The “Buyer” role refers to staff members who conduct procurement (including procurement of Individual Contractors) and/or arrange travel (if located outside of HQ). Buyers exercise their procurement role on behalf of project managers and other clients.
Refers to the financial contribution to a government budget, managed in a national account by a government entity for a specific set of sector or programme results.
Segregation of duties is anchored in UNDP financial regulation 20.02 and is a keystone control that helps UNDP safeguard its assets and mitigate the risk of fraud and error. Segregation of duties is based on ensuring that no one staff member can: (i) have custody of assets; (ii) authorize and approve the use of assets; and (iii) record and report assets.
Categories of costs of a cross-cutting nature that (a) involve material capital
investments, or (b) do not represent a cost related to the management activities of the organization.