Management and Governance matters: Status of the SEA Regional Office Building
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World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
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Regular updates on the status of the WHO South-East Asia Regional Office Building at Indraprastha Estate in New Delhi, India, have been presented to the Regional Committee since its Sixty-eighth session in September 2015. These updates have continued unfailingly till the 2019 update, after which the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the flow of information.Following Decision SEA/RC70(2) of the Seventieth session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia in Maldives in September 2017, the Regional Committee had decided that the best option for managing the precarious structural issues of the Regional Office Building was to redevelop the whole campus. With the excellent cooperation and substantive contribution extended by the host country to finance and manage the demolition and reconstruction of a new Regional Office Building at the existing site, the Regional Office relocated to two temporary swing spaces in central Delhi with effect from 14 May 2018 in a smoothly executed transition. The old Regional Office Building was evacuated in July 2018. This Working Paper provides updates on progress from the last Regional Committee with the following highlights:(1) Progress on the construction work of the new Regional Office, including project timelines, challenges and third-party quality assurance.The building aims to obtain the highest certified “Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA)” of 5, which is the national standard stipulated by the Government of India for modern, green building designs, performance and features.(2) Commitees established to monitor progress, address issues and challenges, ensure delivery of an ultra-modern, iconic and green office building and provide guidance, analysis and implementation on the next relocation exercise for the move to the new building.The Secretariat is working closely with the Government of India on the execution of the reconstruction project. Continued dialogue between the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, and the World Health Organization, South-East Asia Region, towards efficient and successful completion of the project within agreed timelines is ongoing. This working Paper was presented to the High-Level Preparatory (HLP) Meeting for its review and recommendations. The HLP Meeting reviewed the paper and made the following recommendations for consideration by the Seventy-fourth Session of the Regional Committee.Actions by WHO(1) Provide the latest updates on the SEA Regional Office Building reconstruction project to the Seventy-fourth Session of the Regional Committee in September.This Working Paper and the HLP Meeting recommendations are submitted to the Seventy-fourth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia for its consideration and decision