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Managing Prescriptive Content

The planned review date of the policy page has been updated to 30/06/2024.

Managing Prescriptive Content

The planned review date of the policy page has been updated to 30/06/2024.

Business Continuity Management

20 June 2009

Business Continuity Management

The aim of the BCM Policy is to protect the interest of UNDP and its internal and external stakeholders by establishing a business-owned and business driven strategic and operational framework, which proactively ensures UNDP’s ability to respond appropriately to anticipated risks identified within the context of a corporate risk assessment and unit level risk logs and unexpected disruptive challenges of the future, while maintaining staff safety and security.

Internal Control Framework

15 July 2010

Internal Control Framework (ICF)

Version 4 of the Internal Control Framework policy now can be accessed through the Results Management and Accountability chapter. The updated version incorporates 1) New introduction to encapsulate the attributes and components of internal control as is best practice, taking full consideration of all existing control processes in UNDP. The new introduction follows more closely the COSO internal control model, and is therefore very broad in its coverage of administrative and programmatic areas. 2) The Operational Guide of the ICF, to better reflect its level of detail.

Anti-Fraud Policy

14 March 2011

Internal Control Framework (ICF)

The Results Management and Accountability chapter has been updated with the revised anti-fraud policy which now replaces the UNDP fraud policy statement of August 2005 and brings, in one place, currently dispersed policies and practices.

Information Disclosure

18 February 2014

Information Disclosure

The Information Disclosure Policy now includes requirements for “robust reasoning” to exclude information from the public domain. Amendments have been benchmarked against international best practice.

Financial Disclosure

7 March 2014

Ethics

This Policy has been revised so non-staff personnel, such as contractors, may be required to file a financial disclosure statement, in accordance with the standards of conduct incorporated into the contract.

Protection against Retaliation

7 March 2014

Ethics

The Policy for Protection against Retaliation has been expanded to include protection for non-staff personnel such as contractors, interns and UNVs serving in UNDP or another UNDP administered fund, programme or agency.

Protection against Retaliation

14 July 2015

Ethics

This revised policy includes the increased timeframe for a person could seek protection, from 60 days to six months. Additional clarification is made by adding "more likely than not" a causal connection exists between the protected activities and the detrimental action that has been taken or threatened against the individual, in order to establish a prima facie case.

Delegation of Authorities

7 April 2017

Delegation of Authorities

This is an update from 2012 and describes how authority is delegated in UNDP from the Administrator to Heads of UNDP offices. It also provides guidance on how and when such delegated authorities could be further delegated. These accountabilities are in line with the Corporate Accountability Framework (see link) approved by the Executive Group in 2016. This policy also serves as a single point of reference of the authorities of the Administrator, Associate Administrator and heads of UNDP offices in headquarters and in country offices including those funds and programmes administered by UNDP. A ...

This is an update from 2012 and describes how authority is delegated in UNDP from the Administrator to Heads of UNDP offices. It also provides guidance on how and when such delegated authorities could be further delegated. These accountabilities are in line with the Corporate Accountability Framework (see link) approved by the Executive Group in 2016. This policy also serves as a single point of reference of the authorities of the Administrator, Associate Administrator and heads of UNDP offices in headquarters and in country offices including those funds and programmes administered by UNDP. A Summary Table of Delegated Authority of UNDP Administrator is available at Annex A.

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