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Policy on Due Diligence and Partnerships with the Private Sector

9 April 2024

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:

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Managing Partnerships

8 March 2024

Managing Partnerships

Paragraph 17a of the policy has been updated to reflect that all signed MoUs should be stored in the UNITY agreements module which is UNDP’s central non-financial agreements repository and that all MoUs uploaded in UNITY are thereafter accessible by all UNDP personnel through BERA’s Non-Financial Agreements Library.

Foundations

21 December 2023

Foundations

The policy’s content has been reviewed without changing substance.

Private Sector Partnerships

8 November 2023

Private Sector

The policy has been updated to align with the updated Policy on Due Diligence and Partnerships with the Private Sector and its updated Procedure for Conducting due diligence for private sector entities of October 12, 2023, as published in the Policy on Due Diligence and Partnerships with the Private Sector page.

Policy on Due Diligence and Partnerships with the Private Sector

12 October 2023

Private Sector

This policy revision, approved by OPG in late August 2023, underlines a robust and decentralized approach to risk assessment, decision making, management and escalation, based on the risk levels, aligning with UNDP's Enterprise Risk Management policy and framework. All business units at HQ, Regional and CO levels, are now required to appoint PSDD focal points and establish PSDD committees to advise, quality assure and extend technical support and oversight on the application of the policy and quality of the risk assessment undertaken. The policy now offers four (instead of two) risk ...

This policy revision, approved by OPG in late August 2023, underlines a robust and decentralized approach to risk assessment, decision making, management and escalation, based on the risk levels, aligning with UNDP's Enterprise Risk Management policy and framework. All business units at HQ, Regional and CO levels, are now required to appoint PSDD focal points and establish PSDD committees to advise, quality assure and extend technical support and oversight on the application of the policy and quality of the risk assessment undertaken.

The policy now offers four (instead of two) risk levels - Low, Moderate, Substantial and High, with updated due diligence requirements - Basic, Standard and Enhanced determined by the type of legal agreement, and the type of private sector entity. The policy also includes monitoring protocols, spot checks of the due diligence process as well as the inclusion of Anti Money Laundering/Countering Financing of Terrorism Self Certification in the Risk Assessment Tool (RAT).

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Foundations

4 October 2023

Foundations

The new Self Certification Form for Donor Entities and the Self-Certification Form for Donor Individuals have been included in Step 2 of the Identifying and Analyzing Foundations for Partnerships with UNDP Procedure. The forms are relevant for in-scope donors. In-scope donors refer to private companies/foundations/private individuals acting as donors, in the context of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Policy which is supplemented by the Operational Guide for the Implementation of the UNDP Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Policy ...

The new Self Certification Form for Donor Entities and the Self-Certification Form for Donor Individuals have been included in Step 2 of the Identifying and Analyzing Foundations for Partnerships with UNDP Procedure. The forms are relevant for in-scope donors. In-scope donors refer to private companies/foundations/private individuals acting as donors, in the context of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Policy which is supplemented by the Operational Guide for the Implementation of the UNDP Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Policy (AML/CFT Policy).

Links to MOUs and templates in Steps 1 and 2 of the Formalizing Partnerships with Foundations Procedure have been updated.

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Private Sector Partnerships

4 October 2023

Private Sector

The policy has been reviewed and links to tools, templates and libraries have been updated.

Managing Partnerships

12 March 2021

Managing Partnerships

The following partnerships documents are now available in the POPP templates library:

Private Sector Partnerships

13 January 2021

Private Sector

The 2020 MoU templates are now available in English, French, and Spanish. They are linked in step 1 of the Formalizing private sector partnerships through MOU procedures on the Private Sector Partnerships policy page.

Managing Partnerships

31 December 2020

Managing Partnerships

The Managing Partnerships policy is now available in Spanish. To access the document, click on the Spanish language tab.

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