Glossary | United Nations Development Programme

Danger Pay is “a special allowance established for internationally and locally-recruited staff who are required to work in locations where very dangerous conditions prevail. Danger Pay came into effect on 1 April 2012. With the implementation of Danger Pay, Hazard Pay and Extended Hazard Pay are discontinued. Information on locations where Danger Pay applies is updated every three months and can be found on the ICSC site.

Source: Danger Pay

A formal declaration that a Respondent has become ineligible for a period of time to (a) be awarded and/or to partake in contracts financed, administered or executed by UNDP; (b) conduct new business with UNDP as an agent or representative of other vendors; (c) partake in discussions with UNDP regarding new contracts to be financed, administered or executed by UNDP. Exceptionally, the CPO may decide that the Respondent’s debarment shall be permanent.

Source: Vendor Sanctions

Deductions are made from a staff member’s salary, at the end of each month, for the following: a) Staff assessment; b) Contributions to the United Nations Joint Pension Fund (UNJSPF); c) Rental deductions; d) Medical and dental insurance premiums; e) Group life insurance premiums ; f) Indebtedness to UNDP; g) Payment to the United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU); h) Contributions to the Local Staff Association or the Staff Council.

Source: Elements of Remuneration

Implementing a project involves delivering outputs defined in the approved project document. A multi-year workplan articulates activities to achieve outputs in a specified time period. Fundamental responsibilities for this process lie with the project manager, who is appointed by and responsible to the implementing partner. UNDP’s primary role in implementing a project is project assurance. UNDP has implementation responsibilities only when it serves as the implementing partner or when the national implementing partner requests UNDP for support services.

Source: Deliver Results

When a project activity entails functions which require UNDP staff or other personnel for execution, but full-time contracting is not warranted, the project may source UNDP personnel indirectly employed for the project, who are located in the Country Office or any other UNDP location. Such service requirements, referred to as “delivery enabling services”, must be budgeted within each applicable project activity or function.

Source: Planning and Paying for Delivery Enabling Services to Projects

Subject to meeting the eligibility criteria described in the policy, staff members appointed under the UN Staff Regulations and Staff Rules are entitled to receive allowances for: a) A dependent spouse ; b) A dependent child (or children); c) A dependent child of a staff member considered a single parent; or d) A secondary dependent.

Source: Dependency Status and Allowances

A filer’s child whose personal status has been recognized as such for purposes of United Nations entitlements, or where that status is legally recognized as such under the laws governing that relationship. In addition, for purposes of the FDP, dependent child also includes children under the age of 21 if in full-time attendance at a school or university, or under 25 if covered under the filer’s health insurance through UNDP, for whom the filer provides main and continuing support.

Source: Financial Disclosure

The cost of an asset, or other amount substituted for cost, less its residual value. The residual value of an asset is the estimated amount that would currently be obtained from disposal of the asset, after deducting the estimated costs of disposal, if the asset were already of the age and in the condition expected at the end of its useful life. In UNDP the residual value is set at “0”.

Source: Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (Furniture and Equipment)

The Designated Official has authority, in emergency situations, such as CASEVAC, evacuation and relocation for security purposes, to approve the use of any commercial air operator or commercially operated donated flight in the interest of ensuring UN personnel safety and security. Whenever practicable, such approval should be taken in consultation with the Heads of UNSMS entities or their designate(s). In emergency situations, the DO may also contact CATSU directly when urgent information is needed.

Source: Commercial Air Travel Safety Guidelines

The Detailed annual review of the financial situation (Annex 1) presents a comprehensive review and analysis of UNDP activities at the global and aggregate levels from a financial perspective. An overview of the overall aggregates is shown in the narrative document and assesses funding performance by nature - regular resources, other resources - and provides a summary of the current year financial position of UNDP with prior year comparatives.

Source: Executive Board Papers

Category of costs associated with “programmes” and “development effectiveness” activities which contribute to the effective delivery of development results, as follows: a) programmes: category of costs associated with specific programme components or projects that contribute to delivery of development results contained in country/regional/global programme documents or other programming arrangements; b) development effectiveness: category of costs associated with activities of a policy, advisory, technical and implementation nature that are needed for achievement of the objectives of programmes and projects in the focus areas of the organizations. These inputs are essential to the delivery of development results, and are not included in specific programme components or projects in country, regional or global programme documents.

Source: UNDP Financial Regulations and Rules

Development effectiveness projects deliver outputs that UNDP designs and oversees to contribute to the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of results across multiple development projects. Such projects should be used for cross-cutting interventions that set standards; generate and share knowledge and learning; and develop and operationalize development policies. Institutional effectiveness projects manage inputs and activities that enable UNDP to contribute to development results.

Source: Formulate Programmes and Projects

A method of financing the budget of a partner country through a transfer of resources from an external financing agency to the national treasury of the partner government. The funds thus transferred are managed in accordance with the recipient’s budgetary procedures. This includes using the national regulatory framework for financial allocations, procurement and accounting systems.

Source: UNDP Financial Regulations and Rules

Under this modality, UNDP advances cash funds on a quarterly basis to the Partner for the implementation of agreed upon programme activities. The Partner in turn reports back expenditure. Note that the recording of expenditures, from requisition through to disbursement, occurs in the books of the Partner. UNDP is pre-funding the activities with advances of cash.

Source: Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT)

Direct Implementation (DIM) is the modality whereby UNDP takes on the role of Implementing Partner. In DIM modality, UNDP has the technical and administrative capacity to assume the responsibility for mobilizing and applying effectively the required inputs in order to reach the expected outputs. UNDP assumes overall management responsibility and accountability for project implementation. Accordingly UNDP must follow all policies and procedures established for its own operations. In DIM modality, UNDP has the technical and administrative capacity to assume the responsibility for mobilizing and applying effectively the required inputs in order to reach the expected outputs. UNDP assumes overall management responsibility and accountability for project implementation. Accordingly UNDP must follow all policies and procedures established for its own operations.

Source: Direct Implementation (DIM) Modality

This refers to the arrangement where payments are made directly to vendors and other third parties providing goods or services for agreed upon programme activities on behalf of the Partner upon request and following completion of the activities. Under this modality, the Partner is responsible/accountable for the project expenses and carries out the procurement actions, but requests UNDP to make the disbursements. The office provides accounting services and banking services to the Partner.

Source: Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT)

Direct Project Costing includes programme implementation and implementation support activities, costs incurred by UNDP to support project implementation. The pricing of inputs to UNDP projects & programmes should be based on actual costs for clearly identifiable services. There are three main options for implementing DPC: • Application of the CO workload study results, combined with multiple funding lines for posts • Application of the Universal Price Lists (UPL) or Local Price List (LPL) for transactional costs recovery • Creation and management of a stand-alone DPC project.

Source: Universal Price List (UPL) and Local Price List (LPL), Use of UPL and LPL

Organizational costs that are directly linked to the project budgets, achievement of development results and arise from the implementation of projects and programmes funded from regular and other resources. Direct costs of programme, administrative and operational support activities, that are part of the project input like: * Programmatic activities (as listed in the project document, including goods and services); * Project management; * Project communications, advocacy, and funding partner visibility * Independent audit and Evaluation * Quality Assurance (QA) services; * Monitoring, baseline data collection, surveys and evaluation of projects; * Project briefings and technical guidance for project stakeholders; * Project meetings, progress, and final reporting; * Donor-specific reporting; * Support to implementing and responsible parties; * HACT assessments and all assurance activities; * Project supervision and coordination; * Programme coordination; * Policy advice and Quality Assurance ; * Risk management; * Activities leading to project closure (checklist); * Administrative, operational, and other shared services; * Contingency

Source: Formulate Programmes and Projects

Unfair treatment or arbitrary distinction based on a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status. Discrimination may be an isolated event affecting one person or a group of persons similarly situated, or may manifest itself through harassment or abuse of authority.

Source: UNDP Legal Framework for Addressing Non-Compliance with UN Standards of Conduct

A system located on the Intranet and can be reached via the OFA website. Users will find a list of Procedures which they can select and navigate to a form where they provide the details of their request and to which they must attach the required documents. Following submission of the form(s), workflows associated with these tasks are automated to ensure appropriate controls, approvals and routing of documentation, as well as regarding service requests to enable the maintenance of their status by CO’s and HQ units. For Inventory Management, DMS serves as document depository which holds Inventory Control Reports and Certifications.

Source: Record Retention, Data Security and Contingency

Duration of assignment (tour of duty) is the period of time, during which a staff member is expected to be in the position s/he has been selected for and accepted. Minimum duration of assignment (tour of duty) is the minimum period of time a staff member must stay in a position. Maximum duration of assignment (tour of duty) is the maximum period of time a staff member is allowed to stay in a position.

Source: Mobility

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