User:Democratic World

 Early Life: 

Jan Mattsson is a Swedish national, born on 10 January 1952. He obtained his industrial engineering degree in 1976 with a master’s specialization in industrial organization. He obtained a doctorate in engineering (teknologie doctor) in 1983, from the same university. The doctorate thesis dealt with management of technological change and was based on applied research and consulting in Sweden, Tanzania and India. It was multidisciplinary in nature covering industrial engineering, industrial organization, business administration and sociology. In 1988, he took a sabbatical from the UN and taught, as guest professor, a course in transfer of technological knowledge to doctorate students in engineering, business administration and medicine.

 Profile: 

Jan Mattsson started his UN career in 1982 with the UNIDO ( www.unido.org ) and has since then served with UNDP, UNFPA, WFP, UNODC and UNAIDS in different roles. Before joining UNOPS ( www.unops.org ) in 2006 he spent eight years at Assistant UN Secretary General level in UNDP ( www.undp.org ) headquarters with responsibility for change management and reform, strategic planning, human resources, finance and budget, information technology, legal affairs and procurement.

Besides New York and currently Copenhagen, he has for many years been a resident employee of the UN in Sri Lanka, Laos and China. Always a driver of change and management excellence, he is passionate about the work of the UN on the ground, helping people in need. By way of giving just a few examples, he initiated the UXO LAO programme for removal of unexploded ordinance left behind in Laos after the Viet Nam war. He was also instrumental in starting the first HIV/AIDS project in China. During his time in China with UNDP, he was responsible for important economic reform projects as well as those helping the government to prepare for ratification of environmental accords dealing with green-house gases and ozone depleting substances.

Prior to joining the UN, Mattsson worked as university lecturer, researcher, administrative dean and management consultant at the University of Linkoping, Department of Management and Economics. He also worked for the Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences covering science and technology development in areas such as energy and work environment. Jan Mattsson is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply ( www.cips.org ).

 About UNOPS: 

UNOPS was created by the UN General Assembly in 1995 and employs close to 6,000 personnel (excluding those on short-term contracts) and creates tens of thousands more work opportunities in local communities. With its global headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, a network of five regional offices and a further 20 operations and project centres around the world, UNOPS oversees project activities in more than 80 countries.

UNOPS is the only fully self-financing entity in the United Nations system (UNOPS does not receive any contributions or subsidies from any source). UNOPS takes a results-oriented approach to the services it provides. It launches and implements new operations quickly, transparently and in a fully accountable manner. In 2010, UNOPS implemented $1.27 billion worth of projects for partners, up 16 percent from 2009. Over the same period administration costs dropped by $200,000 to $64.2 million.

UNOPS helps its partners build schools, roads, bridges, hospitals, prisons and police stations. It supports partners to train teachers, journalists, health workers and government officials and organizes mass education efforts for elections and disaster preparedness. On behalf of its partners it procures goods ranging from vehicles to medical supplies to highly complex supply chain processes. It manages donor trust funds, administers grants and hires personnel. UNOPS often operates in the most challenging security environments.

External Links:

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sga1003.doc.htm

http://www.unops.org/english/whoweare/Pages/UNOPSmanagement.aspx

http://www.un.int/protocol/documents/ListofUNSeniorOfficials.pdf

http://www.devex.com/articles/unops-helps-in-u-n-effort-to-boost-interagency-procurement-collaboration

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