Programme and Operations Policies and Procedures

 

​As part of People for 2030, OHR is introducing a mobility policy which enables UNDP to deploy the right people in the right place at the right time, thus ensuring that the organization can fulfil its crucial mission and achieve its objectives in fostering the attainment of sustainable development. More specifically, the policy aims to:

• Enable more effective and efficient staff mobility within UNDP;
• Ensure that staff moves are managed strategically and that each established position is continuously filled;
• Create opportunities for career development and continuous learning, as part of an integrated employee experience, through multi-directional moves driven both by business needs and staff aspirations;
• Strengthen UNDP's ability to attract and retain a diverse and dynamic world-class global workforce that will effectively meet the Organization's current and future operational needs.

UNDP's new mobility policy provides a clear framework for how mobility is implemented and managed in UNDP. It applies to all International Professional (IP) staff members holding a UNDP Letter of Appointment and hired on Fixed-Term Appointments (FTA) and Permanent Appointments (PA). The policy defines mobility as periodic moves of staff to new or re-classified positions within the same or different occupational group/functional area, laterally or to a different level, within the same or different duty station. The policy reintroduces a mobility requirement for most of IP positions as well as a duration of assignment (tour of duty) element. It further creates the categories of geographical, functional and inter-agency mobility.

The policy establishes that most of IP positions are mobile, and classifies these as either Rotational or Non-rotational.

The policy also outlines arrangements for:

• Moves of staff in rotational positions, which are proposed to be managed through a corporate centrally managed Annual Rotation Exercise (ARE). There will be two types of AREs – for positions sourced from the Candidate Pools and for all other rotational positions; and
• Moves of staff in non-rotational positions, which are proposed to be managed mainly through a regular recruitment process.

The policy will take effect on 1 January 2021 and will be implemented in phases, including an initial designation of rotational positions, planning of upcoming AREs and other activities in accordance with the implementation plan currently designed by OHR/BMS.

​The Project Petty Cash Fund (PPCF) policy has been simplified as follows:

1. Elimination of HQ Treasury approval for multiple PPCF, as long as the total amount of all PPCFs for CO remains within the prescribed limit of $2500.

2. Clarification on approval process on PPCF issued for UNDSS funded from the core budget and shared budget.

The Long Term Agreements (LTAs) and Cooperation with UN Entities policy is now available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab.

​The Government Local Office Cost (GLOC) Valuation of the In-Kind Contribution from the Host Government policy is now available in Spanish. To access the document, click on the Spanish language tab.

The Revenue Management for Joint Programming policy is now available in Spanish. To access the document, click on the Spanish language tab.

​The LTAs and Cooperation with UN Entities policy has been updated to reflect the “Mutual Recognition” statement released in 2019, as agreed by the HLCM.

The Framework of Accountability for Security policy is now available in Spanish. To access the document, click on the Spanish language tab.

The UN Family Certificate Application form has been updated to follow the format of other UN TTS travel forms and is prefaced with instructions for completing the form.

The Operational Guide to the ICF has been updated to incorporate some streamlining improvements, as well as address recent issues identified by audits:

1. The removal of the provision which enabled low value Requisitions and related Purchase Orders to be approved by the same individual, as communicated by the CFO to all Offices on 16th September 2019.

2. Aligning the consistency of language on vendor creation and approval, and updating it to reflect additional control processes needed when changing vendor bank account information.

3. Further streamlining the ICF, e.g. by removing a redundant control (that bank signatories cannot approve vendors, in COs where there are 2 bank signatories), and authorizing GS7 staff in COs and GS6 staff in the GSSU to perform approval functions for POs, prepayments and no-PO vouchers up to $10,000.

4. Incorporating the recently issued reforms effected through the various rounds of BMS business process streamlining. These changes include:

a. authorising three vendor approvers for large offices with delivery above $50m per year;

b. clarifying functions that must be performed by staff, and functions where other contractual modalities may now be utilized per the streamlining exercises.

5. Consolidating the list of control functions to be performed by staff within a single section of the ICF.

6. Updates to include new business process services provided by the GSSU.

The policy and procedures of the Select Responsible Parties and Grantees have been aligned with the procurement policy on Engaging CSO/NGO, article 11 - a Responsible Party Agreement (RPA) should be used for engaging all CSOs as Responsible Parties, regardless of how they were selected.

​In order to help facilitate remote internships, the requirement for interns to be present in the office as a condition to receive a stipend from UNDP has been removed.

​The new SOP for Vendor Management - Non-Clustered Country Offices, incorporates the requirements for adequate due diligence and documentation for new and modified vendor profiles, verification of the vendor sanctions lists, and quarterly maintenance of vendor records. The document is linked under section 2.0 of the Creating and Approving Vendors policy page and is available in the POPP templates library (POPP-11-3272).

​The Micro-Purchase Canvass form linked under clause 22 of the Procurement Methods policy has been updated to ensure that the vendor sanctions lists are verified for micro-purchasing processes.

​The Innovation Challenges policy is now available in Spanish. To access the content, click on the Spanish language tab.