The resources of UNDP that are comingled and untied. These will include voluntary
contributions, contributions from other governmental, intergovernmental or nongovernmental sources and related interest earnings and miscellaneous revenue.
a) MAY – This word, or the adjective "OPTIONAL", mean that an item is truly optional.
b) MUST – This word, or the terms "REQUIRED" or "SHOULD", mean that the definition is an absolute requirement of the standard.
c) MUST NOT – This phrase, or the phrase "SHALL NOT", mean that the definition is an absolute prohibition of the standard.
d) SHOULD – This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean that there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a particular item, but the full implications should be understood and carefully weighed before choosing a different course.
e) SHOULD NOT – This phrase, or the phrase "NOT RECOMMENDED" mean that there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances when the particular behavior is acceptable or even useful, but the full implications should be understood and the case carefully weighed before implementing any behavior described with this label.
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.
The signatory is a person who can be uniquely identified and linked to an electronic signature and who has the sole control over the password-authentication key related to the electronic signature. An electronic signature can only be attributed to the person that owns and places the electronic signature in a record and is not attached to the function occupied by the signatory at the time of the placing of the signature. Since the electronic signature is personal, it cannot be shared.
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.
Up to 2013, there was one type of contract used for EU contributions channelled through the UN, called the Standard Contribution Agreement (SCA) with international organizations. Since 2013, in addition to this, the use of the EU Grant Contract was introduced.