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Effective Date

Jun 14, 2022

Summary of Changes

The GMS rate table and contents are updated to reflect (i) Executive Board Decision on 5% for Individuals, (ii) OPG approval on applying 7% for Government Cost Sharing where UNDP provides support services to the government in its capacity as a Global Fund grant recipient, (iii) abbreviation changed from GFATM to GF, (iv) approval authority from Chief Finance Officer to BMS Director and (v) the updated table for Direct costs vs. Indirect costs from PPM.

Effective Date

Jun 16, 2022

Summary of Changes

The policy has been updated to incorporate UNDP evaluation guidelines on the annual and mid-term review of the annual evaluation plan in paragraph 3.

Effective Date

Jun 16, 2022

Summary of Changes

The policy has been updated related to Programme Assessment and Appraisal to add references (1) a review of UNDP’s comparative strengths and mandate that effectively integrated into the Cooperation framework Theory of Change (paragraph 12); (2) to the importance of learning from any past evaluation results into the formulation of the new country programme design (paragraph 14).

Effective Date

Jun 16, 2022

Summary of Changes

The policy was updated with links to UNDP Evaluation Guidelines (paragraph 16) and UNDP Evaluation Policy (paragraph 27)

Effective Date

Jun 16, 2022

Summary of Changes

Updates were made in the policy to reflect UNDP Evaluation Guidelines as follows: (1) Under new programme development, paragraph 20 has been added providing guidance to the submission of CPD-costed evaluation plans; (2) Planning for evaluation section is updated with the addition of three new paragraphs 39, 40, 41 to address UNDP’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025 requirements on the need of strategic evaluations; to inform on Independent country programme evaluations and reflect accountability for the development of CPD evaluation plan.

Effective Date

Jun 17, 2022

Summary of Changes

The policy has been updated to align with the UNDP Evaluation Guidelines’ mandatory criteria for the terminal or final evaluation of projects or programmes. Expected mandatory criteria and thresholds were added to the section.

Effective Date

Jun 17, 2022

Summary of Changes

The policy has been updated to add a new section on “Evaluation Report” (paragraphs 11-15). This section provides guidance on objective and use of evaluation reports along with guidance on review and finalization of reports like Inception report, final report, Management Response to evaluation.

Effective Date

Jun 17, 2022

Summary of Changes

The policy has been updated to add a new section on “Making changes to the evaluation plan” (paragraphs 26-30). This section provides the process of making any adjustments to the plan including date changes, deletions and additions that need to be clearly supported with a detailed rationale validated and approved by the regional evaluation focal point as per UNDP Evaluation Guidelines.

Effective Date

Jun 17, 2022

Summary of Changes

The policy has been updated to add a new section on “Monitoring of Evaluation Plan implementation” (paragraphs 25-28). The updated guideline includes the process and content of annual and mid-year review of the evaluation plan; guidelines on the expected timeline for oversight; and monitoring roles and responsibilities of the country office, regional bureau, Bureau of policy and programme and independent evaluation office.

Effective Date

Jun 17, 2022

Summary of Changes

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