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R0001 Argentina
In 2018, the IRM processed a reconsideration request filed by Argentina ... Action for Rural Development: Community-based Adaptation and Mitigation. FP057 was denied funding by the Board at its ... process and closed the case. In accordance with the interim procedures on requests for reconsideration, the IRM informed ...
Case > Reconsideration request Argentina
Functions & Processes
Roles & functions The 2017 TOR of the IRM provides it with five functions to provide redress and advance accountability at the Green Climate Fund. ... decision was based on a non-compliance with GCF policy or procedure, and may recommend reconsideration to the Board on ...
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Retaliation: A threat to accountability and redress
... March 2016, Goldman Prize Winner, Honduran environmentalist and indigenous rights activist, Berta Cáceres was ... around the world, that the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has drafted Supporting Operating Procedures (SOPs) on retaliation and is making the draft ...
Article > Opinion 
Creating a safe space to complain
Ahmed and his family were forcibly removed from their home to make ... the effectiveness of grievance mechanisms like the IRM and is the reason that grievance mechanisms are paying ... of retaliation. The IRM developed supporting operating procedures (SOPs) to minimise the risks of retaliation in ...
Article > News 
Retaliation: The Bogeyman of Grievance Redress
... retaliation has been a significant focus of work within the IRM recently. Since our last article in February, when ... the call for comments on our Supporting Operating Procedures (SOPs) on retaliation, there has been significant movement on the issue both inside and outside the IRM. Recent UN reports show that ...
Article > News 
File a complaint
... can authorise their government or representative to file and pursue the complaint on their behalf. A complaint with the IRM can be filed by: Sending it by mail or email ; Sending a ... is also helpful to include: Details of GCF's policies and procedures and/or environmental and social safeguards that ...
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File a reconsideration request
... funding was based on non-compliance with GCF's policies or procedures. A reconsideration request of funding should be ... or programme that was denied funding by the GCF Board, and include the circumstances of noncompliance and how these ... resulted in denial of funding. The request should also confirm that the Accredited Entity which submitted the proposal ...
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Lessons and Highlights from 2020
Thabiti lives along Lake Naivasha in Kenya and is a subsistence fisher. He’s concerned about a wind ... whether to file it with the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the GCF or the complaints mechanism that the Kenyan ... potential harm. The IRM looks at GCF policies and procedures, whereas SECU looks at UNDP policies and ...
Article > News 
Strengthening GRMs through targeted one-to-one support
... work directly with developing countries to propose projects and programmes to the GCF for funding, and to implement them ... complaints varies from one organisation to another. The IRM’s research had shown that some grievance redress ... early stage of developing their mandates, policy, procedures, and staffing. The IRM, as one of its five key ...
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A push for corporate sustainability in the EU
... a corporate sustainability due diligence directive. The landmark directive, if approved by the European Parliament ... of these steps entails the establishment of a “complaints procedure” which should allow persons and organisations to ... view the 2021 webinars on the GRAM Partnership page of the IRM website. Similar events focusing on individual ...
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Well done – you have no complaints!
... receiving complaints? At the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), we don’t treat the ... be the case that affected people just don’t know how, and where to complain. It could also be that affected people ... that their complaints will be taken seriously. The IRM’s procedures make it as easy and as simple as possible for a ...
Article > News 
Measure, Mend and Magnify GRM Effectiveness
... she is using before she can figure out when, where and how much to save. A manager would want to assess the ... more of its resources in improving effectiveness. The IRM has embraced this assessment tool and undertook a ... In terms of “transparency,” the IRM clearly defines its procedures and makes them available on its website. It also ...
Article > Opinion 
Outreach in the time of Corona
... times. Covid-19 is impacting not only individuals and families, health systems and global travel, but also the ... been the case for the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Almost overnight, our ... raised questions about the outcomes of the IRM’s procedures; what the potential impacts of our findings on a ...
Article > News 
Communications, a Key to Effective Redress
... institutions, local banks, or governments, are there to handle complaints received from their project-affected ... staff, or other aggrieved persons. Many of them have good procedures in place, and they are ready to provide remedies ... of available grievance redress mechanisms,” including the IRM and the GRMs of the GCF’s accredited entities. While ...
Article > News 
Lessons learnt through the external review of the IFC’s environmental and social accountability
... to projects of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency’s (MIGA), ... board-approved policy and revise the CAO’s operational guidelines While this process and the findings it produced ... Climate Fund (GCF) and the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM), particularly due to the similarities in the funding ...
Article > Opinion 
Filing a complaint in your own language? Ways to make accountability and redress more accessible
Victor and his family live in a small house in the countryside. The ... can always reach out to the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM), an independent body of the GCF that receives ... guidance to filing a complaint, and the mechanisms’ procedures should be distributed to potentially affected ...
Article > News 
Advice is Most Effective When It Is Taken on Board!
... is best judged on how much of her advice is accepted and mainstreamed into the day to-day work of the person or ... advice. By that measure, the 2020 Advisory report of the IRM on the “ Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and ... can change rapidly. There might be relevant policy or procedural changes as well as new experiences relating to ...
Article > News 
Defending Rights and Accessing Remedy: Learnings from Conversations with Civil Society based in West Africa
... such as droughts, high dependence on ecosystem services, and limited readiness. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has ... and outreach efforts, the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) works to ensure that local communities are aware of ... information on relevant topics such as its mandate and procedures and on how communities may access information on ...
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Challenges and opportunities for Independent Accountability Mechanisms amidst the pandemic
... Teams software, it is hard to build trust with participants and keep them engaged”. This was a comment made at a ... to provide redress. The Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a member of the ... including video recordings, voice notes or letters with no procedural costs. However, the provision of compensation is ...
Article > News 
GRM workshop for Direct Access Accredited Entities of the GCF
... Botum is no longer able to harvest grass in the wetland. Where can she complain and get relief? Of course, she can complain to the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) – but the IRM is in South Korea. Botum relies on what ... compliance reviews determine if and how policies and procedures have been violated and how redress or remedies ...
Article > News 
Professionally facilitated dialogue is an effective way of solving disputes and conflicts
... she participated in a workshop on how to operate a GRM and, more importantly, because she is widely regarded as a ... were backing opposing political parties. According to the procedures that Martina had helped to develop for the ... building program, the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) will offer advanced training in community-project ...
Article > News 
The need for private sector accountability mechanisms and beyond: "A canary in the coal mine"
... Council unanimously approved the framework on business and human rights. These would later come to be known as the ... harms and provide a more consolidated and effective set of guidelines to business activities, particularly those that ... on the first generation of grievance mechanisms such as the IRM, the Social and Environmental Compliance Unit (SECU) (of ...
Article > Opinion 
Complaints in Climate Change Projects: A look at adaptation and mitigation grievances
Is there a difference between complaints and grievances in adaptation projects and mitigation ... two thought-provoking questions posed to the Head of the IRM at a recent event hosted for mediators of the Compliance ... would be used to determine if grievance mechanisms or procedures should be designed with these differences in ...
Article > Opinion 
If projects shape community relations, then how should we shape projects?
... be the human resources director who will oversee all hiring procedures. One day, about a year after the project started, ... farmers who will have to give up some portion of their farmland where the windmills are to be constructed. However, ... Mechanisms (GRMs) like the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Given the importance ...
Article > News 
GRAM Community of Practice Gains Practical Knowledge
... your family home to make way for a new development project and were not adequately compensated, what would you do? ... be due to the filing requirements themselves. Complicated procedures, high bars for a complaint to be accepted, and ... mechanism. The first GRAM event of the year, hosted by the IRM in April, sought to address the question of how to ...
Article > News 
Work plan and budget for 2019
This document presents the 2019 work plan and budget of the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the GCF. The IRM is one of the three accountability mechanisms of the GCF ...
Document > Operational document
C0007 Pakistan
In August 2021, the IRM received a complaint relating to FP018. The ... (UNDP). In a virtual meeting with the complainant(s), the IRM obtained further information regarding the complainant(s)’s contract and explained the mandate of the IRM. During its eligibility ...
Case > Complaint Pakistan
2021 Stakeholder Survey
In April 2021, the IRM sent out a survey to various stakeholders who have interacted with the IRM (including complainants, requesters, civil society ... representatives, accredited entities, GCF colleagues, and others). The purpose of the survey was to evaluate the ...
Document > Operational document
Events
Calendar of events The IRM is actively engaged in international discussions around accountability, redress, mediation and climate justice. The IRM also shares events from partner organisations. To have ...
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Work plan and budget for 2020
This document presents the 2020 work plan and budget of the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the GCF. The IRM is one of the three accountability mechanisms of the GCF ...
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