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Private Sector Non-Reimbursable Loan

Effective Date

Jan 26, 2026

Summary of Changes

Steps 11 and 12 of the Private Sector Non-Reimbursable Loan procedure were updated to replace the GSSC registration process with Quantum. The responsible party for the registration process has been updated from OHR to the Receiving Office Bureau and IDAM Focal point.

Solicitation

Effective Date

Jan 26, 2026

Summary of Changes

The Bid Security Form has been uploaded into the Solicitation policy. The amount of bid security has been updated to be a range from 0.5% - 2% of the expected contract amount.

Gifts Policy

Effective Date

Jan 19, 2026

Summary of Changes

The Gifts Policy has been reviewed and the current content remains accurate and aligned with existing standards and procedures.

Financial Closure of Development Projects

Effective Date

Jan 09, 2026

Summary of Changes

This Operational Guidelines: Project Financial Closure have been revised to simplify requirements, clarify roles and enable faster processing of project financial closure — reducing the administrative burden for Country Offices (COs) while ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant project closure. These changes reinforce compliance and operational efficiency across the organization.

UN Agency Services

Effective Date

Jan 09, 2026

Summary of Changes

The UNDP Service Level Agreement (SLA) template has been updated to reflect the following revisions:

  • Centralization of Payroll and HR Administration Services: Effective 1 January 2025, payroll and HR administration services are no longer provided by UNDP at the local or country level. These services have been centralized under BMS/GSSC. As a result, BMS/GSSC now enters into separate corporate Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with UN Entities for payroll and select HR administration services. All references to these services have been removed from the UNDP SLA template and its Annex 1 to reflect this change.
  • Centralized Partner Personnel Services Agreement (PPSA): PPSA services are now provided centrally by the BMS/GSSC and BMS/OHR. A separate corporate SLA is established with UN Entities for PPSA services. Consequently, all references to PPSA services—specifically in Paragraphs 4 and 5(b), Appendix I—have been removed from the UNDP SLA template.
  • Clarification of Client Responsibilities on Ethics Matters: The section outlining client responsibilities for ethics inquiries related to staff holding a UNDP Letter of Appointment (LOA) has been revised for greater clarity. Paragraph 11 (formerly Paragraph 10) now specifies that staff members with a UNDP LOA, whose service is limited to the client, must first direct all ethics-related inquiries to the client’s Ethics Office before approaching the UNDP Ethics Office.

Salary Increments

Effective Date

Jan 07, 2026

Summary of Changes

The qualifying period has been technically revised to ensure alignment with the United Nations Staff Rules. Accordingly, the withholding provision has also been technically amended so that the same qualifying period applies.

Vaccinations and Malaria Prevention

Effective Date

Jan 06, 2026

Summary of Changes

The title of the policy has been updated from ‘Inoculations and Malaria Prevention’ to ‘Vaccinations and Malaria Prevention’ to reflect the more commonly used terminology. References to specific geographic regions with malaria have been replaced with the broader term ‘regions where malaria is present’ to avoid unintended exclusions. Additionally, the link to the WHO guidance has been updated.

Foundations

Effective Date

Jan 05, 2026

Summary of Changes

The Identifying and analyzing foundations for partnerships with UNDP procedure, Options for approaching potential foundation partners procedure, and Formalizing partnerships with foundations procedure are now available in French and in Spanish:

  • Identifying and analyzing foundations for partnerships with UNDP procedure: French | Spanish
  • Options for approaching potential foundation partners procedure: French | Spanish
  • Formalizing partnerships with foundations procedure: French | Spanish

Private Sector Partnerships

Effective Date

Jan 05, 2026

Summary of Changes

The Formalizing private sector partnerships through MOU procedure, Formalizing private sector partnerships through a Financing Agreement procedure, and Formalizing private sector partnerships through Pro Bono Agreement procedure are now available in French and in Spanish:

  • Formalizing private sector partnerships through MOU procedure: French | Spanish
  • Formalizing private sector partnerships through a Financing Agreement procedure: French | Spanish
  • Formalizing private sector partnerships through Pro Bono Agreement procedure: French | Spanish
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