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As part of UNDP’s on-going efforts to enhance the Enterprise Risk Management framework across the organization, the Enterprise Risk Management policy has been updated to:

  1. Replace the ‘Three lines of defense’ model with the ‘Three Lines Model’ which includes the role of the Executive Board.
  2. Review and update the risk escalation criteria.
  3. Include ‘portfolio’ risk management in the policy.
  4. Update the roles and responsibilities of the Risk Committee.

The Operational Guide for the Implementation of the UNDP Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Policy (AML/CFT Policy) has been updated to incorporate adjustments in the Counterparty Information Form (CIF) – Entities by providing clarifications in the CIF’s footnotes, adding tick-boxes on beneficial ownership and a signature block, as well as a reference on the CIF’s confidentiality in the document’s footer.

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

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. 

Following the introduction of the new Portfolio Policy and the Portfolio Document Template, the Offline Risk Register Template has been updated to reflect the portfolio as a new delivery instrument.

The Risk Appetite Statement, the Risk Appetite Statement Guidance, the Project Risk Register Template, the Risk Escalation Guideline, the Examples of Financial Quantification of Identified Risk and the Managing Risks Across UNDP Programming and Operations: Guidance Note are now available in French and in Spanish:

The Managing Risks Across Progamming and Operations Guidance Note is published as a related document in the policy page.

The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) policy has been amended to introduce text to the policy regarding: (i) a Corporate Vetting Committee (the Risk Committee), relating to the implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering / Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) policy; (ii) the Senior Designated Officer (SDO) and Chief Risk Officer; and (iii) a revised Summary Table of UNDP Risk Management Roles and Responsibilities. The policy amendments also include text to emphasize the need for coherent and harmonized approach across UNDP’s programme and operations on risk management.

​The offline Project Risk Register template and the policy have been updated to reflect UNDP's transition to its new cloud-based management platform Quantum in January 2023, replacing its previous ATLAS system.