| Direct Payments | The Direct Payments policy is available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version. | 16/11/2018 | Financial Resources Management |
| GMS Fee Set-up and Collection | The GMS Fee Set-up and Collection policy is now available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab.Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version. | 16/11/2018 | Financial Resources Management |
| Salaries and Related Allowances Landing Page | The following notice has been posted on the Salaries and Related Allowances Landing Page in order to provide clarity: As the appointments of individual UNDP staff are based on the UN Staff Regulations and UN Staff Rules, legal and administrative interpretations shall be made on the basis of these instruments. Salaries and related allowances and benefits that are based on the UN Staff Regulations and UN Staff Rules as well as relevant published policies, are normally paid through payroll. The UN Common System Allowances that are mandated by the Chairman, International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) must be managed in accordance with the criteria established and approved by the ICSC. Any other ad-hoc administrative and operational allowances or one-time lump sum payments that are established locally require approval by Headquarters prior to implementation. | 15/11/2018 | Human Resources Management |
| Managing Prescriptive Content (POPP) | The Managing Prescriptive Content main policy is now available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version. | 14/11/2018 | Accountability |
| Sourcing and Market Research | The procedure table, "eTendering Approval Roles" has been added to section 3.0 of the Sourcing and Market Research main policy page. The template, "Management of the Approver Roles in ATLAS eTendering" is linked to step 1 of the procedure table and is available in the POPP library. The document provides guidance on eTendering, an Atlas module that enables UNDP buyers to manage tender processes online. | 12/11/2018 | Procurement |
| Salary Advance | E-services functionality for purposes of requesting salary advances has been integrated into the Salary Advances Policy. The Staff Advances eServices Tool User Guide has been uploaded to the POPP library and linked to the Salary Advances Policy procedures. The link to Atlas E-Services has also been added to the procedures. | 02/11/2018 | Human Resources Management |
| Purchase Orders (Commitments, Maintenance and Closure) | Approval limits have been updated as per approved ICF ones. | 31/10/2018 | Financial Resources Management |
| Purchase Orders (Commitments, Maintenance and Closure) | The threshold for the use of E-requisitions where a PO is also not required was increased from USD 2,500, to USD 5,000 in section 17 of the Purchase Orders policy, as well as step 1 of the Purchase Orders procedures. For all travel related transactions see POPP Duty Travel.
| 24/10/2018 | Financial Resources Management |
| Raising E-Requisitions | The threshold for the use of E-requisitions where a PO is also not required was increased from USD 2,500, to USD 5,000 in section three of the Raising E-requisitions policy. For all travel related transactions see POPP Duty Travel. | 15/10/2018 | Financial Resources Management |
| Accounts Payable | The small value purchase threshold for non-PO vouchers was increased from USD 2,500, to USD 5,000 in section 6.a. of the Accounts Payable policy. The use of E-requisitions/POs are not mandatory but recommended for small value purchases of under USD 5,000. | 15/10/2018 | Financial Resources Management |
| Evaluation of Offers | The Evaluation of Offers policy is available in French. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version.
| 03/10/2018 | Procurement |
| Vendor Sanctions | The Vendor Sanctions policy is available in French. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version.
| 03/10/2018 | Procurement |
| Procurement Authority and Increased Delegated Procurement Authority | The Procurement Authority and Increased Delegated Procurement Authority main policy is now available in French. The Procurement Authority and Increased Delegated Procurement Authority main policy is now available in French.
| 03/10/2018 | Procurement |
| Sustainable Procurement | The Sustainable Procurement main policy is now available in French. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version.
| 02/10/2018 | Procurement |
| Contract Management | The Contract Management main policy is now available in French. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version.
| 02/10/2018 | Procurement |
| Procurement Methods | The Procurement Methods main policy is now available in French. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version.
| 02/10/2018 | Procurement |
| Procurement Overview and Principles | The Procurement Overview and Principles policy is now available in French. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version.
| 02/10/2018 | Procurement |
| Country Co-Financing Cost Sharing (Fund 11888) and Non-Earmarked Programme Cost Sharing (Fund 30083) | Sections 21 and 25 of the Country Co-Financing Cost Sharing (Fund 11888) and Non-Earmarked Programme Cost Sharing (Fund 30083) were updated to reflect an 8% GMS in the project budgets due to a change in UNDP cost recovery policy, effective 1 January 2018. This increased GMS rate is therefore applicable on actual expenses incurred from 1 January 2018. Offices should increase the project budgets to reflect GMS at 8% of expenses where necessary no later than October 31, 2018. | 01/10/2018 | Financial Resources Management |
| Ethics and Fraud | The Ethics and Fraud main policy is now available in French. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version.
| 01/10/2018 | Procurement |
| Anti-Fraud Policy | The Anti-Fraud Policy is available in French. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version.
| 28/09/2018 | Accountability |
| Death Benefit | The Death Benefit policy is available in French. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version.
| 28/09/2018 | Human Resources Management |
| Foundations Policy | The Foundations policy is available in French. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version.
| 27/09/2018 | Partnerships |
| General Considerations of Contracting | Section 8 of the General Considerations of Contracting main policy was updated to indicate that Business Units are to maintain an audit trail for all contracts, including utilizing the Contract Management Module. Additionally, in section 18, the minimum threshold value for goods procured by UNDP requiring issuance of a purchase order, was increased from USD 2,500 to USD 5,000. | 25/09/2018 | Procurement |
| Procurement Methods | The policies and provisions in sections 3, 20, 73 and 77 of the Procurement Methods policy were updated to reflect that the micro-purchasing threshold can be up to $10,000 if approved by the Bureaus. Further, sections 3 and 29 were updated to indicate that Business Units that have been approved to utilise Micro-purchasing up to $10,000 may utilise the Request for Quotation method from $10,000.
| 25/09/2018 | Procurement |
| Individual Contracting | In the Individual Contracting policy, Selection of Individual Contractors (section 69) and the Direct Contracting provision (section 112) were updated to reflect that the threshold of no-competition for ICs can be increased to $10,000 if approved by the Bureaus. The direct contracting template for Individual Contractors was updated accordingly. | 25/09/2018 | Procurement |
| Last Day for Pay Purposes | The Last Day for Pay Purposes policy is available in French.
Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version.
| 20/09/2018 | Human Resources Management |
| Internal Control Framework (ICF) | The ICF policy reflects the following changes:
1) Increase the threshold above which Purchase Orders and E- requisitions are required from $2,500 to $5,000.
2) Increase the number of vendor approvers to three staff members in offices whose previous year delivery is above $50 million per year.
| 19/09/2018 | Accountability |
| Certificate of Service | The Certificate of Service policy is available in French. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version.
| 19/09/2018 | Human Resources Management |
| Commutation of Annual Leave | The Commutation of Annual Leave policy is available in French. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version
| 19/09/2018 | Human Resources Management |
| Submission and Receipt of Offers | The Submission and Receipt of Offers policy is available in French. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version.
| 17/09/2018 | Procurement |
