Draft country programme documents

Guidelines

In accordance with Executive Board decision 2014/1, country programme documents (CPDs) are considered and approved in one session, on a no-objection basis.

The draft CPDs listed in the table below, along with the respective costed evaluation plans (CEP), are being presented to the Executive Board for review and comment from 18 November to 8 December 2025 (18:00 hours, Eastern Standard Time). (The commenting period is closed.)

The United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (in final or draft form) have been made available, as appropriate, on the UNSDG website, and are accessible via the following link: https://unsdg.un.org/resources/executive-board-documents-sessions

In accordance with Executive Board decision 2025/13, the letters from the respective United Nations resident coordinators confirming alignment of the draft CPDs with the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks are being made available to the Board on this webpage. 

Any comments on the CPDs and/or CEPs should be sent by email to [email protected] by 18:00 hours Eastern Standard Time on 8 December 2025, preferably earlier, using this template to provide comments on the draft programme documents. 
 
All comments will be:
     • made public on the Executive Board website;
     • considered by the requesting country, in close consultation with UNICEF.

The final CPDs and CEPs have been posted on the 2026 first regular session page of the Executive Board website in English six weeks ahead of the session, and in the other designated languages four weeks ahead of the session, in accordance with established practice.