Registration Card

SRM0004

Current Status:

Case transferred to SECU.

Project Details:

Atlas/Project #
00103222
Project Risk Category
  • Unknown
Implementing Partner
Financial Information
  • Total Resources Required: US$49,694,000
  • Donors:
  • GOVERNMENT OF MALAWI (MLW): $20,347,497
  • DEPARTMENT FOR INT'L DEVELOPMENT (DFID): $11,092,105
  • EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EUCOMM): $8,879,023
  • GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND (IRE): $2,774,695
  • UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP): $2,500,000
  • GOVERNMENT OF NORWAY (NOR): $2,110,694
  • USAID (USAID): $2,000,000
  • UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF): Unknown
  • Unfunded: N/A
Country
Malawi
mwi
Project Name:Malawi National Registration and Identification System
Date Complaint Filed:Sunday, October 1, 2017
Date Complaint Registered:Monday, October 9, 2017
Project Description:

The project will seek to build capacity to establish and operate a national registration and identification system and register eligible Malawian citizens in the National Register and issue them with National ID cards. 

Requestor(s):Confidential
Summary of Issues Raised:

The Requester alleges a number of serious acts and misconduct committed by government officials, stakeholders, and UNDP project implementation staff against Registration Officials. Specifically, that Registration Officers conducting project activities were not properly paid, improperly dismissed, treated unprofessionally, and jailed for no proper reason.  The Requester is seeking both SECU and SRM options.

UNDP Response:The Social and Environmental Compliance Unit (SECU) shared its Draft Report "Investigating allegations of non-compliance with UNDP social and environmental commitments relating to the following UNDP project: Malawi National Registration and Identification System Project," on January 25, 2019 for public comment by February 23, 2019.   For more information, see the SECU Registry: https://info.undp.org/sites/registry/secu.Following the finalization of SECU's Report, the SRM will re-engage the Requester to determine whether they are still interested in pursuing options through the SRM.  
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Current case status

01.
Registration
Intake
Phase
02.
Assessing Eligibility of Request
03.
Assigning Responsibility for Response
Initial Response
Phase
04.
UNDP Response
05.
Seeking Solution(s)
06.
Implementing Solution(s)
Stakeholder Engagement
Phase
07.
Monitoring
Monitoring & Documenting Results
Phase
08.
Closure and/or Referral of Case
Final
Phase

Current case status

Intake
Phase
01.
Registration
Initial Response
Phase
02.
Assessing Eligibility of Request
03.
Assigning Responsibility for Response
Stakeholder Engagement
Phase
04.
UNDP Response
05.
Seeking Solution(s)
06.
Implementing Solution(s)
Monitoring
Phase
07.
Monitoring & Documenting Results
Final
Phase
08.
Closure and/or Referral of Case