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Property, Plant and Equipment

Effective Date

Feb 22, 2017

Summary of Changes

To adjust the changes on Furniture and Equipment: Acquisition and Maintenance policy which were made in Feb 2017 based on the audit recommendation, the following descriptions on Assets and closure of projects were added for clarification purpose.

Assets and closure of projects

  • No asset should be left in the closed project. Project cannot be closed if it has not completed disposal or transfer of its assets.
     
  • Well in advance of the project closure, project management should identify assets disposal methods taking into consideration respective provisions of the project document, UNDP Policy as well as local circumstances.
     
  • Assets disposal methods, requirements and procedures are described in details in the Disposal policy.

Acquisition and Maintenance (Furniture and Equipment)

Effective Date

Feb 22, 2017

Summary of Changes

As per audit recommendations, responsibilities of regional bureaus/regional hubs and BMS have been clarified.

Managing Partnerships

Effective Date

Mar 28, 2017

Summary of Changes

​The updated policy clarifies the implementation process of partnerships instruments (MoUs and financing). In addition, updated hyperlinks are on the intranet resources pages.

Performance Management and Development

Effective Date

Apr 07, 2017

Summary of Changes

The Policy aims to foster the culture of high performance through making performance management an integral part of every-day work. It encourages more frequent interactions/communication between staff and managers on performance and shifting the focus from compliance with annual milestones to higher quality performance conversations.

Delegation of Authorities

Effective Date

Apr 07, 2017

Summary of Changes

This is an update from 2012 and describes how authority is delegated in UNDP from the Administrator to Heads of UNDP offices. It also provides guidance on how and when such delegated authorities could be further delegated. These accountabilities are in line with the Corporate Accountability Framework (see link) approved by the Executive Group in 2016. This policy also serves as a single point of reference of the authorities of the Administrator, Associate Administrator and heads of UNDP offices in headquarters and in country offices including those funds and programmes administered by UNDP. A Summary Table of Delegated Authority of UNDP Administrator is available at Annex A. 
 

Managing Partnerships

Effective Date

May 31, 2017

Summary of Changes

​Aligned with new Delegation of Authority policy (2017): The Partner Review Group (PRG) as established in 2008 has been abolished. Previously there were three segments on partnership section, consisting of civil society (published in 2010); foundations (2010), and the private sector (2009). The review was taken place to distinguish prescriptive content (requirement) from recommendations or descriptions. The content is now streamlined to be one policy document called "Managing Partnerships" encompassing elements of civil society, foundations and private sector.

UN Travel Documents and National Passport

Effective Date

Jun 01, 2017

Summary of Changes

The application for United Nations Laissez-Passer/UN Family Certificates are now available in French and English as Word documents. (Procedure 1, Step 2).



Other Travel Allowances and Expenses

Effective Date

Jun 15, 2017

Summary of Changes

The reimbursement of the cost incurred by seat assignment has been added. This provision is subject to an approval of authorizing unit. Policy provisions on rental car have been streamlined, now without a linkage between renting a car and reduced Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA).

Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA)

Effective Date

Jul 24, 2017

Summary of Changes

The policy has been updated to reflect the replacement of the schedule in ST/IC/2015/25 with revised rates for the daily subsistence allowance in New York, Geneva and Vienna:

31 c) After 120 days, normally at 60 percent of the first-60-days rate. The after-120-days DSA rates for New York, Geneva and Vienna, are published separately in the annex to UN circular ST/IC/2017/20.

Rank-in-Post

Effective Date

Aug 01, 2017

Summary of Changes

The Rank in Post policy was amended to reflect changes made to the Recruitment and Selection Policy, which includes the removal of minimum time in post requirements.


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