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 Update of outdated links and reference sources.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/or 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/Directorate 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/Directorate	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes
6	Step Submit a clean version of the amended policy approved 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/Directorate.
7	Step Publish the approved content and update the “What’s new” page in the POPP.	Responsible Party BMS/Directorate 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