Policies and strategies

As part of its mandate, the GCF Board approves specific operational policies and guidelines, including for programming, project cycle, administration, and financial management. In addition, the Board reviews and approves relevant frameworks, guidelines and standards related to GCF's operations, including environmental and social safeguards, and accreditation process, among others.

Governing Instrument

The Governing Instrument for the Green Climate Fund was approved by the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at its seventeenth session on 11 December 2011 in Durban, South Africa.

List of policies and strategies

Title	Date
Revised environmental and social policy	13 Sep 2021
Revised Initial Financial Risk Management Framework	30 Jul 2021
Guidance on Risk Management Framework: Legal Risk	30 Jul 2021
Integrated results management framework	16 Jul 2021
Administrative Remedies and Exclusion Policy	12 May 2021
Revised policy on the prevention and protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment	11 May 2021
Evaluation policy for the GCF	04 May 2021
Initial investment framework	13 Nov 2020
Updated Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund 2020-2023	13 Nov 2020
Gender policy	14 Nov 2019
Policy for contributions to the Green Climate Fund for the first replenishment	14 Nov 2019
Gender action plan	14 Nov 2019
Policy on co-financing	14 Nov 2019
Policy on prohibited practices	08 Jul 2019
Policy on ethics and conflicts of interest for active observers of the Green Climate Fund	08 Jul 2019
Procedures for adopting decisions in the event that all efforts at reaching consensus have been exhausted	08 Jul 2019
Compliance risk policy (Component VIII)	08 Jul 2019
Standards for the implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism policy	08 Jul 2019
Investment criteria indicators	28 Feb 2019
Policy on restructuring and cancellation	28 Feb 2019

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