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Programme and Project Management

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Crisis Response

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- Standard Operating Procedure for Crisis Response and Recovery
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Inventory Management
- Inventory Management
Cash Banking and Investment
Financial Closure of Development Projects and Trust Funds
Financial Management and Implementation Modalities
Financial Operations Management
- Corporate Operations and Information Management
- Statutory Financial Reporting
Pipeline and Revenue Management
Expense Management
Resource Planning and Cost Recovery
Working with External Auditors
- Working with External Auditors

Visual Guides

The Visual Guide to UNDP Cost Recovery provides an overall understanding of the procedures to recover costs for UNDP for delivery enabling services, general management support and UN agency services. The visual guide provides an overview of the process flow steps of all procedures, as well as the tools and guidance for cost recovery in UNDP with links to the relevant cost recovery resources in the POPP for each process flow step.

Delivery enabling services (formerly DPC) are when a project activity entails functions which require UNDP staff for effective execution, but full-time staff is not warranted, the project may source such services from UNDP staff not directly employed for the project, located in the Country Office, or in any other UNDP location. A project may also share personnel costs on any contractual modality for shared services in the office.

General Management Support (GMS) charges cover the costs to the organization that are not directly attributable to specific projects or services, but are necessary to fund the corporate structures, management and oversight costs of the organization.

UN agency services are services that UN entities may request from UNDP, driven by UN entities’ various needs at country, regional and global levels.

Policy updates

Cost Recovery from Other Resources - GMS 19 December 2024 Cost Recovery from Programmes funded by Regular and Other Resources	The Guidance Note on GMS (Indirect Costs) for International Financial Institutions (IFIs) has been revised to reflect that the GMS cost recovery rate applied for IFIs is based on the configuration of parties that enter into financing agreements with UNDP (and not on the ‘form’ or agreement template used). The revised guidance note further details that IFI preferential rates (5%) are applicable to financing agreements signed between UNDP and an IFI (or a tripartite agreement concluded by UNDP, IFI and the Government), where both of the following criteria apply:- UNDP anticipates signing fi ... The Guidance Note on GMS (Indirect Costs) for International Financial Institutions (IFIs) has been revised to reflect that the GMS cost recovery rate applied for IFIs is based on the configuration of parties that enter into financing agreements with UNDP (and not on the ‘form’ or agreement template used). The revised guidance note further details that IFI preferential rates (5%) are applicable to financing agreements signed between UNDP and an IFI (or a tripartite agreement concluded by UNDP, IFI and the Government), where both of the following criteria apply: - UNDP anticipates signing financing agreements of $50m or more in a calendar year with funding provided by the respective IFI, including through respective national governments; and - The financing agreement is mainly to support the government’s implementation of sovereign loan or credit guarantees. EXPAND
UN Agency Services 30 September 2024 UN Agency Services	The UNDP Service Level Agreement (SLA) template has been updated as follows: Paragraph 3 has been expanded to state that services provided under the SLA do not include the conducting of investigations related to the contractors, personnel or staff under a UNDP Letter of Agreement (LoA) with services limited to the Client related to or arising from any of the services provided. The paragraph further indicates that if the client requests incidental legal and or investigations services, and UNDP agrees to provide them, these services will be subject to full cost recovery plu ... The UNDP Service Level Agreement (SLA) template has been updated as follows: Paragraph 3 has been expanded to state that services provided under the SLA do not include the conducting of investigations related to the contractors, personnel or staff under a UNDP Letter of Agreement (LoA) with services limited to the Client related to or arising from any of the services provided. The paragraph further indicates that if the client requests incidental legal and or investigations services, and UNDP agrees to provide them, these services will be subject to full cost recovery plus reimbursement of all actual costs and expenses incurred by UNDP, without the need for a separate agreement. Paragraph 4 has been expanded to specify: 1) Appendix I to the SLA template shall apply to Partner Personnel Services Agreement (PPSA) services only; 2) In the event of a conflict between any term of Appendix I and the main body of the SLA, Appendix I shall prevail with respect to such PPSA services only. Paragraph 5 has been updated to clarify that a request or requests for PPSA services shall be processed in accordance with Appendix I. Paragraph 6 has noted options for the calculation of direct cost recovery: UPL/LPL, GSSC Cost Recovery List, or the cost recovery rates for PPSA services as indicated in Appendix I. EXPAND
Use of UPL and LPL 19 January 2024 Direct Project Costing	Further guidance on preparing service bills to projects and recovering service costs (DES/DPC) is now available. The Zero Dollar Invoice (ZDI) shall be used for initial entries and subsequent correcting entries shall be done in the original invoices. The following user guides are now published in the procedure steps: Step 8 – User Guide on DES (DPC) Entries in Quantum: How to perform invoice adjustment on processed PO invoice, How to adjust Distribution information (or COA) and Project Segment in Non-PO Invoices. Step 9 – Guidance on DPC Exception Report
Service Clearing Account (SCA): Charging, Billing and Fee Collection 18 December 2023 UN Agency Services	The SCA dashboard has been linked in a new step 9 of the UN Agency Services Procedure. Country offices and business units can now monitor and resolve the SCA rejections in a timely manner.
UN Agency Services 18 December 2023 UN Agency Services	The SCA dashboard has been linked in a new step 9 of the UN Services Procedure. Country offices and business units can now monitor and resolve the SCA rejections in a timely manner.

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Resource Planning and Cost Recovery

Visual Guide to UNDP Cost Recovery

Visual Guide to UNDP Cost Recovery Business Process: Delivery Enabling Services (formerly DPC)

Visual Guide to UNDP Cost Recovery Business Process: General Management Support (GMS)

Visual Guide to UNDP Cost Recovery Business Process: UN Agency Services

Cost Recovery from Other Resources - GMS

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Use of UPL and LPL

Service Clearing Account (SCA): Charging, Billing and Fee Collection

UN Agency Services