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Gifts Policy

Effective Date

Dec 18, 2023

Summary of Changes

Content reviewed without changing substance.

Executive Board Papers

Effective Date

Jan 31, 2023

Summary of Changes

The policy has been revised to reflect the changes in the format and content of Executive Board reports prepared by BMS/OFM in response to Executive Board decision 2018/16.

Prepayments

Effective Date

Dec 13, 2023

Summary of Changes

The Prepayments policy and the Create Prepayment procedure have been updated to reflect the recent technical solution in Quantum which has resolved double encumbrance of resources in the processing of prepayments.

Service Contract

Effective Date

Dec 04, 2023

Summary of Changes

This update is to extend the duration of the Service Contract policy to 30 June 2024 to cover the transitional period of partner personnel currently on Service Contracts who will transition to Partner Personnel Services Agreement on 30 June 2024. UNDP personnel previously on service contracts have already transitioned to national/international personnel services agreements in accordance with the national personnel services agreement policy and with the international personnel services agreement policy, as applicable.

UNDP Policy and Procedures for Engagement on National Salary Supplementation Schemes (NSSS) and National Salary Payment Schemes (NSPS)

Policy Area:

Programme and Project Management

Policy Chapter:

Implement

UN Policy on Payment to Government Staff (Joint Consultative Group On Policy Or JCGP)

Policy Area:

Programme and Project Management

Policy Chapter:

Implement

Appraise and Approve

Effective Date

May 30, 2023

Summary of Changes

Following the launch of the new platform for the Social and Environmental Standards Procedures (SESP) and the Project Quality Assurance in Quantum+ (under Risk Tools) the Development Project procedures have been updated, as follows:

Step 1.0 Appraise the quality of the project in the local project appraisal committee - The new Project Quality Assurance (QA) Design and Appraisal (Quantum +) link and the Project QA Design and Appraisal User Guide (Quantum +) have been added.

Step 2.0 Update and approve the final quality assurance report in the Corporate Planning System - The new Project Quality Assurance (QA) Design and Appraisal (Quantum +) link and the Project QA Design and Appraisal User Guide (Quantum +) have been added.

Step 5.0 Apply the Gender Output Markers and activate the project in Quantum - The Gender Marker has been replaced with Output Markers and Atlas - Project ID has been replaced with Quantum – project number.

Step 7.0 Initiate the project - Atlas has been replaced with Quantum.

Partner Personnel Services Agreement

Effective Date

Dec 04, 2023

Summary of Changes

This update is to extend the date of transition of partner personnel currently on Service Contracts to Partner Personnel Service Agreement from 31 December 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Supplementary Protocols for Crisis Contexts

The Supplementary Protocols for Crisis Contexts complement the updated SOPs for Immediate Crisis Response to address crisis more holistically at an organizational level and are published as a related policy. The Supplementary Protocols were developed through distilling lessons from 17 UNDP priority countries over the past 18 months, guiding UNDP’s response in Anticipate & Prevent settings and in Fragile & Protracted contexts. The protocols are fully aligned with UNDP’s Enterprise Risk Management policy

Policy Area:

Crisis Response

Policy Chapter:

Standard Operating Procedure for Crisis Response and Recovery

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