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Executive Board meetings in 2024
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| Date/Time | Venue | Meetings |
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| 3–6 Sept 2024 | CR-1 CB | Second regular session • Session documents • Information for participants • Presentations and statements Special focus session Climate Change and Children (website) |
| 20 Aug 2024 11 a.m.–noon | Virtual room (Zoom) | Informal briefing on UNICEF Strategic Plan: updated financial estimates, 2024–2027 (PPT) |
| 20 Aug 2024 10–11 a.m. | Virtual room (Zoom) | Pre-session of the second regular session of the Executive Board 2024 • Talking points for the Secretary of the UNICEF Executive Board (EN, FR, ES, AR, RU, ZH) • PPT |
| 9 Aug 2024 10 a.m.–noon | Virtual room (Zoom) | Joint briefing on cost recovery with UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women (PPT) |
| 24 Jun 2024 10 a.m.–noon | Virtual room (Zoom) | Joint briefing on cost recovery with UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women • Comprehensive review of the joint cost-recovery policy - draft |
| 11 Jun–1 Jul 2024 | Draft country programme document commenting period for Member States (2024 second regular session) > Draft country programme documents for review (The commenting period is closed) | |
| 11–14 Jun 2024 | CR-2 CB | Annual session • Session documents • Presentations and statements • Information for participants |
| 31 May 2024 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | CR-2 CB and virtual room (Rome-based participants) | Joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP • Documents • Agenda • Background note |
| 28 May 2024 11 a.m.–1 p.m. | Virtual room (Zoom) | Informal briefings on: (a) Report on the midterm review of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 and annual report for 2023 of the Executive Director of UNICEF (PPT), and UNICEF report on the recommendations of the Joint Inspection Unit (PPT); and (b) Report on the midterm review of the UNICEF integrated budget, 2022‒2025 (PPT) |
| 28 May 2024 10–11 a.m. | Virtual room (Zoom) | Pre-session of the 2024 annual session of the Executive Board • Talking points for the Secretary of the UNICEF Executive Board (EN, FR, ES, AR, RU, ZH) • PPT |
| 23 May 2024 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | Virtual room (Zoom) | Informal briefings on: (a) UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2023 annual report to the Executive Board (PPT), and management response; (b) Report of the Ethics Office of UNICEF for 2023 (PPT), and management response; and (c) Annual report for 2023 on the evaluation function in UNICEF (PPT), and management response |
| 22 May 2024 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | Virtual room (Zoom) | Informal briefings on: (a) Private Fundraising and Partnerships: financial report for the year ended 31 December 2023 (PPT); (b) Update on implementation efforts on the repositioning of the United Nations development system (PPT, information note, and annex to information note); (c) Update on organizational culture and diversity (PPT); and (d) UNICEF evolved enterprise risk management framework (PPT) |
| 8 May 2024 10–11.30 a.m. | Virtual room (Zoom) | Joint briefing on the third-party assessment of how the Executive Boards execute their governance and oversight functions, by the Joint Inspection Unit |
| 5 Apr 2024 10 a.m.–noon | Virtual room (Zoom) | Informal briefing on the UNICEF Headquarters Efficiencies Initiative |
| 4 Apr 2024 10 a.m.–noon | Virtual room (Zoom) | Joint briefing on cost recovery with UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women |
| 8 Mar 2024 9 a.m.–1 p.m. | Virtual room (Zoom) | Workshop on the midterm review of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 • Agenda • Progress on children's well-being |
| 6 Mar 2024 10 a.m.–noon | Virtual room (Zoom) | Joint briefing on the third-party assessment of how the Executive Boards execute their governance and oversight functions, by the Joint Inspection Unit |
| 6–8 Feb 2024 | CR-1 CB | First regular session Special focus session |
| 25 Jan 2024 8.30–10 a.m. | Virtual room (Zoom) | Closed briefing with the Director of the Office of Internal Audit and Investigations (PPT) |
| 22 Jan 2024 3–6 p.m. | Virtual room (Zoom) | Informal briefings on: (a) Evaluation of UNICEF social protection responses towards universal child benefits (PPT), and management response (PPT); and (b) Evaluation of phase II (2020–2023) of the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage (PPT), and management response (PPT) |
| 22 Jan 2024 11 a.m.–1 p.m. | Virtual room (Zoom) | Informal briefings on: (a) Private Fundraising and Partnerships: 2024 workplan and proposed budget, and update on the World Bank instrument to facilitate sustained investment in private sector fundraising (PPT); (b) UNICEF financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 and report of the Board of Auditors (PPT), and management response (PPT); and (c) Update on the development of an overarching system for enterprise risk management (PPT) |
| 22 Jan 2024 10–11 a.m. | CR-11 GA and virtual room (Zoom) | Pre-session of the first regular session of the Executive Board 2024 |
| 11 Jan 2024 9 a.m.–1 p.m. and 2–4 p.m. | Labouisse Hall, UNICEF House | Orientation for the 2024 Executive Board members • Agenda (a) Key features of UNICEF programme operations • Programme Group (PPT) • Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring (PPT) (b) Key features of UNICEF emergency programmes • Office of Emergency Programmes (PPT) (c) Key features of UNICEF work on organizational culture and diversity • Office of the Executive Director (PPT) (d) Key features of UNICEF work on protection against sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment • Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring (PPT) (e) Key features of UNICEF supply operations • Supply Division (PPT) (f) Overview of the UNICEF funding and budget structure • Public Partnerships Division, and Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PPT) • Division of Financial and Administrative Management (PPT) (g) UNICEF Executive Board (PPT) • Getting familiar with the work of the Executive Board • Review of the 2024 programme of work • Available resources • Field visits of the Executive Board (PPT) • Perspectives from an experienced Executive Board member (h) Key features of UNICEF Evaluation Office • Evaluation Office (PPT) (i) Key features of internal audit and investigations • Office of Internal audit and investigations (PPT) (j) Key features of the Ethics Office • Ethics Office (PPT) |
| 10 Jan 2024 10–11 a.m. | CR-1 CB | Election of the UNICEF Executive Board 2024 Bureau Members |
| 6 Dec 2023 10 a.m.–noon | Virtual room (Zoom) | Informal briefing on UNICEF Strategic Plan: updated financial estimates, 2023–2026 (PPT) |
| 30 Nov 2023 10 a.m.–noon | Virtual room (Zoom) | Joint briefing on cost recovery with UNICEF, UNFPA, UN-Women and UNDP (PPT) |
| 14 Nov–4 Dec 2023 | Draft country programme document commenting period for Member States (2024 first regular session) > Draft country programme documents for review (The commenting period is closed) |