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Procurement Methods

Effective Date

Dec 14, 2018

Summary of Changes

​Section 79.e. of the Procurement Methods policy was updated to reflect streamlining measures recently set forth by the Bureau of Management Services that provide exemptions from the need to submit for ex-ante review for successful previous experience and repetitive country specific (local) LTAs for country office operations supports such as for travel, security, and cleaning services, as there is sufficient specific corporate guidance and templates on the procurement of the said goods/services.

Financial Closure of Development Projects

Effective Date

Dec 17, 2018

Summary of Changes

​Section 8 of the Financial Closure of Development Projects was updated to specify that before the status of a project is changed to financially closed, the eChecklist from Atlas Project Closure Workbench must be completed.

GMS Fee Set-up and Collection

Effective Date

Dec 20, 2018

Summary of Changes

​Step 6 of the GMS Fee Set-up and Collection procedure table was updated with the most recent link to the actual effective GMS PowerBI report, derived from actual GL expenses posted to projects. The link appears in the Explanatory Notes column.

Cost Recovery from Other Resources - GMS

Effective Date

Jan 17, 2019

Summary of Changes

​Section 7 of the Cost Recovery from Other Resources - General Management Support (GMS) policy was updated to reflect that regarding agencies’ contribution to RCO activities, GMS should be applied in line with the corporate cost recovery policy, since the 2016 Advisory note for the UNDG Cost Sharing Funds for the RC system no longer applies and is hereby revoked as of 1 January 2019.

Universal Price List (UPL) and Local Price List (LPL)

Effective Date

Jan 31, 2019

Summary of Changes

​UNDP offices can now monitor actual revenues earned from provisions of SLA/MOU or UPL/LPL services through the Corporate Agency Services Revenue Report. A link to this newly developed report has been added to the Explanatory Notes column under step 11 of the Universal Price List (UPL) and Local Price List (LPL) procedure table.

Knowledge Product Production and Quality Assurance

Effective Date

Mar 15, 2019

Summary of Changes

The new Knowledge Product Production and Quality Assurance policy has been published under the Programming Standards chapter of the PPM. The policy and procedures apply to all knowledge products produced by UNDP where UNDP is a co-author. They also introduce a new online process and requirements for the publication of knowledge products, while shortening the steps required for clearance. In addition to the policy and procedures, the related guidelines: Knowledge Product Production Guidelines have been published in the procedures. The document offers in-depth information on different knowledge product types, life cycle steps, production processes, and quality assurance standards.

Development Services

Effective Date

Mar 01, 2019

Summary of Changes

Fund code 32050 has been issued for Development Services. This is noted in step 4 of the Development Services procedures, section 3.0 of the main policy page. Please note that GMS needs to be charged for Development Services at the same rate it is charged for regular development projects.

Route, Mode of Transportation, and Standard of Accommodation

Effective Date

Mar 07, 2019

Summary of Changes

The policy has been updated to reflect the newly issued mileage ST AI by the UN in clause 39.

Private Sector Partnerships

Effective Date

Mar 11, 2019

Summary of Changes

​The Private Sector Partnerships policy is now available in Spanish. To access the document, click on the Spanish language tab.

Enterprise Risk Management

Effective Date

Mar 13, 2019

Summary of Changes

The updated Enterprise Risk Management policy and procedures, which are now available in English, French and Spanish, call for a change in how UNDP collectively approaches risk management in order to become a smarter and more agile organization. They provide a roadmap for moving from risk averse to responsible risk taking practices. To access the Spanish and French documents, click on the relevant language tabs.

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