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FRM Financial Closure Financial Closure of Development Projects Operational Guidelines
Run AAA report for account 21005 for project or fund.

  • Open the AAA result in excel.

  • Copy the whole column “Transaction Id” to the end of the column (which is column AG).

  • After that, convert text columns for column AG. (Steps – Select the whole column, click on “Text to Columns” from “data menu”, select “Delimited” and click on Next from “Convert Text to Columns Wizard – Step 1 of 3”. Then, type “minus” character in “Other” field and click on Next in “Convert Text to Columns Wizard – Step 2 of 3”. Keep the first column (transaction business unit) and second column (transaction ID) and click on “Finish” in “Convert Text to Columns Wizard – Step 2 of 3”. Named the two newly column as Transaction BU and Transaction ID respectively.

  • Prepare a pivot table by Transaction Type, Transaction BU, Transaction ID, and amount. Filter only “Vouchers” in Transaction Type. Look for the transactions, which have figures. Review these individual vouchers in ATLAS, whether they are incomplete (pending to closure or to post or exchange difference (Navigation = Main Menu > Accounts Payable > Review Accounts Payable Info > Vouchers > Accounting Entries). Then, take an appropriate action.

  • For exchange difference, please prepare a GLJE to clear the difference from exchange rate difference amount in account 21005 and charge to Exchange gain or loss account (56010 or 76110).”

    To review balance and transaction details,

    • If any balance is outstanding per GL, please run AAA report to review and clear balance at Account - Fund – OU - Project – Impl Agent – Donor level.

    • Alternatively, run “Ledger Inquiry” to check GL balance and drill down to the transaction for review.

    • Contact preparer of transaction if required.

    First point of contact is your FBA focal point FBA.all@undp.org. If escalation is needed, you may contact OFM/CFRA.



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    All pre-financing activities have been recovered and/or reimbursed.




    The supporting documents (if any) should be uploaded to Atlas UNDP Project Closure Workbench (Attachments Tab)

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    No pending General Management Support (GMS) or Direct Project Charging (Formerly ISS). (If Off-the-top GMS was used in the past, extra-budgetary income taken must be reconciled to actual expense/delivery. A pro-rata return of GMS based on the balance of unspent funds must be done);

    Run Charged GMS Rate % in the “project closure workbench” and ensure Charged GMS Rate% in the report agrees to the GMS % agreed with donor.
    (Refer to notes in the respective Contracts for agreements signed after 2018).
    Or Query UN_PS_CLOSE_GMS_ACTUAL


    Review if there is over or under-charged GMS

    1. Generate AAA report and Summarize expenses by:

    1. Project Net Expenses (accounts 6xxxx and 7xxxx excluding 761xx and 751xx)

    2. GMS – accounts 75105, 75110, 75115

    1. Review the charges under 751xx noting any non-GMS expenses which have been posted via Accounts Payable (AP) and GLJE

    2. Reverse non-GMS expenses to the appropriate 6xxxx/7xxxx accounts via GLJE if required.

    3. Calculate the amount of GMS on project net expenses for the appropriate GMS rate as agreed with the donor

    4. Calculate the difference between the collected GMS and the GMS on Project Net Expenses

    5. Determine if GMS has been over or under-charged

    6. Revise the project budgets (if necessary)

    7. Create a GLJE to correct the over or under-charged GMS. How to create the accounting entries per the Guidance Note for GMS SET-UP and REPORTS (link). Refer to POPP GMS Fee Set-up and Collection (link). The GMS process is a ‘cumulative’ process and therefore any manual adjustments will not be recognized by the system GMS when GMS is run and posts GMS on all year-to-date expenses. Therefore, any manual adjustment that may be necessary should be considered as a reversing entry so that the GMS run calculates the correct amount, otherwise there will be duplication between the manual entry and the automated GMS entry.




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    No pending GLJEs

    Check if any pending in “Project closure workbench”, or Query UN_PS_CLOSE_PENDING_GLJE

    Approve and post any pending GLJE. If any pending GLJE is no longer needed, please delete GLJE.

    • If GLJE has impact on expenses that will trigger the GMS F&A charges, please do not financially close project until GMS batch is run.

    • If new GLJE is expected to be created e.g. adjustment of over-charged or under-charged GMS expense, please expedite the GLJE preparation and approval process.

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    No unapplied deposits or other unrecorded revenue;

    Run Atlas Query UN_PS_CLOSE_UNAPPLIED_DEPOSITS

    • If any pending unapplied deposits, please follow up with the relevant party for application of the fund. If the applied deposit is encountering budget error or accounting error, please contact UNAll. For IT support, please use the “Create Incident” service in the UNall service management portal.

    • Please check Accounts Receivable (AR) Item from Atlas Query UN_IPSAS_RM_CA_PST_AR_ITEM_SUM (select Tree Name ‘RM_CA_BU’) and apply it to the AR Deposit. If the expected AR Item could not be found, please contact GSSU Revenue gssu.revenue@undp.org

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    No outstanding Accounts Receivable to be received from donors per signed agreements;

    Run Atlas Query UN_PS_CLOSE_PENDING_EVENT

    Please follow up with the donor if any. If the donor will no longer pay for the remaining installment/amount, please obtain the written donor consent and contact gssu.revenue@undp.org to write it off.

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    No outstanding Contribution Receivable to be collected from donor (GL Account 14015 Balance including FX Revaluation)

    Run Atlas Query UN_PS_CLOSE_UNCOL_CONTRIB

    Please follow up with the donor if any. If the donor will no longer pay for the remaining installment/amount, please obtain the written communication from the donor that the balance will not be paid and provide this written consent to gssu.revenue@undp.org for write-off.

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    No AR direct journals in budget error or incomplete status;

    Run Atlas Query UN_PS_CLOSE_ARDJ_ERR_INCOMPL

    Ensure no AR direct journals are found. If any, please review, correct the budget error and tick Check-box to complete the transaction.
    If it is created by mistake, please delete AR Deposit.

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    All assets are transferred or otherwise disposed of; Asset Transfer letters/documents are in place. (GL 18xxx Accounts) (Click Link for ISR Report)

    For Direct Implementation (DIM) or CO Support projects,

    • Run “Ledger Inquiry” to check GL balance for account 18% (refer to account 18XXX. The wildcard % symbol will retrieve all accounts begin with 18)

    • Run IPSAS Asset In Service Report to verify that an asset(s) is/are still sitting under a particular closed project.




    • Check if any asset balance in “Project closure workbench”

    For NIM projects,



    • Since asset has not been recorded in Atlas, all assets should be transferred or disposed of outside Atlas

    1. For DIM or CO Support to National Implementation (NIM) Projects,

    If the asset should be disposed of,

    • Submit a request via the UNDP Service Request Portal by selecting the category “Asset Management”, subcategory “Disposal (ATLAS Portal)”.

    • Ensure that the RAD form is signed (Request for Asset Sale, Disposal Form), and uploaded into the UNDP Service Request Portal. In all scenarios the RAD is mandatory. But depending of the disposal method selected, additional supporting documents is required. Please refer to POPP -Asset Management – Property, Plant and Equipment - Disposal and Write Off.

    • Any asset to be disposed from books must have been physically removed from premises.

    If the asset should be transferred of,

    • Submit a request via the UNDP Service Request Portal by selecting the category “Asset Management”, subcategory “Adjustment (Atlas Portal)”.

    • Ensure that the transfer form is signed, and uploaded into the UNDP Service Request Portal. In all scenarios any asset must be transferred WITH resources.

    For Asset transfers and disposals, please submit the requests to UNDP Service Request Portal Asset management or contact gssu.assets@undp.org for additional information.

    1. For NIM projects, please ensure that the assets under the government system is transferred or disposed of as per the mutual agreement; for example, it may be transferred to the local community for their public use.

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    All un-used inventory items held at the end of the project has been disposed of or transferred to other projects

    Check to ensure that no physical un-used inventory items held.

    Refer to the last inventory certification report that was submitted by your office to confirm nil outstanding inventory.

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    Ensure all transactions for sale/transfer/donation/disposal etc. of assets have been processed and GMS charged.

    Run “Ledger Inquiry” to ensure that GL balance for account 18xxx is zero at project – OU - fund – donor level.

    If a recent UNDP Service Portal request has been submitted to GSSC Asset team, please confirm with them that action is completed and processed in both Asset Management (AM) and General Ledger (GL) modules.
    To ensure that the corresponding GMS is charged, GSSU Clustering team should check the project expenditure report or AAA report whether the GMS Expense (Account 75105) has been charged or not.

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    All items held as inventory (GL account 14602) should be distributed or transferred to recipient or returned to donor as specified in the donor agreement.

    Check last Inventory Certification report, and run AAA Report for the GL account 14602 to confirm the GL account is zero at project level as well as at the COA level.

    If Inventory Certification and/or GL account 14602 reported a balance, please ensure proper action is taken and recorded in Atlas for any distribution or transfer to another project or return to donor.
    If inventory is transferred to another project, please provide GLJE ID in the Inventory Control Template in the next Inventory Certification submission.
    Please contact gssu.inventory@undp.org for any support.

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    All Project Petty Cash (11015 (old), 16105(new)) and Project Cash Advance Accounts (Acc. 16106, 16107, 16108 and 16007) are cleared;

    Run Petty Cash & Cash Advance, in the “project closure workbench”.
    -or-
    Query UN_PS_CLOSE_PETTYCASH_ADVCASH
    -or-
    Run AAA Report for the respective GL account(s) to confirm the GL account local currency balances are zero at the account level as well as at the COA and Open Item Key level.



    1. If the GL account balances at local currency level are not zero, investigate and correct the error(s).

    2. COs must never use any GLJEs to record any transactions and should never record any FX gain/loss.

    3. If the GL account balances at local currency level is zero at the full COA level and there is remaining balance in USD, this should only reflect the exchange gain/loss (FX) which is to be cleared by GSSU.

    4. For FX balance, please write to GSSU.Cashmanagement@undp.org requesting them to clear this FX balance. Before GSSU can clear the FX balance through GLJE, it requires budget in both Budget Level 1 (ALT_DP or AX1_DP) and Budget Level 2 (PAR_DP). If any budget exceptions,

      1. ALT_DP “No Budget Exists”, The CO to request fund manager (fund XXXXX) to set up the ASL for the respective amount they wish to clear. If the net impact of GLJE for clearance of FX entries will net off to zero amount, please contact relevant unit to allocate $1 to budget level 1. Please provide them the FX Accounting entries or GLJE entries.

      2. PAR_DP “No Budget Exists”, The CO to create a project budget for the respective amounts and finalize the budget (send to Commitment Control {KK}). Set up project budget $1 in Grants module. The approved budget should be only one dollar when the net impact of GLJE for clearance of FX entries will net off to zero amount.




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    Project Bank Account is fully reconciled and closed.

    Project staff should coordinate with Implementing partner to close Project Bank account.

    Request the Implementing partner to provide the bank reconciliation and the evidence document that all Project Bank Account is closed.
    All supporting supports should be uploaded to Project Document Centre (https://intranet.undp.org/docs/pdc/default.aspx)

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    All Staff Receivables in USD Only (Acc. 14005, 14020, 14022, 14023, 14025, 14030, 14035, 14040, 14042, 14045, 14046, 14050, 14055, 14085) are cleared;

    • Run “Ledger Inquiry” to ensure zero GL balance

    • Check if any pending in “Project closure workbench”, or Query UN_PS_CLOSE_PENDING_LIAB

    Follow up with the respective staff(s) to clear the balance against the appropriate project and fund code. If a balance cannot be cleared, please contact pfu.enquiry@undp.org for further guidance.

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    All accrued employee benefits are fully accounted.

    Check if any pending in “Project closure workbench”, or Query UN_PS_CLOSE_STAFF_BEN_LIAB

    If any balance, please contact pfu.enquiry@undp.org and/or gps.pension@undp.org for further guidance.

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    No other pending liabilities in USD Only; (GL 2xxxx Accounts - Excluding 21005)

    Check if any pending in “Project closure workbench”, or Query UN_PS_CLOSE_PENDING_LIAB

    • If the balance is under 23xxx, please contact GSSU PFU
      and seek advice.

    • If the balance is under 21020, please clear the balance locally.

    • If the balance is under 21015, please contact GSSU AGENCIES .

    • For the balance under 21005, please refer to Item 8 (the clean-up is required only for the pending payment vouchers (not yet processed in pay cycle) and the vouchers pending to be posted.

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    The Combined Delivery Report (CDR) for the previous quarter shows Zero future expenses (commitments).

    Uploaded to Atlas – Project Mgt. and hard copy retained in project file.

    CDR to be retained in both Atlas and in hard copy in the project file. Documentation to be uploaded in Atlas Project Management (Grants > Project Mgt. > Approved Projects > Monitoring/Attachments Tabs

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    Final Local Project Appraisal Committee (LPAC) / Steering committee minutes are available.

    Uploaded to Atlas – Project Mgt. and hard copy retained in project file.

    Final LPAC/Steering Committee minutes to be retained in both Atlas and in hard copy in the project file. Documentation to be uploaded in Atlas Project Management (Grants > Project Mgt. > Approved Projects > Monitoring/Attachments Tabs

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    All audit observations are closed with supporting documentation.

    Uploaded to Atlas – Project Mgt. module; CARDS and hard copy retained in project file.

    Audit observations and Management. Responses to be retained in both Atlas and in hard copy in the project file. Supporting documentation to be uploaded in Atlas Project Management (Grants > Project Mgt. > Approved Projects > Monitoring/Attachments Tabs

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    The final CDR is signed by UNDP and the Implementing Partner/Responsible Party through the CDR Bridge according to POPP

    Final signed CDR uploaded through the CDR Bridge according to POPP.

    The final CDR must be signed by UNDP and implementing partner, confirming final project financial accounts and expenditures. Supporting documentation uploaded through the CDR Bridge according to POPP



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    If cost sharing project, the unexpended balance has been agreed to the general ledger. (The Balances excludes Open Purchase Orders reflected in the Output Financials) AND (Excludes Outstanding Contribution Receivable to be collected from donor) if any.

    Check if any GL Cash Balance at Output - Fund - Donor in “Project closure workbench”

    -or-


    Run IPSAS Interim Donor Report or Cumulative Project Interim Financial Report (CPFR)

    -or-


    Run AAA Report

    -or-


    Run Atlas Query OFRM_FND_PRJ_CLOSURE_COA_DTL

    Run Atlas Query OFRM_FND_PRJ_CLOSURE_BALANCE



    Ensure no Open PO and no Outstanding Contribution Receivable prior to check GL Cash Balance.

    1. If any deficit balance, please reverse expenses to resolve the deficit.

    2. If GL Cash Balance is between $-0.04 and $0.04, balance will be rounded up to $0 with no decimal points in UNDP Financial Statement. Output can be financially closed.

    3. If any balance at blank donor is due to the balance under OU H17 - Agency Advance account 16015, please contact GSSU AGENCIES requesting their support to clear the balance. It is the agency advance using PDR which is centrally managed by HQ. Please ensure that balance under Account 16015 – your OU – all Outputs is nil.

    If KK balance is different from GL balance, please review the difference by following the guidance on KK vs GL Balance Reconciliation Steps (Annex 4). If the discrepancy is due to an error posted in the particular transaction, please take corrective actions. If the correction requires HQ support, please contact fba.all@undp.org providing your analysis with supporting reports.


    In most of the case, GL balance is accurate, thus please use GL balance.

    1. If the unspent balance should be utilized/expensed and not refund to donor,

      1. If KK balance is lower than GL balance, please contact FBA.All@undp.org to adjust KK balance by providing the analysis and the problematic transaction details (Run AAA report) e.g. any GLJE bypassing budget checking, backdate of any transaction across years or 2011 POs closed in year 2012.

      2. If KK balance is higher than GL balance, there is no need to adjust KK balance. Please utilize/expense the balance up to the amount per GL balance. Otherwise, project will run into deficit per GL balance. The over-stated KK balance can be left as is.

    1. If the unspent balance should be refund to donor (POPP Refund to Donor), or moved to 11888/corporate miscellaneous fund 00001/corporate EU reserve, there is no need to adjust KK balance because the revenue can be transferred out without budget error.

    If it is Trust Fund (not Cost sharing),



    1. Allocation-controlled (ASL): no need to check cash balance in General Ledger.

    2. Cash-controlled: the balance between general ledger (GL) should be the same as KK balance.

      1. check what is the controlled field of this fund code from Query UN_KK_FUND_SETTINGS_UNDP1

      2. Check the balance at this controlled fields (at fund level). For example, TF 65030 is controlled by Cash at Fund – Project – Donor level, please check balance at same Fund – Project – Donor level.

    Run “Ledger Inquiry” to check GL balance.

    Check GL Balance at Budget Dept level in addition to Output – Fund – Donor level because delivery and some reports are run at Dept level. If there is any balance at Budget Dept other than the project Dept and is not 14401, please clear balance to the correct project Dept. Please note that

    • Any balance at OU H17 – Dept 14401, please contact GSSU AGENCIES requesting for their support to clear the balance.

    • Any balance at other Office OU than the Project OU and H17 should be cleared to zero locally.

    Run Atlas Query UN_IPSAS_CS_DEFICITS

    Please note that the data source for this Query is not solely from GL. Some columns are based on GL e.g. Opening balance, Recognized Revenue/Transfer/Refund, Other Revenue & Exchange Rev, Prior Period Adj Revenue, Expenses, Prior Period Adj Expense and Closing balance.

    1. If there is a balance under Commitment column, please note that Commitment is not based on GL but uses the snapshot at the month-end date. If Open PO is closed after month-end date with PO Close Date back dated to the month-end, it will still be shown in this report and the Available Resources column will need to be manually adjusted. Please refer to GL balance. Run Atlas Query UN_IPSAS_COMMITMENT for details.

    2. If there is a balance under Contribution Receivables column, please note that this balance has not been reflected in Project Closure Workbench’s GL Cash Balance.

      • If receivables are still valid, please follow up with donor for the payment. Thus, the fund balance will be higher once collected from donor.

      • If receivables are no longer relevant, please contact GSSU with a written consent from donor requesting to write off the receivables.

    If donor is USAID, please refer to the explanation on Interpretation of CS Deficit report for USAID Letter of Credit projects

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    Consultations with Donors on the disposition of unexpended cost-sharing balances, where required by contribution agreement, have taken place and are documented in writing.

    Written record uploaded to Atlas under Menu Grants > Project Management > Approved Projects > Attachments tab.

    Written record (memorandum of conversation; memorandum to file, etc.) made documenting disposition of unexpended cost sharing balance, e.g., refund to donor, re-programme to another project, etc. Document should be uploaded to Atlas Project Management. Grants > Project Mgt. > Approved Projects > Monitoring/Attachments Tabs.
    For any transfer of the unspent balance to fund 11888 and other funds such as 11999, etc., it should be in line with the written agreement with the donors. Please note that some donors e.g. UN, Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTFO), Netherlands, etc. will review the Certified Financial Report (CFRs) published by UNDP and Annex 2 provides a breakdown of net contributions (contributions under account 51005, transfer account 51035 and refunds). Some donors will inquire where it was transferred to or refunded to them.
    For any refund from on-going projects (refer to Helen Hall’s email),
    As per POPP chapter Refund to Donors, “UNDP issues refunds to donors as the last step before designating a project as financially closed in Atlas. If the donor requests a refund at any earlier point, the approval of the Chief, Financial Performance Management and Reporting must be obtained prior to issuing the refund”.

    Please submit your request to a dedicated email address refund.before.closure@undp.org. In your request, please provide project ID, reason for refund prior to project closure and necessary supporting documents if any.





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    All refunds to donors have been transferred to Account 21030 (Pending Refund to Donors) and the project Balance is Zero. (Only in Base Currency)

    Run “Ledger Inquiry” to check if GL balance under account 21030 is the refund amount and project balance is zero.

    Ensure the refund balance is recorded to Account 21030 through GLJE according to Refunds to Donors procedures in POPP Financial Closure of Developments.
    AP Voucher will be prepared simultaneously to issue the refund and charge account 21030; however, the AP voucher payment must be processed as soon as practicable after the donor provides written confirmation of its bank account details. Please ensure that the AP voucher payment records the same COA for account 21030 – OU - Fund – etc. as same as GLJE.
    If the GLJE is prepared by Country Office and AP Voucher is to be prepared by GSSU, Country Office should inform GSSU the GLJE ID for which the refund balance is recorded to account 21030, so that GSSU can verify COA and use the same COA in AP Voucher. In the case of Japan, the refunds out of Partnership Fund are only done periodically so GSSU will move the balance to 21030 in batches, not at the point of transfer from child fund to parent fund. For inquiry, please contact GSSU Treasury
    Please refer to the Refunds to Donors procedures for special donors e.g. Netherlands, Belgium, USAID, USDOS, EU, MPTFO and Trust Fund.

    • For Netherlands, balance less than $5,000 is per agreement and NOT per UNDP output. CO could have more than one output for one agreement with Netherlands.

    • For MPTFO, the threshold $250 for refund is per MPTF project and NOT per UNDP output.

    For GSSU support on refund to donors, please refer to the earlier communicated by former UNDP Treasurer, Ms. Julie Anne Mejia
    GSSU Treasury will be responsible for:

    1. Processing refunds to donors that are centrally managed as per POPP, i.e. for donors: Belgium, United States, European Commission and Netherlands with special conditions;

    2. Processing refunds to donors that have been processed by HQ as per past practice, i.e. Japan, UN Trust Fund and GFATM;

    3. Providing guidance and responding to COs on queries regarding refunds to donors; and

    4. Analyzing the balance of the refunds to donor accounts (GL Account 51040 and 21030) and follow up with HQ units and COs on accounting errors and aged balances

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    Notified GSSU Treasury if the donor agreement requires interest to be refunded to the donor if specified in the agreement.

    Check the donor agreement if there are clauses that require interest to be refunded.
    Following UNDP policy in general, the interest from cost-sharing is not refunded to donors on CS contributions.

    All interest income has been credited directly to corresponding GL account “53045 – Allocated interest income”. under Donor code “00250 - ALLOCATED INTEREST” and Fund code 11888 (for cost-sharing projects). If the interest needs to be refunded, please follow the steps below to find out the interest amount
    Refer to Email on Subject: Cost Sharing Interest Allocation (link)

        1. Use the ledger query to check the total interest allocated to the Country Office by Oper Unit and/or Department ID.

    Navigation: General Ledger>Review Financial Information>Ledger, fill in the criteria for your Operating Unit and other fields.
    2) Run AAA report to get the details of interest income at project level:

    • Navigation: UN Reports>Financial Management Reports>Accounts Management Reports>Account Activity Analysis, fill in the criteria for your Operating Unit and Fund code (i.e. 11888 for interest earned to the cost-sharing projects) and Oper Unit then click on Run.

    • Use the excel application to open the AAA report (.txt) and save it as .xlsx

    • Look at Column “Description2” to filter for your specific Output ID. Account code should be filtered to 53045.

    3) The interest income allocation is normally scheduled once per year after the year end closure. It is likely credited to fund 11888 in approximately in February of the following year. If there is a need to refund the current year’s interest before the normal schedule, please contact gssu.treasury@undp.org to request for early allocation or the estimate amount.



    1. Once the interest income amount is identified, GSSU Clustering team will transfer the interest income through GLJE from 11888 – blank Output ID (in case of the cost sharing projects) to the existing cost-sharing fund code (i.e. 30000 for third-party cost sharing fund) and specific Output ID. Account should be 51035 on both debit and credit sides.



    1. After the interest income is credited into the specific Output to be refunded to donor, GSSU Clustering team will prepare AP Payment voucher for the refund of interest income (possibly) together with the unspent balance back to the donor.

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    Notified the GSSU to close any associated contract in the Contracts module.

    GSSU verification of contract closure via e-mail.

    Please contact GSSU and request that contract be closed. CO to provide the written consent if there are any outstanding contribution receivables from the contract module that should be written off. Supporting documentation is uploaded in Atlas Project Management (Grants > Project Mgt. > Approved Projects > Monitoring/Attachments Tabs.

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    All donor reports, as established in the Cost Sharing agreement, were submitted and acknowledged receipt by the donor representative.

    Record compliance in Atlas Project Mgt. “Monitoring” tab as per agreement. Supporting documentation uploaded to Atlas (Attachments Tab).

    Milestones for donor reporting should be recorded in Atlas Project Management (Grants > Project Mgt. > Approved Projects > Monitoring/Attachments Tabs. Compliance with donor reporting is recorded here. If not done, in a timely manner, data to be entered ex post facto using non-Atlas sources of information. Supporting documentation to be uploaded to Attachments Tab.
    COs should not prepare donor reports manually. In order to ensure that CO’s report agrees to the GL, and the balance is consistent with CFR that will be submitted to donors in the following year, after financial closure is done, COs should run a CPFR report and submit to donors as interim reporting.

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    Ensure project accounts are closed.

    Project status in Atlas = “F” financially closed and Award status as “Closed” when all projects under the award are financially closed



    Closure of any project-based financial accounts or funds. Once confirmed, project status in the Atlas Projects module (Awards > Project > Project Status) must be changed to “F” indicating Financially Closed. Only then can no further financial transactions can be made. If the project remains in either “O” (ongoing) or “C” (operationally closed) status, it will continue to be subject to possible financial transactions and will be included in the census of on-going or inactive projects.
    When all the projects (“Output") are financially closed, please also make sure that the award (“Project”) is closed (Grants > Award > Award Profile).
    Project manager can monitor if there are any projects operationally closed more than 12 months through the UNDP Project Closure Workbench in Atlas.

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    Ensure staff, UN Volunteers and Service Contract (SC) positions are properly inactivated or transferred in Atlass HCM




    Request GSSU position management unit to confirm no outstanding positions with the output COA
    Otherwise, request CO to submit a request to GSSU position management unit to abolish the positions created specifically for the closed outputs.

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    If the project is funded by MPTF, the balances in UNDP GL must be reconciled to the Gateway balance for the mapped MPTF project




    Refer to

    1. MPTF reporting - Operating guidelines for MPTF projects [click here]

    2. MPTF reporting – MPTF GW and UNDP GL Comparison Report for reconciliation (Monthly / Quarterly) [click here]

    3. MPTF reporting – MPTF GW and UNDP GL Comparison Report User Guide [click here]

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    If the project is funded by Global funds (GFATM fund code 30078, 30068)




    Refer to

    1. Global Fund Project Closure guideline below

    2. Overview | UNDP Global Fund Implementation Guidance Manual (undphealthimplementation.org)



    In addition to the above, please refer to the “Project Closure Page – Project Closure Workbench – Important notes” (immediately under the FAQ) for assistance and additional information regarding the number of items of concern in financially closing a project. The document can be found at FBA Project Closure SharePoint (Click here)


    Global Fund Project Closure Guidelines
    Under the Funding Model, Global Fund grants, as a general rule, have a three year implementation period (IP). In Atlas, a new project with one output is created for each grant implementation period. Projects funded by The Global Fund (TGF) have the following types of closure:



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