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Participating UN OrganizationsMemorandum of UnderstandingUnder the pass-through fund management modality that is utilized by the Democratic Republic of the Congo Pooled Fund (DRCPF), United Nations organizations and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) are required to sign a standardized Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as Administrative Agent (AA) of the DRCPF. The entities that sign an MOU are referred to as "Participating UN Organizations". UNDP also performs an additional oversight function as a Participating UN Organization with respect to Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) partners involved in the Humanitarian Action Plan of the DRC. Each Participating UN Organization assumes full programmatic and financial accountability for the funds disbursed to it by the AA and for the implementation of the project, and provides financial reports on its activities, as described in the MOU. Narrative progress reports on activities are provided to donors, the Administrative Agent and the Humanitarian Coordinator through regular standard reports submitted as part of the Action Plan process. Each Participating UN Organization recovers indirect costs in accordance with its own financial regulations and rules and as documented in the MOU signed with the AA. The rate of recovery may vary between Participating UN Organization, but is generally between five and nine percent, with an average of seven percent. To date, the following UN organizations have signed an MOU with the Administrative Agent: |
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