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Defending Rights and Accessing Remedy: Learnings from Conversations with Civil Society based in West Africa
... and outreach efforts, the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) works to ensure that local communities are aware of ... reputation of the Green Climate Fund. In doing so, the IRM shares information on relevant topics such as its ... in accessing redress in the West Africa region, the IRM organized two outreach workshops for 120 civil society ...
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Complaints in Climate Change Projects: A look at adaptation and mitigation grievances
... two thought-provoking questions posed to the Head of the IRM at a recent event hosted for mediators of the Compliance ... and mitigation, the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) undertook a desk study to further understand if there ... projects. From the relatively small sample size of the IRM’s seven case-related complaints that were considered ...
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Meet the team
Staff Sonja Derkum, Head of the IRM Sonja Derkum is the Head of the GCF's Independent ... Development (2014-2017), and as an Advisor to the GCF’s IRM (2016-2018). Halina’s research in the field of climate ... Peter Carlson, Communications Officer Peter is the IRM’s Communication Officer with significant ...
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What do “Vegefoods” and the “GRAM Partnership” have in common ?
Three staff members of the GCF’s IRM in South Korea realized that they were all keen on ... partnership to conduct in 2021. Subsequently, the GCF’s IRM convened the GRAM partners to develop a 2021 work plan ... which will be held on 27 April 2021, hosted by the GCF’s IRM. The webinar will focus on how to establish and ...
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Tackling grievances: A virtual training on company-community mediation
... file a complaint with the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) or the Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) of the AE. To ... international standards and best practices for GRMs, the IRM is mandated to offer a range of capacity building ... opportunities to Direct Accredited Entities (DAEs). As an IRM intern passionate about and supporting dispute ...
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Capacity Building for the empowerment of Direct Access Entities' (DAE) Grievance Redress Mechanisms
... their capacity across several programmatic areas. IRM held one plenary session and two clinic sessions during ...
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Independent Units unite for workshop on design thinking
On 30 May, colleagues from IEU, IRM, and IIU came together for an immersive 1-day retreat at ...
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Understanding the IDP and IAP
... Integrity Unit (IIU), and Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM). The head of the IRM is the current chairperson of the IAP, as selected by ...
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Lessons learnt through the external review of the IFC’s environmental and social accountability
... Climate Fund (GCF) and the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM), particularly due to the similarities in the funding ... facilitate greater access to remedy for affected people. IRM’s Learning and Dialogue Forum In order to share these lessons both within the GCF and IRM, the IRM hosted an inreach event on 13 October 2020 ...
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Sexual Harassment: Lessons from Two World Bank Projects
The Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) recently submitted its first Advisory Report , together ... with minors.” The Inspection Panel was not able to confirm the number of cases of child sexual abuse connected to ... to these allegations, the World Bank’s project team confirmed two cases of sexual harassment involving women working ...
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Advancing accountability and equitable outcomes: Insights from the 10th GRAM webinar on the latest OECD Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct
... partnership on 10 October 2023, in collaboration with the IRM. Peter Carlson, Communication Officer of the IRM, served as the moderator for the event. Nicolas Hachez, ...
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A Discussion on Worker and Labour Rights in the Context of Grievance Redress Mechanisms: The 9th GRAM Partnership Webinar
... that on July 5, 2023, the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the Green Climate Fund co-hosted the 9th webinar of ... by Peter Carlson, the Communications Officer at the IRM, and featured five speakers. Andrea Kampf, the Head of ...
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A virtual gathering of Grievance Redress and Accountability practitioners
... To respond to these demands, the GRAM partners ( GCF IRM , the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank’s ... of the GRAM community of practice is available in the IRM’s previous blog . A virtual gathering of Grievance ...
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Remedy: – setting a wrong, right
... people. In June 2020, the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) partnered with OHCHR ... While independent accountability mechanisms like the IRM of the GCF have an important role to play in providing ... that another webinar on this issue would be justified. The IRM is also giving thought to how it can meaningfully ...
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At the crossroads: Independent accountability mechanisms’ reforms
... and 2019 respectively, the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) announced its new ... no longer has any financial interest in the project. The IRM/GCF, on the other hand, goes further than any other IAM ... in writing (and usually in an official language), the IRM/GCF allows for complainants to make submissions by any ...
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From Proposals to Complaints, Participatory Monitoring is Essential
... informative approach, and which are often used to simply affirm a limited view of the project from the company ... used within any high-impact development project. For the IRM and the GCF at large, participatory monitoring holds ... achieve. As of June 2021, most complaints received by the IRM related to the lack of meaningful consultation and Free, ...
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If projects shape community relations, then how should we shape projects?
... Mechanisms (GRMs) like the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Given the importance ... grievances at a level closer to the project. It is also the IRM’s mandate to build the capacity of this wide ...
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The Future of Corporate Sustainability: Insights from the 12th GRAM Partnership Webinar on Europe’s New Corporate Sustainability Directive
In 2019, the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) launched the Grievance Redress and Accountability ... activities and updates on corporate sustainability, follow IRM’s social media accounts and stay engaged with the ...
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GRAM Community of Practice Gains Practical Knowledge
... mechanism. The first GRAM event of the year, hosted by the IRM in April, sought to address the question of how to ... financial constraints. Presentations were made by (1) IRM staff, (2) Professor Arntraud Hartmann, Panel Member of ... on Business and Human Rights . In its presentation, the IRM illustrated how a low or high resourced GRAM can meet ...
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Accessing Redress: Public interest law organizations, communities and grievance redress mechanisms
... Mechanisms (GRMs) come in. Much has been written on the IRM web page about GRMs, suffice it to say they are set up ...
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Land acquisition and involuntary resettlement. Lessons from the GRAM Community of Practice.
... PROPARCO and FMO) and Dr. Lalanath de Silva, Head of the IRM , shared a compliance review example from Cambodia. The ...
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A push for corporate sustainability in the EU
... view the 2021 webinars on the GRAM Partnership page of the IRM website. Similar events focusing on individual ...
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Four steps to create true global climate solutions by leveraging indigenous knowledge
... They do not reflect the opinions or views of the IRM. Partners are encouraged to submit blogs to the IRM for publication. ### The world is acknowledging the ...
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IAP recommends disclosure of information to enhance stakeholder engagement in GCF activities
... adversely affected by the funding proposal, to access the IRM for early problem solving and, if need be, compliance ...
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The need for private sector accountability mechanisms and beyond: "A canary in the coal mine"
... on the first generation of grievance mechanisms such as the IRM, the Social and Environmental Compliance Unit (SECU) (of ...
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Six actions for IAMs and GRMs to build trust and keep it
... can also help identify areas for improvement. At the IRM, through a self-assessment using a tool proposed by the ... institutions (DFI) set aside the needed resources and make firm commitments to follow through on IAM and GRM findings ...
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