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The Vendor Sanctions Policy was reorganized to ensure clarity and to better align with the functioning of the Vendor Review Commitee. Substantively, the main updates are (i) the inclusion of the Direct Review Process for cases that are deemed not to require a deliberative process; (ii) the clarification of the definition of a UNDP Vendor, providing for an exception under which the VRC may potentially consider cases concerning companies and individuals that do not fall under this category; and (iii) the inclusion of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA), Sexual Harassment (SH), Human Trafficking ...

​​The Waiver of Liability for UNDP Vehicles is now available inFrench(document ID POPP-11-3047) in the templates library.

​The Administrative Services Management chapter  has been updated to reflect procedures on day to day management/maintenance of  vehicles and on the use of the UN flag on UNDP vehicles and UNDP premises.  The chapter now also provides guidance on usage of purchasing card  for transactions valued less than USD 2,500.00 and  details the associated  approval process, including  staff members’ accountabilities and  responsibilities.   The asset management procedures previously located in Contract, Asset and Procurement Management chapter have now been moved into  Insurance and Asset Management se ...

​The following policies are now available in Spanish. To access the content, click on the Spanish language tab of the respective policy page:Vehicle ManagementCorporate Purchasing CardTypes of Leases and Treatments in UNDP BooksAcquisition, Renewal and Termination of Premise LeasesEquipment LeasesRelocation ShipmentSecurity ClearanceDaily Subsistence AllowancePost TravelOther Travel Allowances and ExpensesRoute, Mode of Transportation, and Standard of Accommodation

​The Vehicle Management policy is now available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab.

​The following templates are now available in Spanish and linked in clause 32 of the Spanish Vehicle Management policy version. To access the content, click on the Spanish language tab.

To reduce greenhouse gas emissions from UNDP operations, clauses 8 and 9 of the policy have been updated. Electric vehicles are now the default for the acquisition of representation vehicles and where electric vehicles are not feasible, hybrid vehicles are considered as the first alternative before combustion vehicles. The ceiling for the acquisition of electric or hybrid vehicles is changed to $45,000 while that of combustion vehicles remains at $38,000.

​UNDP has changed its asset capitalization threshold from US $1,500 to US $5,000. This policy change will significantly reduce the volume (i.e. quantity) of assets in the asset register thereby allowing UNDP to focus attention on higher value items. The change in policy should also result in a more effective verification and certification process. Clause 2 of the policy has been updated to reflect the capitalization of vehicles with a purchase price of $5,000 or more.

Further guidance on preparing service bills to projects and recovering service costs (DES/DPC) is now available. The Zero Dollar Invoice (ZDI) shall be used for initial entries and subsequent correcting entries shall be done in the original invoices.

The following user guides are now published in the procedure steps:

Step 8 – User Guide on DES (DPC) Entries in Quantum: How to perform invoice adjustment on processed PO invoice, How to adjust Distribution information (or COA) and Project Segment in Non-PO Invoices.

Step 9 – Guidance on DPC Exception Report

DPC account codes with better definitions to attribute UPL/LPL based services and DE advisory services have been added.  A new fund code has been provided for CO stand-alone projects where a pre-financing could be essential.