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Effective Date

Apr 19, 2013

Summary of Changes

The threshold on the corporate purchasing card has been increased from $2500 to $5000, excluding expenditures for PPE. Regarding furniture and equipment, UNDSS assets are no longer recorded as UNDP Assets and only UNDP’s share of assets purchased under common service arrangements will be recorded in UNDP’s books. The procurement catalogue provides guidance to ensure appropriate recording.

Effective Date

Apr 25, 2013

Summary of Changes

Changes to the home leave travel entitlement include eligibility for staff on Temporary Appointments, enabling shorter intervals between home leaves for duty stations on a 12 month cycle, and clarification on travel time and calculation when combining home leave with reassignment travel.

Effective Date

Feb 18, 2014

Summary of Changes

The Information Disclosure Policy now includes requirements for “robust reasoning” to exclude information from the public domain. Amendments have been benchmarked against international best practice.

Effective Date

Mar 07, 2014

Summary of Changes

The Policy for Protection against Retaliation has been expanded to include protection for non-staff personnel such as contractors, interns and UNVs serving in UNDP or another UNDP administered fund, programme or agency.

Effective Date

Mar 07, 2014

Summary of Changes

This Policy has been revised so non-staff personnel, such as contractors, may be required to file a financial disclosure statement, in accordance with the standards of conduct incorporated into the contract.

Effective Date

Feb 13, 2015

Summary of Changes

The revised HACT prescriptive content operationalizes the inter agency agreed HACT framework (2014) in UNDP. It clarifies relevant processes/procedures in UNDP as well as provides additional clarifications of UNDP-specific requirements for the purpose of implementing the UNDG-approved revised HACT framework in UNDP. This prescriptive content shall be read in conjunction with the revised HACT framework (including all appendices) issued by UNDG as well as the UNDP NIM/NEX Manual issued in July 2011.

Effective Date

Mar 18, 2015

Summary of Changes

This policy introduced the following new text as part of required procedures to refund to donors. "The AP voucher must be processed as soon as practicable after the transfer of funds to account 21030 and after the donor provides written confirmation of its bank account details."

Effective Date

Apr 22, 2015

Summary of Changes

This policy covers management and operation of UN Clinics that are administered by UNDP on behalf of UN Common System organizations. This policy outlines the minimum standards for the establishment of UN Clinics which provide primary clinical and occupational health services to authorized UN Common System personnel and their recognized dependents. The UN Clinics policy and procedures clarify the provisions for the recruitment of UN clinic personnel; procuring and accounting; cost sharing mechanisms and management of the UN Clinics.

Effective Date

Apr 29, 2015

Summary of Changes

The R&R eligibility criteria for ICs has been aligned with the IC policy.

Effective Date

Apr 29, 2015

Summary of Changes

Cigna became the third party administrator for UNDP as of 1 April, 2015. New MIP application/request form, claim form and prior approval forms are also introduced.

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Policy Areas

Programme and Project Management

Crisis Response

Financial Resources Management

Human Resources Management

Procurement

Partnerships

Administrative Services

Accountability

Information and Communications Technology

Security

Property, Plant and Equipment

Home Leave

Information Disclosure

Protection against Retaliation

Financial Disclosure

Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT)

Refunds to Donors

UN Clinics

Rest and Recuperation

Medical Insurance: Medical Insurance Plan (MIP)