensure governance bodies and development partners are kept informed.