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Formulate Programmes and Projects

Effective Date

Oct 18, 2022

Summary of Changes

​The GCF RACI for NIM projects has been completed. The GCF RACI builds on the same structure and logic of roles for 1st and 2nd layer oversight applied to the GEF RACI, but with additional steps and adjustments to align with the specific requirements and project cycle of the GCF. Minor updates were also made to the GEF RACI where a footnote was added to reflect the augmented design oversight support for CO provided by the NCE tier 1 regional technical specialists deployed by BPPS/NCE. The same footnote is also reflected in the GCF RACI.

Organizational Unit Restructuring

Effective Date

Nov 01, 2022

Summary of Changes

​The Organizational Unit Restructuring Policy sets out UNDP’s human resources policy governing the restructuring of organizational units, including special placement of staff and selection measures. The Organizational Restructuring policy establishes one single policy to manage the restructuring which:

  • Establishes clear roles, responsibilities and accountability for restructures of units organization-wide;
  • Provides a clear and simple process easily understood by different stakeholders;
  • Establishes a process agile enough to be effective in different organizational contexts (HQ and field);
  • Streamlines and increases flexibility in the restructuring process;
  • Ensures consistency, transparency, efficiency and fairness;
  • Significantly increases the speed of restructuring;
  • Provides safeguards for staff affected by restructuring and facilitates placement and selection of staff into new positions;
  • Ensures the restructuring process is aligned with, and leverages the benefits of, other related new processes such as mobility, talent reviews, and rank-in-post plus


Enterprise Risk Management

Effective Date

Nov 30, 2022

Summary of Changes

​The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) policy and procedures have been updated to align with the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Policy. Appendix 2: ERM Risk Categories and Sub-Categories in the ERM policy has been updated with a new AML/CFT risk sub-category '5.6. Exposure to entities involved in money laundering and terrorism financing' under risk category '5. Reputational'. The Risk Appetite Statement Guidance has been updated with the new AML/CFT risk sub-category in Annex 1 (Risk Categories and Sub-Categories) and Annex 4 (Risk Appetite Summary) has been aligned with the risk categories sequencing in the ERM policy. The Project Risk Register template has been updated with the new AML/CFT risk sub-category in Annex 1 (ERM Risk Categories and Sub-categories) and in Annex 2 Offline Project Risk Register Template in the dropdown list. The updated Project Risk Register template is published in Managing Project-Level Risk (Country, Regional or Global Projects) procedure in the ERM policy (Appendix 6), in step 2 of the Managing Project-Level Risk (Country, Regional or Global Projects) procedure in the ERM policy page and in the following procedure sections in the Programme and Project Management policy area: (a) in steps 1 and 2 of the Social and Environmental Standards procedure; (b) in step 3.3. of the Formulate Development Projects procedure; (c) in step 2.4 of the Monitor procedure

Certified Financial Reports

Effective Date

Dec 07, 2022

Summary of Changes

The policy has been updated to provide in detail the structure of certified financial reports in UNDP. Terminology has been revised from “Income, Expenditure” to “Revenue, Expense” to reflect certified financial reports changes against IPSAS 23.

Medical Insurance : UN Worldwide Medical Insurance Plan

Effective Date

Dec 09, 2022

Summary of Changes

​The UN WWP policy has been updated to reflect a change in the name of the insurance provider and correct reference links.

Group Life Insurance Plan (GLIP)

Effective Date

Dec 09, 2022

Summary of Changes

​The Group Life Insurance plan (GLIP) policy was updated to reflect a change in the name of the insurance provider, align the levels of coverage to reflect the mandatory age of separation and streamline the administrative procedures.

EU Reporting

Effective Date

Dec 09, 2022

Summary of Changes

​Since 2016 (date of the last review) the EU has introduced different contractual templates (i.e. second version of the EU Pillar-Assessed Grant or Delegation Agreement -PAGoDA 2 and the EU Contribution Agreement). In view of this, the guidelines on EU reporting have been modified to reflect the different contractual scenarios. In both the PAGoDA2 and the EU Contribution Agreement, the choice of the currency of the agreement is at the discretion of the Organisation, i.e. UNDP (not the EU). As a matter of priority, all UNDP contracts should be in US$ whenever possible.

Information Security Policy

Effective Date

Dec 17, 2022

Summary of Changes
The policy was changed in order to implement industry best practices in cybersecurity for the protection of personally identifiable information. These changes are compliant with ISO 27701 and help implement the requirements of tithe UNDP privacy policy for the protection of personal data.
- The new version of the UNDP Information Security Policy takes into account the provisions of the new UNDP Data Protection and Privacy policy as well as the recommended industry best practices for managing personally identifiable information (PII) as defined in ISO 27701.
- The new version designates the UNDP Chief Information Security Officer role as the party responsible for governance and monitoring of privacy safeguards within the BMS/ITM. It also explicitly designates BMS/ITM as a custodian (aka PII Processor) and not the owner of the PII data.
- The new policy section on PII also contains policy statements compliant with the ISO 27701 privacy standard for industry best practices.


Procurement Overview and Principles

Effective Date

Dec 19, 2022

Summary of Changes

​Reviewed and edited (no substantive change) in December.

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