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.
For UN Agencies who do not use Quantum (the “non-Quantum Agencies”), a dedicated Service Clearing Account (SCA) is established for each Agency. Through the SCA, all global prefunding received from UN Agencies are recorded, and all services provided by UNDP Offices to these UN Agencies are recorded. A dedicated Service Clearing Account is not applicable to Quantum Agencies (UNFPA, UN Women, UNU, UNCDF, UNV, UNITAR).
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.
Standard services are those that are provided in the same way each time they are requested, and following the standard procedures in more or less the same fashion across UNDP offices. A list of standard services is included in the Universal Price List (Annex 2 - UPL). All costs are computed using the existing guiding costing methodology (Annex 1). If a UNDP office assesses that the UPL does not fully cover the total costs for providing services, they can establish locally negotiated prices using transparent, prevailing market rates. These rates should be communicated to the UN entities prior to implementation.
Consistent with the mandate to provide services to entities of the UN system on request by a UN Entity, UNDP has an underlying responsibility to provide such services as long as the requested services and their provision are (i) consistent with the regulations, rules, policies and procedures1, and aims of UNDP, such as progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, and (ii) the requesting UN Entity agrees to pay the related costs for the provision of the services and remain financially responsible for such services.
Resources credited to the UNDP Regular Resources Account or Other Resources Account and therefore excludes resources credited to the UNDP Funds Account.
The Universal Price List contains a menu of standardized services available to UN entities from all UNDP’s Offices. The UPL is updated by BMS/OFM on an annual basis. The UPL rates represent a summary of the standard list of services offered to partner agencies and their corresponding costs. Offices wishing to provide feedback on services and fees, or requiring further clarifications, should contact their BMS/OFM Financial Business Partnering focal point.