UNICEF Executive Board

 Date/Time

 Venue

 Meetings

8–11 Sept 2020

CR-3
CB

Second regular session

26 Aug 2020
10–11:30am

Virtual meeting
room

Joint update with UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, and UN-Women on progress toward implementing the Common Chapter

20 Aug 2020
10am–1pm

Virtual meeting
room

Informal briefing on:
(a) Private Fundraising and Partnerships: Financial report for the year ended 31 December 2019;
(b) Oral update on humanitarian action; and 
(c) Evaluation report and management response – Evaluation of the UNICEF contribution to education in humanitarian situations.

18 Aug 2020
3pm–5pm

Virtual meeting
room

Informal briefing on:
(a) Report of the Ethics Office of UNICEF for 2019 and management response;
(b) Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2019 annual report to the Executive Board and management response; and
(c) Update on the implementation of the recommendations made in the independent panel review of the UNICEF response to protection from sexual exploitation and abuse; the Morgan Lewis report on sexual harassment investigations conducted by the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations; and the report of the Independent Task Force on Workplace Gender-Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Harassment and Abuse of Authority. (Management letter, report on UNICEF IASC Championship, 2018–2019)

18 Aug 2020
10am–1pm

Virtual
meeting
room

Pre-session of the second regular session of the Executive Board
and
Informal briefing on:
(a) Structured dialogue on financing the results of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018–2021;
(b) Oral update on UNICEF research activities and priorities in this regard; and 
(c) UNICEF Strategic Plan: updated financial estimates, 2020–2023.

17 Aug 2020
3pm–5pm

Virtual
meeting
room

Joint UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women informal consultation on cost-recovery

14 Aug 2020
10am–1pm
(TBC)

Virtual
meeting
room

Informal briefing 

29 June–
2 July 2020

Virtual
meeting
room

Annual session
• Documents
• PaperSmart (presentations and statements)

24 June 
2020
11:30am–1pm

Virtual meeting
room

Joint briefing on the Working Methods of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women, and WFP (Agenda, joint paper)

19 June 
2020
10am–1pm

Virtual meeting room

Informal briefing on:
(a) Annual report for 2019 on the evaluation function in UNICEF and management response (PPT);
(b)  Annual report on the implementation of the UNICEF Gender Action Plan, 2018–2021 (PPT); and
(c) Evaluation report and management response – evaluation of the UNICEF Gender Action Plan (PPT, PPT-Management response).

17 June 
2020
10am–1pm

Virtual meeting room

Informal briefing on:
(a) Update on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 72/279 on the repositioning of the United Nations development system in the context of the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system (Information note, PPT, annex 1 to information note, annex 2 to information note);
(b) Update on the targets and corresponding efforts of UNICEF to make its global operations more environmentally sustainable (PPT, background paper); and
(c) Annual report on UNICEF humanitarian action (PPT).

16 June–8 July 2020

Country programme document commenting period for Member States (2020 second regular session)
• Draft country programme documents for review
(The commenting period is closed)

12 June 2020
10am–1pm

Virtual meeting room

Pre-session of the annual session of the Executive Board
and
Informal briefing on:
(a) Report on the midterm review of the Strategic Plan, 2018–2021 and annual report for 2019 of the Executive Director of UNICEF (PPT); and
(b) Midterm review of the UNICEF integrated budget, 2018–2021 (PPT)

29 May 2020
10am–1pm

Virtual meeting room

Joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP
• Agenda
• Background note
• Documents

18 May 2020
11:30am–1pm

Virtual meeting room

Joint briefing on the evaluability assessment of the Common Chapter
(PPT)

18 May 2020
9am–10am

Virtual meeting room

Joint Zoom training by the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNOPS/UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women (PPT)

13 May 2020
10am–11:30am

Virtual meeting room

Joint informal briefing of UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women on cost recovery (Draft joint policy)

21 April 2020
11am–1pm

Virtual meeting room

Joint town hall meeting on the organizational response from UNDP, UNFPA, UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP to the COVID-19 pandemic

14 April 2020
12pm–2pm

Virtual meeting room

UNICEF briefing on COVID-19
• Executive Director's briefing statement

14 April 2020
10am–11:30am

Virtual meeting room

Joint informal consultation on the midterm review of the Strategic Plans, 2018–2021 (PPT)

6–24 April 2020

Country programme document commenting period for Member States (2020 annual session)
• Draft country programme documents for review
(The commenting period is closed) 

26 Feb 2020
9am–1pm

Labouisse Hall, UNICEF House

UNICEF workshop on the midterm review of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018–2021 (Background note, PPT, agenda, explanatory note)

11–13 Feb 2020

CR-2
CB

First regular session
• Documents
• PaperSmart (presentations and statements)
• UN Web TV (video)

10 Feb 2020
10am–1pm

CR-11
GA

Informal consultation on draft decisions (2020 first regular session)

7 Feb 2020
1:15pm–2:30pm

CR-5
GA

Informal briefing on working methods
• Joint response of the Executive Board secretariats on the working 
  methods of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, 
  UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP (Background note, PPT joint response of the secretariats, PPT-UNICEF)

31 Jan 2020
10am–1pm

CR-12
GA

Informal briefing on:
(a) UNICEF financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 and report of the Board of Auditors, and management response (PPT); and
(b) Update on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 72/279 on the repositioning of the United Nations development system in the context of the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system(PPT, information note, annex to information note).

30 Jan 2020
3pm–6pm

CR-12
GA

Informal briefing on update on the implementation of the recommendations made in the independent panel review of the UNICEF response to protection from sexual exploitation and abuse; the Morgan Lewis report on sexual harassment investigations conducted by the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations; and the report of the Independent Task Force on Workplace Gender-Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Harassment and Abuse of Authority (PPT). 

30 Jan 2020
10am–1pm

CR-1
CB

Pre-session of the first regular session of the Executive Board
and
Informal briefing on:
(a) Private Fundraising and Partnerships: 2020 workplan and proposed budget (PPT); and
(b) Update on the midterm review of the Strategic Plan, 2018-2021 (Background note).

29 Jan 2020
10am–1pm

CR-12
GA

Informal briefing on:
(a) Update on UNICEF’s work on innovation (PPT); and
(b) Extension of the Vaccine Independence Initiative and its revolving fund (PPT).

23 Jan 2020
3pm–5pm

CR-11
GA

Joint informal consultation on cost recovery

23 Jan 2020
10am–1pm

CR-11
GA

Joint briefing on options to improve the structured funding dialogues
(PPT)

22 Jan 2020
3pm–5pm

CR-11
GA

Joint informal consultation on the working methods of the Executive Boards (PPT)

17 Jan 2020
9am–1pm

Maurice Pate CR, UNICEF House

Orientation for the 2020 Executive Board members
• Key orientation documents
• Agenda
(a) Key features of UNICEF programme operations
• Programme Division
• Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring (PPT) 
(b) Key features of UNICEF emergency programme operations
• Office of Emergency Programmes (PPT)
(c) Overview of the UNICEF funding and budget structure
• Public Partnerships Division (PPT) 
• Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships
• Division of Financial and Administrative Management (PPT) 
(d) UNICEF Executive Board
• Getting familiar with the work of the Executive Board and available resources
• Review of the 2020 programme of work
• 2020 field visits
• Available resources
• Perspectives from a former Executive Board and Bureau member

14 Jan 2020
10am–11:30am

CR-6
GA

Election of the UNICEF 2020 Bureau members

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