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​The Receivables and Expenditures process of Finance Chapter has been updated to reflect  procedures for management of US Government issued Letters of Credit for funding of UNDP projects.

​Contributions from IFIs and Development Banks to UNDP rose by 44% in 2016 compared to the previous year. In addition to IFI direct contributions, it is important to record indirect contributions received via Government Cost Sharing (originating from loans to governments). As a result, an additional procedure to the Non-Core Contribution Policy was created to provide guidance on how to record contributions from IFIs and development banks, with a list of fund codes to be used for loans, and a list of donor codes to be used for grants.

The new policy enables UNDP to provide management and support services that contribute to a programme government's results upon the agreement of the programme government. This modality cannot be used to deliver development results that UNDP is accountable to achieve under UNDP's programme. The MPS replaces the 2007 Management Service Agreement (MSA), where UNOPS was designated as a service provider.

The MPS template is now available in French and Spanish. The two language versions are linked in step 1 of the procedure table (section 3.0).

​The following policies are now available in Spanish. To access the content, click on the Spanish language tab of the respective policy page:Accounts Receivable Handling of Cash and Receipts Trust Fund Management Receipt of Services Receipt of Goods and Application of Incoterms  Receipt of Goods DAP and Application of Incoterms  Receipt of Goods FOB and Application of Incoterms  Receipt of Works  Creating and Approving Vendors  Purchase Orders (Commitments, Maintenance and Closure)  Prepayments  Accounts Payable  Disbursing Funds (Making Payments)  Raising E-requisitions Working with External ...

​The following policies are now available in Spanish. To access the content, click on the Spanish language tab of the respective policy page:Accounts Receivable Handling of Cash and Receipts Trust Fund Management Receipt of Services Receipt of Goods and Application of Incoterms  Receipt of Goods DAP and Application of Incoterms  Receipt of Goods FOB and Application of Incoterms  Receipt of Works  Creating and Approving Vendors  Purchase Orders (Commitments, Maintenance and Closure)  Prepayments  Accounts Payable  Disbursing Funds (Making Payments)  Raising E-requisitions Working with External Auditors Atlas Financial Closure Instructions

​The policy on Government Contributions from Net Contributing Countries (NCCs) and High Middle-Income Countries (High-MICs) is available for a better understanding of the respective board decisions and their implications on local office funding. This policy is applicable only to the countries classified as high-middle income countries (High MICs, countries with levels of GNI per capita over and above $6,660) and Net Contributing Countries (NCCs) and that are regulated as per the EB decision (2013/30) on Funding of differentiated physical presence (DP/2013/45) (DP/2013/45 French; DP/2013/45 Spa ...

​The policy on Government Contributions from Net Contributing Countries (NCCs) and High Middle-Income Countries (High-MICs) is available for a better understanding of the respective board decisions and their implications on local office funding. This policy is applicable only to the countries classified as high-middle income countries (High MICs, countries with levels of GNI per capita over and above $6,660) and Net Contributing Countries (NCCs) and that are regulated as per the EB decision (2013/30) on Funding of differentiated physical presence (DP/2013/45) (DP/2013/45 French; DP/2013/45 Spanish).

The Revenue Management for Joint Programming policy is now available in Spanish. To access the document, click on the Spanish language tab.

​The following policies and relevant procedures and guidance notes were updated based on the previously announced accounting policy changes for contributions:Core ContributionsGovernment Contribution to Local Office Costs (GLOC) from LIC and MICNon-Core Contributions New: Revenue Management Guidance: Global Fund (linked in clause 12 of the Non-Core Contributions policy)Revenue Management for Joint ProgrammingGovernment Contributions from Net Contributing Countries (NCCs) and High Middle-Income Countries (High-MICs)US Letter of Credit (LOC) Agreements Updated: US Government Letter of Credit G ...

​The following policies and relevant procedures and guidance notes were updated based on the previously announced accounting policy changes for contributions:Core ContributionsGovernment Contribution to Local Office Costs (GLOC) from LIC and MICNon-Core Contributions New: Revenue Management Guidance: Global Fund (linked in clause 12 of the Non-Core Contributions policy)Revenue Management for Joint ProgrammingGovernment Contributions from Net Contributing Countries (NCCs) and High Middle-Income Countries (High-MICs)US Letter of Credit (LOC) Agreements Updated: US Government Letter of Credit Guidelines and Procedures for funding UNDP projects (linked in clause 3 of the US LOC Agreements policy)The summary of the changes and their implication on UNDP Offices are:  With a few exceptions, the announced accounting policy changes for contributions, require the full revenue, including for future periods, to be recorded in the year an agreement/or other binding document is signed and not upon the receipt of cash.The recording of the revenue in Atlas remains with the GSSU Revenue team. UNDP Offices are required to submit the signed agreements to the GSSU within 1 week after an agreement is signed via the Service Request Portal : https://undp.custhelp.com/app/main.The policy revision did not change the ability for UNDP Offices to spend or enter into commitments in Atlas which is still dependent on funds being received (except for USAID Letters of Credit where the current process of enabling the spending ability in Atlas remains unchanged). As is currently the case, UNDP Offices can only incur expenditures or enter into commitments upon receipt of funds or by following budget override procedures outlined in the UNDP's Risk Management Guidelines.For UNDP Offices receiving funding from MPTF, in the past UNDP Offices have been submitting the signed disbursement notifications to GSSU but going forward, the full approved amount committed to UNDP should be provided. Therefore, UNDP Offices should provide the signed Project Document (ProDoc) and the Steering Committee minutes that reflects fully the approved amount for UNDP and not just what is being disbursed in the next tranche.Country Offices are required to submit signed amendment agreements/ letters/amendments within 1 week of signing the agreements/amendment to GSSU so that the revenue can be recorded or adjusted accordingly.At the end of every year, the Head of Office will be required to certify in the annual assertion that all signed agreements/amendments to agreements have been submitted to GSSU on a timely basis prior to the closure of the financial ledgers.  This will help ensure that UNDP revenue is  captured in a timely manner as any late submission of these documents poses a significant management reporting risk and audit risk as revenue will not be reported accurately in the UNDP financial statements, including quarterly financial statements.For the POPP on Government Contributions to Local Office Costs (GLOC) from Low and Middle Income Countries (LIC and MIC), a new GL account (i.e. GLOC – Gov contr Locl Cost Future – 51017) was created to track cases, if and when host governments settle their cash targets in advance, especially when a multi-year target is successfully negotiated.

​​The Non-Core Contributions policy is now available in Spanish. To access the document, click on the Spanish language tab.

​The US Letter of Credit (LOC) Agreements policy and accompanying guidelines have been updated as follows:For USAID, there are sometimes contributions to support GEF, Covid-19 and other activities. The policy and related guidance previously limited funds to fund codes 30000 and 16610 for LOC contribution. Therefore, the policy and related guidance were updated to include fund codes for these other activities.The DUNS number: 793511262 was replaced with DUNS number: 645521498. DUNS: 645521498 is the official DUNS number for UNDP which is used by UNDP Business Units applying for ...

​The US Letter of Credit (LOC) Agreements policy and accompanying guidelines have been updated as follows:

  • For USAID, there are sometimes contributions to support GEF, Covid-19 and other activities. The policy and related guidance previously limited funds to fund codes 30000 and 16610 for LOC contribution. Therefore, the policy and related guidance were updated to include fund codes for these other activities.
  • The DUNS number: 793511262 was replaced with DUNS number: 645521498. DUNS: 645521498 is the official DUNS number for UNDP which is used by UNDP Business Units applying for a USAID Grant.