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​In order to assist offices in their costing and budgeting of project activities, PPM procedures "Prepare Fully Costed Budgets for Projects" have been added. These procedures provide guidance on how to budget direct and indirect costs including personnel and operating costs, as well services by UNDP offices to projects. They also provide a sample project budget template by activities and budget inputs and a sample timesheet template when estimating UNDP services to projects. Budgeting and costing requirements of the specific funding partners (EU, GEF and Global Fund) are also available here. T ...

​In order to assist offices in their costing and budgeting of project activities, PPM procedures "Prepare Fully Costed Budgets for Projects" have been added. These procedures provide guidance on how to budget direct and indirect costs including personnel and operating costs, as well services by UNDP offices to projects. They also provide a sample project budget template by activities and budget inputs and a sample timesheet template when estimating UNDP services to projects. Budgeting and costing requirements of the specific funding partners (EU, GEF and Global Fund) are also available here. These updates are reflected in the following PPM chapters:  Formulate Programmes and Projects policy (clauses 41-42, 47 and 49)Formulate Development Projects procedures (Step 3.2) Formulate Development and Institutional Effectiveness Projects procedures (Step 1.1) Engagement Facility procedures  (Step 3.1) Multi-Country and South-South Projects procedures (Step 3.1) 
The CPD template has been updated to respond to changes brought by the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework. [Formulate Programmes and Projects procedure table (Step 6)].
The new project document template (2017)has been uploaded, reflecting new clauses on fraud prevention and accountability to strengthen risk management section.
New Project Document Template While the new project document template can be used immediately, it will be required for all new projects as of 1 March 2016. Country offices should take note of the strengthened resource planning requirements of the project document. All project inputs, including those provided by UNDP staff, are to be fully budgeted and included in the multi-year work plan. 
The Country Programme Document template and guidance has been further revised by implementing Executive Board decisions taken in the January 2014 session. The changes are:  incorporating how results contained in the results and resources framework relate to the strategic plan and organization-wide results framework; and  the inclusion of a standard statement of accountability for programme results under the Section III: Programme and Risk Management.​
​A new template for the Country Programme Document (CPD) has been issued for country programmes going to the Executive Board starting in June 2014

TheFormulate Programmes and Project policy and proceduresAppraise and Approve policy and procedures have been updated with the UNSDG-endorsedGuidance Note on a New Generation of Joint Programmes and itsannexes. The guidance note defines joint programmes within the UN development system reform context and articulates governance and management arrangements at the country level. The link to the guidance note in theFormulate Programmes and Projects policy has been updated in the first row of the table on page 5 and in paragraph 27. Step 8 in theFormulate Programmes procedures and Step 3.0 ALT in t ...

TheFormulate Programmes and Project policy and proceduresAppraise and Approve policy and procedures have been updated with the UNSDG-endorsedGuidance Note on a New Generation of Joint Programmes and itsannexes. The guidance note defines joint programmes within the UN development system reform context and articulates governance and management arrangements at the country level. The link to the guidance note in theFormulate Programmes and Projects policy has been updated in the first row of the table on page 5 and in paragraph 27. Step 8 in theFormulate Programmes procedures and Step 3.0 ALT in theFormulate Development Projects procedures have been updated to include the guidance note linked under explanatory notes and the guidance note's annexes are linked under templates/guidelines. The link to the guidance note in theAppraise and Approve policy has been updated in paragraph 29. Step 3.0 in theProject Revisions procedures of theManage Change policy have been updated to include the guidance note linked under explanatory notes.
​The RACI (Roles/Accountability/Consult/Inform) matrix is now available to clarify the roles and accountabilities for the GEF project cycle from origination to project financial closure, including oversight. This is only applicable for GEF-funded projects. It is linked in the relevant procedure steps of the following PPM chapters:   1) Formulate Programmes and Projects (Development Projects, Step  1.1 ALT) 2) Appraise and Approve (Development Project, 2.1 VERT) 3) Deliver Results (Step 3.0) 4) Provide Oversight (Step 1.0) 5) Close and Transition (Projects, Step 2.0)
The management actions to the OAI GEF Audit that have been completed to date have been uploaded to the POPP. This includes the RACI, the Delegation of Authority Letter and Guidance on GEF Project Revisions. The changes can be found on the following PPM pages: Formulate Programmes and ProjectsSelect Responsible Parties and Grantees Appraise and ApproveManage ChangeReportClose and Transition

​The One Stop Shop document has been updated in step 1.1 ALT of the Formulated Development projects procedures.