Feb 20, 2025
The solicitation templates for Invitation to Bid (ITB) and for Request for Proposal (RFP) - USD 200K and Above have been updated to align with the recent clarification updates in paragraph 47 of the Solicitation policy on how to manage alternative bids in the solicitation process.
Feb 19, 2025
The Annual Planning policy has been updated to include references to portfolio and a new Annual Planning (Portfolios) procedure has been published to reflect references to portfolio.
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1.1 |
StepReview multi-year workplan for annual planning. |
Responsible PartyPortfolio Manager |
Template/Guideline |
Explanatory Notes |
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1.2 |
StepReview portfolio multi-year workplan for annual planning. |
Responsible PartyPortfolio Manager |
Template/Guideline |
Explanatory Notes |
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2.0 |
StepPrepare procurement and HR plans. |
Responsible PartyPortfolio Manager |
Template/Guideline |
Explanatory NotesProcurement plans are required for “standard or complex business needs”, the Head of BU has to approve all procurement plans by monitoring requisite report in Quantum. All procurement plans (Project and Operations) are established at the activity level in projects in Quantum. Consolidated plans can be viewed and analyzed in Quantum by running the applicable reports. |
Feb 17, 2025
The Visas at Headquarters (New York) policy has been updated to reflect the cessation of G-4 visa cancelation by the United States Mission of the United Nations. Step 2 of the G-4 visa procedure has been updated to reflect the use of UNall for visa requests.
Feb 14, 2025
The Social and Environmental Standards policy has been updated to include references to portfolio.
Feb 14, 2025
The transition measures of the Individual Contract policy have been extended to 30 June 2025, covering both daily and lump-sum based individual contracts for use by UN Agencies, pending the adoption of the Partner Personnel Services Agreement by UN Agencies.
Feb 13, 2025
The Travel and Transportation Section, Division of Administration, United Nations Department of Operational Support has updated the TTS.1 (2-19) form to include “US duty station” in field 19 without updating the version control on the document. The updated Form TTS.1 (2-19) : Request for United States Visa is published in the Templates and Forms list on page 5 of the Visas at Headquarters (New York) policy document and in the Related Documents section of the Visas at Headquarters (New York) policy page.
Feb 10, 2025
The Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT) policy has been updated to harmonize the Terms of Reference (TORs) for HACT Assurance Activities (audits and spot checks) with the HACT agencies also in alignment with the related Long-Term Agreements for Services (LTAS) for HACT services. As a result, Internal Control Audits for partners with “Low” or “Moderate” risk ratings will cease to be an option and only Financial Audits (in accordance with the International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 800 and ISA 805 (Revised)) are to be conducted for all partners. The scope of the revised TOR for financial audits includes a review of the partner's internal controls. The TOR for spot checks has been revised to incorporate the changes in the accounting standards and is in line with the International Standard on Related Services (ISRS) 4400 (Revised).
The HACT Tables, the HACT Annexes A-D and the Assurance activities planning and implementation procedure have also been updated to reflect these changes.
Jan 29, 2025
The updated Business Continuity Plan templates and Business Continuity Management user guide are now available in French and Spanish:
Jan 20, 2025
The Accounts Payable procedure has been updated to reflect that procedures for accounts payable (AP) invoice processing in Quantum have been revised to ensure accurate accounting, budget management, and programmatic reporting. Users will now populate only the invoice date field, while Quantum will automatically derive other dates. These changes will apply to invoices with an accounting date of 1 January 2025 or later.
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