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The Managing Risks Across UNDP Programming and Operations: Guidance Note was updated to include:

  • the new digital risk assessment tools
  • links to the project and programme risk dashboards to support high risks monitoring including mitigation measures
  • portfolio level risk management

The Performance Security Form is now available in Spanish

Following the introduction of the new Portfolio Policy, the Visual Guide: Enterprise Risk Management has been updated to reflect portfolio level risk management process and escalation. 

The Entitlements upon Separation policy is slightly revised to update the process for requesting an advance against separation payments.

The updated Delegation of Authority (DOA) agreement templates for the GEF Project Preparation Grants (PPG) and GCF Project Preparation Facility (PPF) have been uploaded. The updates made align with those made in the recently updated DOA master templates for the GEF and GCF full size projects.

The Policy on Due Diligence and Partnerships with the Private Sector has been updated to include the following changes:references to portfolio in alignment with the recently introduced new Portfolio Policy;an update to para. 4.9 on crisis settings, as recommended by the Risk Committee that the quality assurance over the due diligence process, and the decision-making on which private sector partnerships to pursue with the private sector, can be made by the relevant Bureau Director or by the Crisis Board, with the same requirement for monitoring as non-crisis settings. The Private Sector Ri ...

The Policy on Due Diligence and Partnerships with the Private Sector has been updated to include the following changes:

  • references to portfolio in alignment with the recently introduced new Portfolio Policy;
  • an update to para. 4.9 on crisis settings, as recommended by the Risk Committee that the quality assurance over the due diligence process, and the decision-making on which private sector partnerships to pursue with the private sector, can be made by the relevant Bureau Director or by the Crisis Board, with the same requirement for monitoring as non-crisis settings. 

The Private Sector Risk Assessment Tool has been updated to reflect the following changes: 

  • include references to portfolio in alignment with the recently introduced new Portfolio Policy
  • include a field for partnership description; 
  • update the links to AML/CFT self-certification for donor entities and for programming entities; 
  • update the link to the risk log in the POPP to harmonize with the requirement of the Enterprise Risk Management policy and procedures
  • include co-branding corporate requirements under communications; 
  • implement light formatting and language clean-up. 

The following content is now available in French and in Spanish:

5 April 2024

Fellowship

The link to the UNDESA Stipend Rates for Fellows and Scholars in articles 25.a. and 26.a. of the policy has been updated to reflect stipend rates as of January 2024.

The policy has been updated to reflect UNDP's transition to its new cloud-based management platform Quantum/UNall in January 2023, replacing the use of the ACP online site. Quantum has integrated procurement processes with UNall, with procurement oversight review incorporated in the workflow of the procurement process.

The Vendor Sanctions policy is now available in French and Spanish.