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Other Resources
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Expense Management
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- Rules and Procedures for the UNDP Compliance Review Panel (CRP)
- Interim Roster Rules of Procedure
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- Malicious Acts Insurance Policy (MAIP)
- Medical Insurance: UN NY Aetna Medical Insurance
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- Medical Insurance : UN Worldwide Medical Insurance Plan
- After-Service Health Insurance: ASHI MIP
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- UN Clinics
- Travel and Removal Expenses
- Separation from Services
- Disciplinary Measures and Appeals
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- Workforce Management
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- Procurement Overview
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- Requisition
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- Procurement Methods
- Innovation, CSO engagement
- Solicitation Process
- Evaluation of Offers and Pre-award Negotiations
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- Award and Management of Contract
- Construction Works
- Individual Contract
- Long Term Agreements (LTAs) and Cooperation with UN Entities
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Administrative Services
- Asset Management - Property, Plant and Equipment
- Asset Management (Intangible Assets)
- Vehicle Management
- Lease Management (Premises and Equipment)
- Management of Local Presences
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- Information Classification and Handling
- Information Security Policy
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- Electronic Signatures Policy
- System Acquisition, Development and Maintenance Standards
- ICT Disaster Recovery Standards for UNDP Offices
- System Logon Banner Standards
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- Enterprise Solutions
- Global Services
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ICT Security
- Security
Programme and Project Management
Financial Resources Management
- Inventory Management
-
Cash Banking and Investment
- Banking Arrangement
-
Cash Management
- UNFCU Share Account Management
- Management of Cash Planning/Forecasting of Cash Flows
- Management of Cash in Crisis or Emergency Situations
- Management of Zero-Balance Account System
- Bank Account Reconciliation
- Issuing Letters of Credit
- Management of Local Investments
- Safe Management
- Handling of Cash and Receipts Treasury
- Cash Arrangement
- Financial Closure of Development Projects and Trust Funds
- Financial Management and Implementation Modalities
- Financial Operations Management
-
Pipeline and Revenue Management
- Regular Resources
-
Other Resources
- Government Contributions from Net Contributing Countries (NCCs) and High Middle-Income Countries (High-MICs)
- Non-Core Contributions
- Revenue Management for Joint Programming
- Accounts Receivable
- Memorandum for Provision of Services (formerly Management Service Agreements)
- US Letter of Credit (LOC) Agreements
- Trust Fund Management
- Pipeline Management
- Country Co-Financing Cost Sharing Interest (Fund 11888), Non-Earmarked Programme Cost Sharing (Fund 30083), Country Co-Financing Project Residual balances (Fund 11890)
-
Expense Management
- Purchase Orders (Obligations, Maintenance and Closure)
- Prepayments
- Accounts Payable
- Disbursing Funds (Making Payments)
- Regular Maintenance Accounts Payable
- Hospitality Expense
- Receipt of Goods, Services and Works
- Raising E-requisitions
- Quantum Financial Closure Instructions
- Supplier Management
- Write-Off Requests, Excluding Property, Plant and Equipment and Intangible Assets
- Resource Planning and Cost Recovery
- Working with External Auditors
Human Resources Management
- Duties, Obligations and Privileges
- Classification of Posts
- Salaries and Related Allowances
-
Appointment and Promotion
- Types of Appointment
-
Recruitment and Selection
- Career Transitions
- Eligibility for International Benefits and Entitlements and Determination of Official UN Nationality
- Family Relationships
- Recruitment and Selection Framework Policy
- Selection and Reassignment Policy for International Rotational Posts
- Experience and Academic Qualifications
- Rules and Procedures for the UNDP Compliance Review Panel (CRP)
- Interim Roster Rules of Procedure
- Mobility
- Rank-in-Post
- Annual and Special Leave
-
Social Security
- Compensation
-
Insurance Plans
- Medical insurance: UN NY Empire Blue Cross PPO Medical Insurance
- Malicious Acts Insurance Policy (MAIP)
- Medical Insurance: UN NY Aetna Medical Insurance
- Medical Insurance: UN NY HIP Health Plan
- Medical Insurance : UN Worldwide Medical Insurance Plan
- After-Service Health Insurance: ASHI MIP
- Dental Insurance: UN NY Cigna Dental Plan
- After-Service Health Insurance: ASHI UN
- Medical Insurance: Medical Insurance Plan (MIP)
- Group Life Insurance Plan (GLIP)
- Pension Fund
- UN Clinics
- Travel and Removal Expenses
- Separation from Services
- Disciplinary Measures and Appeals
- Non-Staff
- Workforce Management
Procurement
- Procurement Overview
- Procurement Strategy and Planning
- Requisition
- Sourcing of Suppliers
- Procurement Methods
- Innovation, CSO engagement
- Solicitation Process
- Evaluation of Offers and Pre-award Negotiations
- Procurement Review Committees
- Award and Management of Contract
- Construction Works
- Individual Contract
- Long Term Agreements (LTAs) and Cooperation with UN Entities
Administrative Services
- Asset Management - Property, Plant and Equipment
- Asset Management (Intangible Assets)
- Vehicle Management
- Lease Management (Premises and Equipment)
- Management of Local Presences
- Duty Travel
- Corporate Purchasing Card
Information and Communications Technology
-
ICT Security
- Information Classification and Handling
- Information Security Policy
- Personal Data Protection and Privacy Policy
- Electronic Signatures Policy
- System Acquisition, Development and Maintenance Standards
- ICT Disaster Recovery Standards for UNDP Offices
- System Logon Banner Standards
- Bring Your Own Device and Acceptable Usage of ICT Resources
- ICT Oversight
- Enterprise Solutions
- Global Services
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Prepare Fully Costed Budgets for Projects
Prepare Fully Costed Budgets for Projects Project Activities and Inputs 1. To develop a results-based budget, UNDP must plan and cost all activities and inputs to deliver the project output(s). Major activities and functions that must be accounted for within a project budget include both direct and indirect costs, as listed below and further detailed in Annex 1 : Direct Costs - Direct costs of …
Content Type: Document Document Type: Policy Effective Date: 17-06-2021 Planned Review Date: 17-06-2023
Managing a Delivery Enabling Services Project for Pre-Positioning Capabilities Until Information on Projects to be Charged Becomes Available (Annex 1)
Annex 1 – Managing a Delivery Enabling Services Project for Pre-positioning Capacities until Information on Projects to be Charged Becomes Available 1. Service-providing entities within and beyond the CO may establish a delivery enabling services project when pre-positioning of capacities is necessary before the actual information on the projects to be charged becomes available. When project …
Content Type: Document Document Type: Policy Effective Date: 09-01-2023 Policy Area: Financial Resources Management Policy Chapter: Resource Planning and Cost Recovery Policy Sub-Chapter: Cost Recovery from Programmes funded by Regular and Other Resources Policy: Harmonized Conceptual Funding Framework and Cost Recovery Methodology
GMS Fee Set-up and Collection
General Management Support (GMS) Fee Set Up and Collection 1. Refer POPP Cost Recovery from Other Resources - General Management Support (GMS) . 2. This section describes the cost recovery rate (GMS fee) collection and set up in the Quantum Project Management module. 3. Effective collection of cost recovery income is a major component of overall compliance with UNDP’s cost recovery policy. …
Content Type: Document Document Type: Policy Effective Date: 29-11-2022 Planned Review Date: 09-01-2026 Policy Area: Financial Resources Management Policy Chapter: Resource Planning and Cost Recovery Policy Sub-Chapter: Cost Recovery from Programmes funded by Regular and Other Resources Policy: GMS Fee Set-up and Collection
Planning and Paying for Delivery Enabling Services to Projects
Planning and Paying for Delivery Enabling Services to Projects 1. The head of office must ensure that all resources and capacities, including personnel support to projects, are incorporated into the office’s annual workplan. This includes personnel to be provided by the office managing the project or requested from other cost centers. Likewise, this includes all functions/activities described as …
Content Type: Document Document Type: Policy Effective Date: 01-06-2021 Planned Review Date: 01-06-2024 Policy Area: Financial Resources Management Policy Chapter: Resource Planning and Cost Recovery Policy Sub-Chapter: Direct Project Costing Policy: Planning and Paying for Delivery Enabling Services to Projects
Multiple Funding Lines for Positions
Multiple Funding Lines for Positions 1. UNDP is a multi-funded organization, with resources contributed by partners either through regular voluntary contributions or through other resources earmarked to specific themes, projects or countries. Underpinning an implementation framework for the use of multiple funding sources to finance positions is the multi-funded nature of UNDP. 2. For UNDP to …
Content Type: Document Document Type: Policy Effective Date: 29-11-2022 Planned Review Date: 09-01-2025 Policy Area: Financial Resources Management Policy Chapter: Resource Planning and Cost Recovery Policy Sub-Chapter: Direct Project Costing Policy: Multiple Funding Lines for Positions
UN Agency Services
UN Agency Services 1. Consistent with the mandate to provide services to entities of the UN system on request by a UN Agency, UNDP has an underlying responsibility to provide such services as long as the requested services and their provision are (i) consistent with the regulations, rules, policies and procedures[footnoteRef:2], and aims of UNDP, such as progress towards the Sustainable …
Content Type: Document Document Type: Policy Effective Date: 01-07-2019 Planned Review Date: 09-01-2026 Policy Area: Financial Resources Management Policy Chapter: Resource Planning and Cost Recovery Policy Sub-Chapter: UN Agency Services Policy: UN Agency Services
Use of UPL and LPL
Use of the Universal Price List (UPL) or Local Price List (LPL) 1. This option may be used where the DPC option of apportioning operations unit staff time to projects through multiple funding line is not practical, such as when each operations staff member may be working on an entire project portfolio (i.e. providing finance support for all projects instead of just a few) unlike programme staff …
Content Type: Document Document Type: Policy Effective Date: 23-11-2022 Planned Review Date: 09-01-2025
Cost Recovery from Other Resources - GMS
Cost Recovery from Other Resources - General Management Support (GMS) 1. UNDP distinguishes between two types of costs in the implementation of its activities. These are: a. Direct costs of programme, administrative and operational support activities, that are part of the project input; and b. Costs that are in addition to direct project costs, representing the costs to the organization that are …
Content Type: Document Document Type: Policy Effective Date: 14-06-2022 Planned Review Date: 14-06-2025 Policy Area: Financial Resources Management Policy Chapter: Resource Planning and Cost Recovery Policy Sub-Chapter: Cost Recovery from Programmes funded by Regular and Other Resources Policy: Cost Recovery from Other Resources - GMS
Harmonized Conceptual Funding Framework and Cost Recovery Methodology
The Harmonized Conceptual Funding Framework and Cost Recovery Methodology 1. A joint decision of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA, UNICEF and UNWOMEN approved a new harmonized conceptual framework for defining and attributing all costs, both programme costs and organizational costs ( DP - FPA/2012/1 ) , and a new harmonized methodology for calculating cost-recovery rates on other resources …
Content Type: Document Document Type: Policy Effective Date: 20-05-2015 Planned Review Date: 31-12-2025 Policy Area: Financial Resources Management Policy Chapter: Resource Planning and Cost Recovery Policy Sub-Chapter: Cost Recovery from Programmes funded by Regular and Other Resources Policy: Harmonized Conceptual Funding Framework and Cost Recovery Methodology
Service Clearing Account (SCA): Charging, Billing and Fee Collection
Service Clearing Account (SCA) for non-Quantum UN Agencies: Charging, Billing and Fee Collection 1. Page Content Structure Element - Description 1. For UN Agencies who do not use Quantum (the “non-Quantum Agencies”), a dedicated Service Clearing Account (SCA) is established for each Agency. Through the SCA, all global prefunding received from UN Agencies are recorded, and all services provided by …
Content Type: Document Document Type: Policy Effective Date: 01-07-2019 Planned Review Date: 09-01-2026 Policy Area: Financial Resources Management Policy Chapter: Resource Planning and Cost Recovery Policy Sub-Chapter: UN Agency Services Policy: Service Clearing Account (SCA): Charging, Billing and Fee Collection