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The SCA dashboard has been linked in a new step 9 of the UN Services Procedure. Country offices and business units can now monitor and resolve the SCA rejections in a timely manner. 

​The UNDP Service Level Agreement (SLA) template has been updated as follows: • Clause 3 has been expanded to state legal services that are not included in the SLA template given its specific conditions, including cost-recovery. • Clause 4 & 5 has been added to reflect the provision of Partner Personnel Services Agreement (PPSA) services. The PPSA service is developed for partners to benefit from UNDP service, and as part of our corporate strategy for taking on a central role in UN-wide solutions and back-office services. • Clause 9 has been updated to reinstate the prior language to ensure co ...

​The UNDP Service Level Agreement (SLA) template has been updated as follows: • Clause 3 has been expanded to state legal services that are not included in the SLA template given its specific conditions, including cost-recovery. • Clause 4 & 5 has been added to reflect the provision of Partner Personnel Services Agreement (PPSA) services. The PPSA service is developed for partners to benefit from UNDP service, and as part of our corporate strategy for taking on a central role in UN-wide solutions and back-office services. • Clause 9 has been updated to reinstate the prior language to ensure consistency with the liability provision of the corporate Framework Agreement. • Clause 10 has been added to clarify that with respect to all contracts, including non-staff personnel, but excluding staff members, the Services are on behalf of the client, i.e. a UN entity and any allegations of misconduct involving the Client and/or its personnel, or grievances shall be handled by the client. • Clause 11 has been added to clarify the process for inquiries to the Ethics Office regarding staff members on a UNDP Letter of Appointment.

The UN Agency Services main policy is available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab.

The Policy provides measures to address UN clients' needs to obtain service provision at the Regional Hub and Global Shared Service Center levels to collaborate with, and support for Country Offices. This Policy also clarifies institutional arrangements for corporate Framework Agreements at Headquarters level, and Service Level Agreements for technical details to avoid duplication of efforts and arrangements. ​

​The hyperlinks under clause 7 of the Service Clearance Account (SCA), Charging, Billing and Fee Collection policy, and in step 5 of the UN Agency Services procedure table have been replaced with the On Demand Jobaid for CRN Bill. The previous document, Atlas Ondemand site is no longer active.
 

The SCA dashboard has been linked in a new step 9 of the UN Agency Services Procedure. Country offices and business units can now monitor and resolve the SCA rejections in a timely manner. 

​The hyperlinks under clause 7 of the Service Clearance Account (SCA), Charging, Billing and Fee Collection policy, and in step 5 of the UN Agency Services procedure table have been replaced with the On Demand Jobaid for CRN Bill. The previous document, Atlas Ondemand site is no longer active.

​Effective 1st July 2019, two new activities have been automated and introduced in the agency billing system. The UPL section of POPP has been revised accordingly to reflect the new activities i.e. Activity 6 and Activity 7.

The policy update reflects an additional fee row through the automated process as per the 2018 UPL.
Activity4 Travel management simple (1 travel management simple + 1 payment fee).

The policy name has changed to Service Clearing Account (SCA) for non-Atlas UN Entities: Charging, Billing and Fee Collection. The following are changes made in the policy1. For UN entities who do not use Atlas (the "Non-Atlas agencies"), a dedicated Service Clearing Account (SCA) is established for each UN entity. Through SCAs, all global advance pre-payments from UN Agencies are recorded, and all services provided by UNDP offices to these UN entities are recorded. A dedicated Service Clearing Account is not applicable to Atlas Agencies (UNFPA, UN Women, UNU, UNCDF, UNV). For Co ...

The policy name has changed to Service Clearing Account (SCA) for non-Atlas UN Entities: Charging, Billing and Fee Collection. The following are changes made in the policy

1. For UN entities who do not use Atlas (the "Non-Atlas agencies"), a dedicated Service Clearing Account (SCA) is established for each UN entity. Through SCAs, all global advance pre-payments from UN Agencies are recorded, and all services provided by UNDP offices to these UN entities are recorded. A dedicated Service Clearing Account is not applicable to Atlas Agencies (UNFPA, UN Women, UNU, UNCDF, UNV). For Common Services, please refer the NEW guidelines HERE.)

2. To ensure the UN entity has sufficient funds deposited with UNDP in order for UNDP to provide services, a budget sufficiency check is performed based on the chart field combination of "Fund" (Atlas fund code 12000) and "Donor" (a dedicated donor code for each Agency). As long as the UN entity has enough funds deposited with UNDP, the budget check will pass and be valid.

7. The daily batch process posts the bills to debit the agency Service Clearing Account (SCA) and credit the CO income account respectively.