Recently updated

Managing Partnerships

10 August 2010

Restructuring of Partnership Management Chapter has started and now chapter includes the TOR and scope of work of the Partnerships Review Group (PRG) as approved by OG on 9 June, 2010 and links to Partnership Library. The revised content enables staff to enter into partnerships with confidence and necessary instruments to:make well-informed and consistent decisions about with whom to partner; distinguish whether a formal partnership is needed; identify which partnership instrument to utilize; follow the correct partnership approval processes; maximize partnership benefits while mitigating ...

Restructuring of Partnership Management Chapter has started and now chapter includes the TOR and scope of work of the Partnerships Review Group (PRG) as approved by OG on 9 June, 2010 and links to Partnership Library. The revised content enables staff to enter into partnerships with confidence and necessary instruments to:make well-informed and consistent decisions about with whom to partner; distinguish whether a formal partnership is needed; identify which partnership instrument to utilize; follow the correct partnership approval processes; maximize partnership benefits while mitigating risks; nurture and monitor the partner relationship.

EXPAND

Managing Partnerships

8 July 2015

Managing Partnerships

In order to accommodate various opportunities to partner with the private sector, the following templates have been added for the use by the Country Offices.

Contribution Agreement b/w UNDP and Contributor of Goods, Services, Incidental Expenses and/or Other Contribution
UNDP Response Letter for Donations from High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI)
UNDP Response Letter to the Private Sector (Below US$ 100,000)

Managing Partnerships

14 September 2015

Managing Partnerships

Thenew Risk Management tool has been added to the Private Sector Due Diligence Policy.

Managing Partnerships

28 March 2017

Managing Partnerships

The updated policy clarifies the implementation process of partnerships instruments (MoUs and financing). In addition, updated hyperlinks are on the intranet resources pages.

Managing Partnerships

31 May 2017

Managing Partnerships

Aligned with new Delegation of Authority policy (2017): The Partner Review Group (PRG) as established in 2008 has been abolished. Previously there were three segments on partnership section, consisting of civil society (published in 2010); foundations (2010), and the private sector (2009). The review was taken place to distinguish prescriptive content (requirement) from recommendations or descriptions. The content is now streamlined to be one policy document called "Managing Partnerships" encompassing elements of civil society, foundations and private sector.

Private Sector Partnerships

21 September 2017

Private Sector

Changes were made to the procedures (steps 2 and 4) as well as the MOU template. In particular, it has been clarified that UNDP will apply the UNSG Bulletin on Acceptance of pro-bono goods and services (2006), In addition, when a private sector entity approaches UNDP with an unsolicited offer of pro bono contribution of goods or services, it is necessary, in addition to the risk assessment of the private sector entity itself, to take special care to ensure that there is a unique feature to the offer being made. If not, then it is essential to undertake a thorough mapping and scoping exercise ...

Changes were made to the procedures (steps 2 and 4) as well as the MOU template. In particular, it has been clarified that UNDP will apply the UNSG Bulletin on Acceptance of pro-bono goods and services (2006), In addition, when a private sector entity approaches UNDP with an unsolicited offer of pro bono contribution of goods or services, it is necessary, in addition to the risk assessment of the private sector entity itself, to take special care to ensure that there is a unique feature to the offer being made. If not, then it is essential to undertake a thorough mapping and scoping exercise to research comparable alternatives and to:

a. approach a wide range of similar companies in order to ascertain that there are no better offers available;

b. provide evidence that the pro bono services or goods are fit for purpose and offer best value by obtaining complete specifications of donated goods, including quality standards;

c. define the necessary quality checks to be conducted depending on the nature of the donation;

d. have a documented process of peer review of options;

e. conduct an analysis as to whether the contribution may lead to a 'future standardization whereby a specific good/service limits UNDP future choice and imposes unexpected costs. In particular, the analysis must show that there will be no dependency that can incur future costs.

f. provide no unfair advantage.

EXPAND

Private Sector Partnerships

22 September 2017

Private Sector

Private Sector Partnerships through Pro Bono Agreement (Procedure 4, Step 1) link replaced and 'Explanatory Notes' column added with the following:-When a private sector entity approaches UNDP with an unsolicited offer of pro bono contribution of goods or services, it is necessary, in addition to the risk assessment of the private sector entity itself, to take special care to ensure that this is the most cost effective way to achieve a particular objective. If it is not clear that there is a unique feature to the offer being made, then it is essential to undertake a thorough mapping and scopin ...

Private Sector Partnerships through Pro Bono Agreement (Procedure 4, Step 1) link replaced and 'Explanatory Notes' column added with the following:

-When a private sector entity approaches UNDP with an unsolicited offer of pro bono contribution of goods or services, it is necessary, in addition to the risk assessment of the private sector entity itself, to take special care to ensure that this is the most cost effective way to achieve a particular objective. If it is not clear that there is a unique feature to the offer being made, then it is essential to undertake a thorough mapping and scoping exercise to research comparable alternatives and to:

a. approach a wide range of similar companies in order to ascertain that there are no better offers available;

b. provide evidence that the pro bono services or goods are fit for purpose and offer best value by obtaining complete specifications of donated goods, including quality standards;

c. define the necessary quality checks to be conducted depending on the nature of the donation;

d. have a documented process of peer review of options;

e. Conduct an analysis as to whether the contribution may lead to a 'future standardization whereby a specific good/service limits UNDP future choice and imposes unexpected costs. In particular, the analysis must show that there will be no dependency that can incur future costs.

f. Provide no unfair advantage.

EXPAND

Managing Partnerships

27 August 2018

Managing Partnerships

The Managing Partnerships policy is now available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab.

Foundations

27 September 2018

Foundations

The Foundations policy is available in French and Spanish. To access the documents, click on the French and Spanish language tabs.

Private Sector Partnerships

6 December 2018

Private Sector

The MoU template has been updated in English and Spanish. It is linked in step 1 of the Formalizing private sector partnerships through MOU procedures on the Private Sector Partnerships policy page.

Policy Areas

Programme and Project Management

Crisis Response

Financial Resources Management

Human Resources Management

Procurement

Partnerships

Administrative Services

Accountability

Information and Communications Technology

Security

What's New