United Nations Office for Project Services budget estimates for the biennium 2026-2027
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2025
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UNOPS has aligned its budget for the 2026-2027 biennium with the harmonized presentation adopted by UNDP, UNFPA, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and UN-Women based on decision 2024/24, in which the Executive Board approved harmonized approaches for cost classification, results-based budgeting and budget presentation. Resources and targets for enabling functions are presented alongside goals, principles and indicators (see annex I).
The budget estimates for the 2026-2027 biennium will underpin the first half of the UNOPS strategic plan, 2026-2029. The budget supports the UNOPS commitment to implementation through sustainable, efficient and financially viable project services providing practical solutions for partners, framed by three implementation goals and nine implementation principles with indicators and targets reinforcing accountability for implementation for impact in accordance with the UNOPS mandate.
The proposed $260 million budget estimates for 2026-2027 amount to $27.7 million in real growth of management resources compared to the actuals and projection for the 2024-2025 biennium, and a $65 million reduction compared to the previous budget estimates, ensuring the full cost recovery of the resourcing needs for UNOPS enabling functions, which incorporate United Nations development coordination. Special purpose activities are not funded as part of the budget estimates and may be approved by the Board under financial regulation 22.03 (subject to availability). An underlying estimate of $6.4 billion for project expenses in UNOPS mandated areas ensures sufficient revenue to meet the budget estimates – provided the management fee-setting algorithm for the 2026-2027 biennium is applied – and to address requirements beyond the budget estimates, while reducing the average fee rate from 5.5 per cent in the 2024-2025 biennium to 5.3 per cent in the 2026-2027 biennium (see annex II). Any excess reserves accumulated in the budget cycle are distributed to paying entities, including those of the United Nations. The refund process was completed for excess reserves as of 31 December 2021, and for the period 2022-2023 no liquid excess reserves became available for refund. A new framework memorandum of understanding between UNOPS and the United Nations Secretariat, signed in 2024, is valid until 31 Dec 2033.
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United Nations Office for Project Services. (2025). United Nations Office for Project Services budget estimates for the biennium 2026-2027. United Nations