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Executive Board meetings in 2020
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Date/Time | Venue | Meetings |
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8–11 Sept 2020 | Virtual meeting room | Second regular session • Session documents • Presentations and statements (The United Nations PaperSmart portal is no longer in operation. This new webpage links to the presentations and statements for the UNICEF Executive Board’s 2020 second regular session) • UN Web TV (view the recordings of the session) |
26 Aug 2020 10–11.30 a.m. | Virtual meeting room | Joint update with UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, and UN-Women on progress toward implementing the Common Chapter (PPT) |
20 Aug 2020 3–4 p.m. | Virtual meeting room | Informal briefing on Road map to the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 • Background paper • PPT |
20 Aug 2020 10 a.m.– 1 p.m. | Virtual meeting room | Informal briefings on: (a) Private Fundraising and Partnerships: Financial report for the year ended 31 December 2019 (PPT); and (b) Evaluation of the UNICEF contribution to education in humanitarian situations (PPT), and management response (PPT). |
18 Aug 2020 3–6 p.m. | Virtual meeting
| Informal briefings on: (a) Report of the Ethics Office of UNICEF for 2019 and management response (PPT); (b) Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2019 annual report to the Executive Board and management response (PPT); 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 (PPT, management letter, and report on UNICEF IASC Championship, 2018–2019) |
18 Aug 2020 10 a.m.– 1 p.m. | Virtual meeting room | Pre-session of the second regular session of the Executive Board (PPT) and Informal briefings on: (a) UNICEF Strategic Plan: updated financial estimates, 2020–2023 (PPT); (b) Structured dialogue on financing the results of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018–2021 (PPT); and (c) Oral update on UNICEF research activities and priorities in this regard (PPT, background paper, brochure) |
17 Aug 2020 3–5 p.m. | Virtual meeting room | Joint UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women informal consultation on cost-recovery (PPT) |
28 July 2020 10–11.30 a.m. | Virtual meeting room | Joint briefing on lessons learned at the virtual annual sessions 2020 (UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP) (PPT) |
29 June– 2 July 2020 | Virtual meeting room | Annual session • Session documents • UN Web TV (view the recordings of the session) |
24 June 2020 11.30 a.m.– 1 p.m. | 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 10 a.m.– 1 p.m. | Virtual meeting room | Informal briefings 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 (PPT) and management response – evaluation of the UNICEF Gender Action Plan (PPT) |
17 June 2020 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | Virtual meeting room
| Informal briefings 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 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | Virtual meeting room | Pre-session of the annual session of the Executive Board and Informal briefings 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 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | 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 11.30 a.m.–1 p.m. | Virtual meeting room | Joint briefing on the evaluability assessment of the Common Chapter (PPT) |
18 May 2020 9–10 a.m. | Virtual meeting room | Joint Zoom training by the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNOPS/UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women (PPT) |
13 May 2020 10–11.30 a.m. | Virtual meeting room | Joint informal briefing of UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women on cost recovery (Draft joint policy) |
21 April 2020 11 a.m.–1 p.m. | 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 noon–2 p.m. | Virtual meeting room | UNICEF briefing on COVID-19 • Executive Director's briefing statement |
14 April 2020 10–11.30 p.m. | 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 9 a.m.–1 p.m. | 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 • Session documents • UN Web TV (view the recordings of the session) |
10 Feb 2020 10 a.m.– 1 p.m. | CR-11 GA | Informal consultation on draft decisions (2020 first regular session) |
7 Feb 2020 1.15–2.30 p.m. | CR-5 GA | Informal briefing on the working methods of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP: Joint response of the Executive Board Secretariats • Background note • Joint response of the secretariats • PPT-UNICEF |
31 Jan 2020 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | CR-12 GA | Informal briefings 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 3–6 p.m. | 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 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | CR-1 CB | Pre-session of the first regular session of the Executive Board and Informal briefings 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 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | CR-12 GA | Informal briefings 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 3–5 p.m. | CR-11 GA | Joint informal consultation on cost recovery |
23 Jan 2020 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | CR-11 GA | Joint briefing on options to improve the structured funding dialogues (PPT) |
22 Jan 2020 3–5 p.m. | CR-11 GA | Joint informal consultation on the working methods of the Executive Boards (PPT) |
17 Jan 2020 9 a.m.–1 p.m. | Maurice Pate CR, UNICEF House | Orientation for the 2020 Executive Board members • 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 10–11.30 a.m. | CR-6 GA | Election of the UNICEF 2020 Bureau members |
11 Dec 2019 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | ECOSOC Chamber-CB | Joint informal consultation on cost recovery |
2 Dec 2019 3–5 p.m. | CR-11 GA | Joint UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/UN-Women workshop on the evaluability assessment of the common chapter (PPT) |
25 Nov 2019 10 a.m.–noon | CR-8 GA | Informal briefing on the update on the midterm review of the Strategic Plan, 2018–2021 (PPT) |
19 Nov–9 Dec 2019 | Country programme document commenting period for Member States • Draft country programme documents for review (The commenting period is closed) | |
1 Nov 2019 3–5 p.m. | CR-6 GA | Joint UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women informal consultation on cost recovery (PPT) |
Updated: 2 November 2020