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Use of UPL and LPL

Effective Date

Jan 19, 2024

Summary of Changes

Further guidance on preparing service bills to projects and recovering service costs (DES/DPC) is now available. The Zero Dollar Invoice (ZDI) shall be used for initial entries and subsequent correcting entries shall be done in the original invoices.

The following user guides are now published in the procedure steps:

Step 8 – User Guide on DES (DPC) Entries in Quantum: How to perform invoice adjustment on processed PO invoice, How to adjust Distribution information (or COA) and Project Segment in Non-PO Invoices.

Step 9 – Guidance on DPC Exception Report

Guidance on DPC Exception Report

Document Type

Guide

Published in:

US Letter of Credit (LOC) Agreements

Effective Date

Jan 09, 2023

Summary of Changes

The policy and procedures have been updated to reflect UNDP’s transition to its new cloud-based management platform Quantum in January 2023, replacing its previous ATLAS system.

Decisions Adopted by the Executive Board in 2013: Funding of differentiated physical presence

Direct Payments

Effective Date

Dec 28, 2023

Summary of Changes

The changes made are to provide additional clarification on HACT transaction processing in Quantum and references to available reports relevant for management of HACT balances.

Direct Cash Transfers and Reimbursements

Effective Date

Dec 28, 2023

Summary of Changes

The changes made are to provide additional clarification on HACT transaction processing in Quantum and references to available reports relevant for management of HACT balances.

Multi-Country and South-South Cooperation Projects

Effective Date

Dec 21, 2023

Summary of Changes

The French and Spanish versions of the guidance document Considerations for South-South Cooperation Design, Implementation and Documentation have been published in paragraph 3 of the French and Spanish versions of the Multi-Country and South-South Cooperation Projects policy. The translated document is also linked in Step 1.0 of the French and Spanish versions of the Multi-Country and South-South Cooperation Projects Procedures. The document provides guidance for the formulation, activities, monitoring and evaluation of UNOSSC South-South projects and aims to support teams wishing to explore one or more topics in the mainstreaming of South-South cooperation.

General Considerations of Contracting

Effective Date

Dec 21, 2023

Summary of Changes

The General Terms and Conditions for Contracts (for Goods and/or Services) have been updated to reflect the Personal Data Protection and Privacy Policy. All new changes in this regard are limited to Articles 19, 20 and 31.1 and Article 28.1 and the updated document is linked in the Templates/Forms/Links section at the end of the General Considerations of Contracting policy document and is also published in the Related Documents section of the General Considerations of Contracting policy page. 

Managing Prescriptive Content

Effective Date

Apr 28, 2023

Summary of Changes

Reviewed and edited to align with current practices and processes (no substantive change).

Foundations

Effective Date

Dec 21, 2023

Summary of Changes

The policy’s content has been reviewed without changing substance.

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