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A

Abandonment of Post
Accountability System Policy
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Acquisition and Maintenance (Furniture and Equipment)
Acquisition and Maintenance (Leasehold Improvements)
Acquisition and Maintenance (Plant and Property)
Acquisition, Renewal and Termination of Premise Leases
After-Service Health Insurance: ASHI MIP
After-Service Health Insurance: ASHI UN
Agency Implementation Finances
Allocation of TRAC 3 Resources for Crisis Engagements
Annual Leave
Annual Planning
Anti-Fraud Policy
Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Policy
Application Development Standards & Scaling Framework
Appraise and Approve
Authorizing Official Business Travel

B

Bank Account Reconciliation
Bring Your Own Device and Acceptable Usage of ICT Resources
Business Continuity Management

C

Career Transitions
Cash Operations
Certificate of Service
Certified Financial Reports
Change Control and Release Management Standards
Chartered Medical Evacuation Travel (CMET)
Clearing a Local Presence
Close and Transition
Closing a Local Presence
Combined Delivery Report (CDR)
Commercial Air Travel Safety Guidelines
Common Services Project Management
Commutation of Annual Leave
Compensation for Death, Injury or Illness – Appendix D
Construction Works
Contract Management
Core Contributions
Corporate Purchasing Card
Cost Recovery from Other Resources - GMS
Country Co-Financing Cost Sharing Interest (Fund 11888), Non-Earmarked Programme Cost Sharing (Fund 30083), Country Co-Financing Project Residual balances (Fund 11890)
Currency of Payments

D

Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA)
Danger Pay
Death
Death Benefit
Deductions and Contributions
Delegation of Authorities
Deliver Results
Dental Insurance: UN NY Cigna Dental Plan
Dependency Status and Allowances
Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (Furniture and Equipment)
Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (Leasehold Improvements)
Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (Plant and Property)
Designation and Responsibilities of Signatories
Developing a Business Case for Local Presence
Development Services
Direct Cash Transfers and Reimbursements
Direct Implementation (DIM) Modality
Direct Payments
Disbursing Funds (Making Payments)
Disposal and Write-Off (Furniture and Equipment)
Disposal and Write-Off (Leasehold Improvements)
Disposal and Write-Off (Plant and Property)

E

Electronic Funds Transfer Standards
Electronic Signatures Policy
Elements of Remuneration
Eligibility for International Benefits and Entitlements and Determination of Official UN Nationality
Engagement Facility
Engaging CSO/NGO as a Responsible Party
Enterprise Risk Management
Entitlements upon Separation
Equipment Leases
Establishment and Use of Electronic Banking Systems
EU Reporting
Evaluation of Offers
Evaluation Policy
Executive Board Papers
Expenditure of Income Accrued from Cost Recovery
Experience and Academic Qualifications
Expiration of Fixed-term Appointment
Extended Monthly Evacuation Allowance (EMEA)

F

Family Leave
Family Relationships
Family Visit
Fellowship
Financial Accountability and Internal Controls
Financial Closure of Development Projects
Financial Closure of Trust Funds
Financial Disclosure
Financial Statements
Flexible Working Arrangements
Formulate Programmes and Projects
Foundations
Framework of Accountability for Security

G

General Considerations of Contracting
Gifts Policy
GMS Fee Set-up and Collection
Government Contribution to Local Office Costs (GLOC) from LIC and MIC
Government Contributions from Net Contributing Countries (NCCs) and High Middle-Income Countries (High-MICs)
Government Local Office Cost (GLOC) Valuation of the In-Kind Contribution
Group Life Insurance Plan (GLIP)

H

Handling of Cash and Receipts Treasury
Handling of Procurement Complaints
Harassment, Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, and Abuse of Authority
Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT)
Harmonized Conceptual Funding Framework and Cost Recovery Methodology
Home Leave
Hospitality Expense
Hours of Work

I

ICT Disaster Recovery Standards for UNDP Offices
Individual Contract
Information Classification and Handling
Information Disclosure
Information Security Policy
Innovation Challenges
Inoculations and Malaria Prevention
Intangible Assets : Amortizations, Reconciliations, Reports and Centralized Functions
Intangible Assets: Acquisition, Development and Maintenance
Intangible Assets: Disposal and Write-Off
Interim Roster Rules of Procedure
Internal Control Framework
International Personnel Services Agreement
Internship
Inventory Management
Issuing Letters of Credit

J

Job Evaluation​

K

Knowledge Product Production and Quality Assurance

L

Language Allowance
Last Day for Pay Purposes
Long Term Agreements (LTAs) and Cooperation with UN Entities

M

Maintenance and Usage of Chart of Accounts
Malicious Acts Insurance Policy (MAIP)
Manage Change
Management of Cash in Crisis or Emergency Situations
Management of Cash Planning/Forecasting of Cash Flows
Management of Local Investments
Management of Petty Cash
Management of Zero-Balance Account System
Managing Partnerships
Managing Prescriptive Content
Mandatory Age of Separation
Medical Clearance
Medical Evacuation Travel (MET)
Medical Insurance : UN Worldwide Medical Insurance Plan
Medical Insurance: Medical Insurance Plan (MIP)
Medical Insurance: UN NY Aetna Medical Insurance
Medical insurance: UN NY Empire Blue Cross PPO Medical Insurance
Medical Insurance: UN NY HIP Health Plan
Memorandum for Provision of Services (formerly Management Service Agreements)
Mobility
Mobility and Hardship
Monitor
Multi-Country and South-South Cooperation Projects
Multiple Funding Lines for Positions

N

National Implementation
National Personnel Services Agreement
Night Differential
No Refunds
Non-Core Contributions
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Implementation
Non-Reimbursable Loan Agreements

O

Opening and Closing of Bank Accounts
Organizational Unit Restructuring
Other Travel Allowances and Expenses
Overtime Compensation

P

Parallel Fund Management
Parental Leave
Participation and Role of UNDP Delegates at Major International Conferences and Events
Partner Personnel Services Agreement
Pass-Through Fund Management: UNDP as a Participating UN Organization
Pass-Through Management: UNDP as Administrative Agent (AA)
Payment and Taxes
Pension Fund
Pensionable Remuneration
Performance Based Payments
Performance Management and Development
Personal Data Protection and Privacy Policy
Petty Cash Fund for Management Project (PCF)
Pipeline Management
Planning and Paying for Delivery Enabling Services to Projects
Policy on Due Diligence and Partnerships with the Private Sector
Pooled Fund Management
Portfolio
Post Adjustment
Post Travel
Pre-Award Negotiations
Prepayments
Principles of Remuneration
Private Sector Partnerships
Probation upon Appointment
Procurement Authority and Increased Delegated Procurement Authority
Procurement Ethics, Fraud and Corrupt Practices
Procurement Forecasting and Delivery
Procurement Methods
Procurement of Banking Services
Procurement Oversight and Procurement Review Committees
Procurement Overview and Principles
Project Cash Advance (PCA)
Project Cash on Hand for DIM Projects (PCH)
Project Petty Cash Fund (PPCF)
Property, Plant and Equipment
Protection against Retaliation
Provide Oversight
Purchase Orders (Obligations, Maintenance and Closure)

Q

Quality Assurance for Health Products
Quality Standards for Programming
Quantum Financial Closure Instructions
Quantum User Access Standards

R

Raising E-requisitions
Rank-in-Post
Receipt of Goods, Services and Works
Record Retention, Data Security and Contingency
Recovery of Overpayments
Recruitment and Selection Framework Policy
Refunds to Donors
Regular Maintenance Accounts Payable
Relocation Shipment
Rental Subsidy
Repatriation Grant
Report
Requisition and Procurement of Goods, Civil Works and Services
Rest and Recuperation
Retroactivity of Payments
Revenue Management for Joint Programming
Route, Mode of Transportation, and Standard of Accommodation
Rules and Procedures for the UNDP Compliance Review Panel (CRP)

S

Safe Driving Bonus (SDB)
Safe Management
Salary Advance
Salary Increments
Salary Surveys
Security Clearance
Security Policy
Select Implementing Partners
Select Responsible Parties and Grantees
Selection and Reassignment Policy for International Rotational Posts
Service Clearing Account (SCA): Charging, Billing and Fee Collection
Service Contract
Setting Up a Local Presence
Settling-In Grant
Shipping and Insurance
Sick Leave
Social and Environmental Standards
Solicitation
Sourcing and Market Research
Special Leave
Staff Assessment
Standard Operating Procedure for Crisis Response and Recovery
Submission and Receipt of Offers
Supplier Management
Sustainable Procurement
System Acquisition, Development and Maintenance Standards
System Logon Banner Standards

T

Taxation
Temporary Appointment
Termination of Appointment
Termination of Appointment for Reasons of Health
Time off for Breastfeeding
Transactional Procurement Strategies and Procurement Planning
Trust Fund Management
Type of Leases and Treatment in UNDP Books

U

UN Agency Services
UN Clinics
UN Travel Documents and National Passport
UNDP ICT Standards
UNDP Legal Framework for Addressing Non-Compliance with UN Standards of Conduct
UNDP Legal Framework for Addressing Non-Compliance with UN Standards of Conduct
UNDP Support Services to National Implementation (NIM)
UNDP-supported Guarantees
UNFCU Share Account Management
Uniforms
Universal Price List (UPL) and Local Price List (LPL)
US Letter of Credit (LOC) Agreements
Use of Online Quantum System
Use of UPL and LPL

V

Vehicle Management
Vendor Sanctions
Visas at Headquarters (New York)

W

Working with External Auditors
Write-Off Requests, Excluding Property, Plant and Equipment and Intangible Assets