REC Caucasus Project-Level Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) for the GEF Financed Project Sustainable Management of Agricultural Biodiversity in Vulnerable Ecosystems and Rural Communities of Samtskhe-Javakheti Region in Georgia (2023-2026)
The Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus) as Executive Agency is involved in implementation of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) financed Project Sustainable Management of Agricultural Biodiversity in Vulnerable Ecosystems and Rural Communities of Samtskhe-Javakheti Region in Georgia – GEF Project ID: 10829” (“the Project”).
For successful and transparent implementation of the Project, the REC Caucasus in March, 2023 designed project-level Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) during the Project inception phase along with focal point designated and communicated to the stakeholders to ensure that people and communities affected by the project can file a complaints.
Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) provides for project-level complaint resolution operational procedures. The principles to be followed during the complaint resolution process include: impartiality, respect for human rights, including those pertaining to indigenous peoples, compliance of national norms, coherence with the norms, equality, transparency, honesty, and mutual respect.
Full version of the Project-Level Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) for the GEF Financed Project Sustainable Management of Agricultural Biodiversity in Vulnerable Ecosystems and Rural Communities of Samtskhe-Javakheti Region in Georgia is available for download from the attached file: 00_GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM_FULL VERSION_052-AGROBIO
