Amendment of existing policies | United Nations Development Programme

1	Step Review the scope and content of amendment.	Responsible Party Content Owner	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes Straightforward changes involve: Incorporation of new/updated UN regulations, rules and decisions. Alignment with existing UNDP policies, processes, tools and practices to ensure coherence. Editorial changes involve: Refinement of language for ‘clarification’ purposes. Update of outdated links and reference sources. Substantive changes involve: Changes with significant financial and strategic implications to UNDP which introduce new concepts, roles or processes. For substantive changes to existing policies, please follow the procedure on preparation of new policies.
2	Step Consult with other offices and BMS/BPC to ensure consistency in formulating a policy and identify paragraphs in relevant policies that should be refined, and policies to be retired.	Responsible Party Content Owner	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes
3	Step Ensure that any changes are also reflected in other languages translated.	Responsible Party Content Owner	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes
4	Step The policy focal point for each content owning bureau keeps track of what policies have been amended and updated.	Responsible Party Content Owner	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes
5	Step Ensure standardization of format.	Responsible Party BMS/BPC	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes
6	Step Submit a clean version of amended policy for publication.	Responsible Party Content Owning Bureau	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes Provide a summary of the amendment for the “Latest updates” section in the policy page and in the “What’s new” page. For guidance, please contact BMS/BPC.
7	Step Publish the content and update the “what’s new” page in the POPP.	Responsible Party BMS/BPC POPP Focal Point for Content Owning Bureau	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes
8	Step Regularly communicate the updated content to country offices.	Responsible Party Content Owning Bureau	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes