IFAD's Social, Environmental and Climate Assessment Procedures (SECAP)

Managing risks to create opportunities

IFAD is committed to enhancing social, environmental and climate resilience through its projects and programmes. The Social, Environmental and Climate Assessment Procedures (SECAP) outline how to manage risks and impacts, and integrate priorities into IFAD investments to achieve better development outcomes through:

• Environmental, social and climate due diligence;
• Clear procedures to integrate IFAD priorities (environment, gender, nutrition, youth) and marginalized people into projects;
• Commitment to work with borrowing countries to build their national systems for managing risks and enhancing development opportunities;
• Timely stakeholder engagement and functional grievance redress mechanisms.

IFAD’s Complaints Procedure and the Enhanced Complaints Procedure ensure that appropriate mechanisms make it possible to file a complaint with IFAD if a person or persons believe(s) they are, or might be, adversely affected by an IFAD-funded programme or project that is not complying with IFAD's Social, Environmental and Climate Assessment Procedures (SECAP).

IFAD’s Complaints Procedure applies to SECAP projects approved before September 2021 (SECAP 2015 and SECAP 2017 editions). IFAD’s Enhanced Complaints Procedure applies to all IFAD investments approved thereafter (SECAP 2021).

An Incident Procedure is used to report serious incidents resulting from IFAD-funded work.

SECAP standards requirements checklists