Integrated Financial Dashboard (IFD)

Data Owner

Amat Kebbeh (amat.o.kebbeh@undp.org), BMS OFRM

Availability in Data Warehouse

Available

Data Refresh Rate

Quarterly

Accountability Weighted Scoring

40%

Introduction

UNDP introduced the IFD in July 2020 to provide an integrated view of financial management performance for Country Offices. It replaces previous separate dashboards for finance, IPSAS, assets, etc.

The goal is to help Country Offices effectively manage financial risks and deliver programmes without needing to monitor multiple dashboards.

There are currently three pillars. Each has specific metrics with defined criteria for scoring points.

  1. Program Financial Performance (25 points)

    1. Program Utilization: Measures performance against milestones

    2. Non-Core Resources Mobilization: Measures mobilization against milestones

    3. Project Closure: Tracks operationally closed projects

  2. Institutional Budget Efficiency (15 points)

    1. IB Resources Collection: Measures collection against milestones

    2. Delivery Efficiency Ratio: Compares IB and program utilization

  3. Audit (10 points)

    1. CO/GFATM/DIM/HACT Audit Ratings: Looks at audit ratings

    2. Outstanding Recommendations: Tracks unimplemented recommendations.

Countries are scored out of 50 points. Points are totalled for a Country Office and mapped:

  • Acclaim: >= 40 points

  • Satisfactory: 39-35 points

  • Concern: 34-28 points

  • Critical: <= 27 points

Audit ratings can override the calculated rating if unsatisfactory audits and unimplemented recommendations exist. Emerging risks not captured in the dashboard can also override the rating.

The IFD was updated after the Quantum implementation in 2023 to reflect more robust risk management and retire some legacy indicators. New indicators will be added going forward.

Organizational Objective

All OUs (Operating Units) are Satisfactory or Acclaim.

Data

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Data Export

This is not yet defined.

Calculation of Scoring

Historically, the indicator was scored out of 100 before 2023 and 50 from 2023, but we have normalised all years to 100 to keep everything comparable.

Countries are scored out of 50 points. Points are totalled for a Country Office and mapped:

  • Acclaim: >= 80 points

  • Satisfactory: 79-70 points

  • Concern: 69-56 points

  • Critical: <= 56 points

Each CO is scored according to the IFD methodology, and the overall indicator score is the global average of all countries for the year.

Pillar Calculation

Here's how you can score each individual pillar based on the percentage used for the overall score, adapted to the points allocated to each pillar:

LevelProgram Financial Performance (25 points)Institutional Budget Efficiency (15 points)Audit (10 points)

Acclaim

>= 20 points

(80% of 25)

>= 12 points

(80% of 15)

>= 8 points (80% of 10)

Satisfactory

19-17 points

(76%-68% of 25)

11-10 points

(73%-67% of 15)

7 points (70% of 10)

Concern

16-14 points

(64%-56% of 25)

9-8 points

(60%-53% of 15)

6-5 points (60%-50% of 10)

Critical

<= 13 points

(52% of 25 or less)

<= 7 points

(47% of 15 or less)

<= 4 points

(40% of 10 or less)

Note that we have rounded the percentages and points to the nearest whole number for simplicity.

Traffic Light Scoring

Traffic LightScore

Green

70+

Yellow

56+

Red

<56

Limitations & Future Improvements

Resources

A standalone IFD (Integrated Financial Dashboard) provides a more granular breakdown of IFD performance than is available in the Performance App.

The official user guide for the IFD methodology is below:

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