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Overview The IRM is committed to transparency and accountability, and ... or requesters. Information regarding each of the IRM's cases can be accessed below, by clicking on the case ...
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2019 Annual report
The IRM is excited to release our 2019 Annual Report. This ...
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Creating a safe space to complain
... the effectiveness of grievance mechanisms like the IRM and is the reason that grievance mechanisms are paying ... from retaliation and threats of retaliation. The IRM developed supporting operating procedures (SOPs) to ... were published in early 2020 for public comment and the IRM engaged extensively with stakeholders. The IRM has ...
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Redress counts: Summer 2019 issue
... In this edition: Advancing accountability at the GCF; IRM hosts Inspection Panel Chair, Imrana Jalal; IRM concludes first self-initiated preliminary ... Redress and Accountability Mechanisms) Partnership; IRM in Shanghai and Abidjan; and In-reach capacity building ...
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Communications, a Key to Effective Redress
... of available grievance redress mechanisms,” including the IRM and the GRMs of the GCF’s accredited entities. While ... people just don’t know where to go for a remedy. The IRM has kept communications strategies in the past years. ... that awareness-raising is essential to fulfilling the IRM’s mandates, the IRM decided to take an aggressive ...
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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 ... are unable to file a complaint. This is why the IRM has an outreach mandate. It is the job of the IRM to ensure that potentially affected people know that ...
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Advisory reports
Overview The IRM is mandated to report to the Board on lessons learned ... practices. Based on these lessons and insights, the IRM may recommend the reconsideration of policies, ... report is submitted to the Board, it is published on the IRM website. Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and ...
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2018 Annual report
This report gives an overview of 2018 activities, facts, figures and other details about our work.
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2017 Annual report
This report gives an overview of 2017 activities, facts, figures and other details about our work.
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C0001 Bangladesh
... had suffered loss and damage because of this delay. The IRM examined the complaint and obtained preliminary ... due consideration declared the complaint ineligible. The IRM concluded that the alleged damage or loss, if any, was ... programme of the GCF, as contemplated under the TOR of the IRM. C0001 Bangladesh Water access Water quality Water ...
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Functions & Processes
Roles & functions The 2017 TOR of the IRM provides it with five functions to provide redress and ... at the Green Climate Fund. Processing requests The IRM addresses requests from developing countries for ... a request for reconsideration has been found eligible, the IRM conducts an information and consultation process to see ...
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Taking your complaint seriously
... the project, you can file a complaint with a GRAM. The IRM of the GCF is such a GRAM. Good management of your ... and on the final outcomes. For this purpose, the GCF IRM has two tools. First, we have put in place a modern ... files and store all the information and evidence the IRM collects. It will remind IRM staff of dates and ...
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C0004 India
In May 2020, the IRM received a complaint relating to FP084. The complaint ... which claims to be conserving mangroves. In July 2020, the IRM declared the complaint ineligible because the felling of ... nor was the felling conducted by the Accredited Entity. The IRM’s eligibility determination setting out the reasons ...
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Lessons and Highlights from 2020
... whether to file it with the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the GCF or the complaints mechanism that the Kenyan ... came up in 2020 when a complaint was filed with the IRM about a project in India that is being implemented by ... if it’s a GCF project, complaints can go to either the IRM or the grievance mechanism of the accredited entity ...
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Setting a high bar: The procedures of the Independent Redress Mechanism of the GCF
... and Guidelines of its Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM), ushering in a new era of innovation and accountability ... on international good practice, the recently adopted IRM procedures push the frontiers of accountability on ... of complainants and stakeholders facilitated through the IRM bearing costs Taken together, this set of progressive ...
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Video of the GRM Workshop for DAEs of the GCF
... were discussed at a three-day-workshop held by the IRM between 7 and 9 October in Songdo, South Korea. In total ... this event. The workshop was held and organized by the IRM and facilitated by David Fairman, an external consultant from the Consensus Building ...
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Advice is Most Effective When It Is Taken on Board!
... advice. By that measure, the 2020 Advisory report of the IRM on the “ Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and ... the victims in numerous ways. Based on these cases, the IRM decided to prepare an Advisory report to the Board and ... dealt with by the World Bank’s Inspection Panel. The IRM advised the GCF Secretariat and the Board that there ...
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Outreach in the time of Corona
... been the case for the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Almost overnight, our ... outreach, one of our core functions. In order for the IRM to act as an effective avenue for redress, communities ... aware of our existence. It is within this context that the IRM, together with the Independent Review Mechanism of the ...
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GRAM partnership
GRAM partnership In 2019, the IRM formed the Grievance Redress and Accountability ... Programme (UNDP) and the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The GRAM partnership ... to Remedy Institute have joined the partnership. The GCF IRM will provide Secretariat services to the GRAM ...
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Green Climate Fund Board adopts Landmark Guidelines on Grievance Procedures
... the management of the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM)’s cases. Thus, the GCF will provide a better response ... to climate justice. The Guidelines acknowledge that the IRM follows the principles of fairness, independence, equity ... promise that the Board will: Expeditiously consider the IRM’s case reports, and decide on an outcome; Base its ...
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File a reconsideration request
... resulted in denial of funding. The request should also confirm that the Accredited Entity which submitted the proposal ... by either mailing, courier delivering or emailing it to the IRM, or by filling out the web form . File a ...
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C0006 Nicaragua
In June 2021, the IRM received a complaint relating to FP146. The ... ). The complainant(s) requested confidentiality, and the IRM is granting confidentiality in accordance with its TOR ... the case proceeded with the Initial Steps phase, where the IRM explored the options of problem solving and compliance ...
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C0003 Morocco
On 16 February2020, the IRM received a complaint which was submitted through its ... had made a request for confidentiality, and the IRM provided confidentiality in accordance with its ... was declared eligible for further processing by the IRM on 7 April 2020. During the consultations held during ...
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Challenges and opportunities for Independent Accountability Mechanisms amidst the pandemic
... to provide redress. The Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a member of the ... by Christine Reddell, the Registrar and Case Officer at the IRM. The session was split into four breakout groups, where ... parties - financial intermediaries and supply chains. The IRM suggested that in the future more CSOs and voices from ...
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From Ulaanbaatar to Almaty- Virtual Outreach in times of the Pandemic
... presented by Covid-19. After the success of the IRM’s first virtual outreach event in the Pacific region , the IRM team has been committed to further exploring the virtual ... different risk categories , Mongolia falls under the IRM’s list of priority countries for conducting outreach ...
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COVID-19: Ongoing lessons from the virtual Independent Redress Mechanism
... the six team members of the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) relocated from Songdo, ... sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in South Korea. Suddenly, the IRM team was forced to work remotely and “virtually” to keep the IRM open for business. Here we speak of the opportunities ...
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Boosting Accessibility in the Pacific Islands
... they knew about the GCF’s Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM). The IRM would not be able to do its job unless people who have ... by GCF projects know about it. Even if they know about the IRM, their grievance or problem will remain unresolved, if ...
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Retaliation: A threat to accountability and redress
... around the world, that the Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has drafted Supporting ... and their direct and indirect consequences, that the IRM of the GCF has developed its retaliation procedures. ... procedures are a product of several months of work by the IRM, and compliment the GCF’s Policy on the protection ...
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Informal consultation on draft Procedures and Guidelines
IRM has developed draft Procedures and Guidelines and has ... regions including Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America. IRM will hold three informal consultations in Amsterdam, ...
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