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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.

Visas at Headquarters (New York)

Effective Date

Dec 15, 2022

Summary of Changes

​The updated P-312 Clarification of Status of Family Members and Arrival Notice form, P-312A Clarification of Status of Household Employee and Arrival Notice form, P-320 Work Permit for Spouses Holding G-4 visas form, and P-321 Work Permit for Children Holding G-4 visas form are now available in the Visas at Headquarters (New York) policy under the Templates and Forms section. The Template for transmitting to/acknowledging receipt of travel documents by staff in COs and the Template for transmitting requests for travel documents to TSS/ASD/BOM forms have been archived.

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.

Sustainable Procurement

Effective Date

Dec 19, 2022

Summary of Changes

Reviewed and edited (no substantive change) in December.

UNDP-supported Guarantees

Effective Date

Dec 19, 2022

Summary of Changes

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The UNDP-supported Guarantees policy has been approved for a five-year pilot period, and includes credit guarantees and procurement guarantees, which were previously assessed as areas of high demand and thus prioritized for the first phase of implementation. UNDP-supported Guarantees must be part of broader development interventions in DIM and CO-support to NIM projects and be fully donor funded. The pilot policy will enable UNDP to leverage guarantees in a prudent manner to incentivize sustainable/SDG-aligned investments in line with its ambition to leverage public finance and mobilize private finance for the SDGs. In addition, it will open new partnership venues and strengthen UNDP’s ability to act as an integrator across the UN development system.



Framework of Accountability for Security

Effective Date

Dec 20, 2022

Summary of Changes

​Minor editorial and straightforward changes have been made, including deleting a duplicate paragraph. The policy is now available in French and Spanish. To access the French and Spanish versions click on the respective language tab

Government Local Office Cost (GLOC) Valuation of the In-Kind Contribution

Effective Date

Dec 27, 2022

Summary of Changes

​While the effective date remains the same, the content has been reviewed without changes.

Parental Leave

Effective Date

Jan 01, 2023

Summary of Changes

​The parental leave policy supersedes UNDP's policies on Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave and Adoption Leave for the administration of parental leave in respect of a child born or adopted on or after 1 January 2023. For a staff member with a child born or adopted on 31 December 2022 or earlier, UNDP's policies on maternity, paternity, and adoption leave will continue to apply until completion of the respective leave entitlement contained in those policies. The parental leave policy provides for a period of 16 weeks of leave for all birth parents, plus an additional period of 10 weeks (for a total of 26 weeks) for gestational birth parents (consisting of a pre and post-natal leave period). This replaces the previous allocation of 16 weeks for maternity leave, 4 or 8 weeks for paternity leave, and 8 weeks for adoption leave. UNDP's policies on maternity, paternity, and adoption leave are valid until 31 December 2023 and will be retired thereafter.
 

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