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Calendar
Meetings of the UNICEF Executive Board in 2024
Joint calendar
UNICEF Executive Board calendar
All meetings at United Nations Headquarters will be held on a virtual platform, in the conference rooms (CR) of the United Nations Conference Building (CB) or General Assembly (GA), unless otherwise noted.
Date/Time | Venue | Meetings |
|---|---|---|
| 3–6 Sept 2024 | CR-1 CB | Second regular session |
| 11 Jun–1 Jul 2024 | Draft country programme document commenting period for Member States (2024 second regular session) | |
| 11–14 Jun 2024 | CR-2 CB | Annual session • Session documents • Information note |
| 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 |
| 28 May 2024 11 a.m.–1 p.m. | Virtual room (Zoom) | Informal briefing 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; and (b) Report on the midterm review of the UNICEF integrated budget, 2022‒2025 • Participant's guide to virtual meetings |
| 28 May 2024 10–11 a.m. | CR-11 GA and virtual room (Zoom) | Pre-session of the 2024 annual session of the Executive Board • Participant's guide to virtual meetings |
| 23 May 2024 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | Virtual room (Zoom) | Informal briefing on: (a) UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2023 annual report to the Executive Board, and management response; (b) Report of the Ethics Office of UNICEF for 2023, and management response; and (c) Annual report for 2023 on the evaluation function in UNICEF, and management response • Participant's guide to virtual meetings |
| 22 May 2024 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | Virtual room (Zoom) | Informal briefing on: (a) Private Fundraising and Partnerships: financial report for the year ended 31 December 2023; (b) Update on implementation efforts on the repositioning of the United Nations development system; (c) Update on organizational culture and diversity; and (d) UNICEF evolved enterprise risk management framework • Participant's guide to virtual meetings |
| 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 April 2024 10 a.m.–noon | Virtual room (Zoom) | Informal briefing on the UNICEF Headquarters Efficiencies Initiative |
| 4 April 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: Centring child rights in the 2030 Agenda |
| 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) • Participant's guide to virtual meetings |
| 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) • Participant's guide to virtual meetings |
| 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 • Participant's guide to virtual meetings |
| 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 • Key orientation documents (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) |