UNOPS Myanmar holds workshops to enhance project management

27 June 2015
UNOPS Myanmar holds workshops to enhance project management
UNOPS helps with a range of development issues including healthcare. Photo: UNOPS

Approximately 230 representatives from the Government, international and national development partners are being trained in project management techniques this week, in a series of three workshops organized by UNOPS Myanmar.
The sessions focused on how to implement better projects by measuring their success, cost and quality, in order to increase their impact and control risks, thereby better supporting people in need.
The first session, which took place in Nay Pyi Taw on 23 June, gathered 85 participants from 13 infrastructure-related national ministries, including the Ministry of Construction and Ministry of Transport. On 25 June, a second workshop was held in Yangon for 75participants from donors, UN agencies, NGOs and private sector. The final session, on 26 June in UNOPS’ premises, targeted 70 UNOPS local and international staff stationed in Yangon.
The workshop has been held already 35 times in more than 20 countries and for more than 1,300 attendees. It is led by Mr Wagner Maxsen, Senior Advisor at UNOPS Sustainable Project Management Practice Group, also currently director of the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Board. This is the second time the workshop came to Myanmar, with two sessions held in 2013 in Nay Pyi Taw and Yangon.
“This workshop is very informative and relevant,” said Daw Ni Ni Lwin, Deputy Director of the Planning Department of the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development. “One of my responsibilities is the inspection of implemented projects and we will use the experience from this workshop in my job.”
These workshops, which are participative and interactive through role-plays and simulations, are offered free of charge and allow all participants to receive a certificate of attendance issued by UNOPS, as a PMI Global Registered Education Provider.