Code Redd

“Code REDD Board Members primary function is oversight and goverance. Once the 990 is submitted a copy is available to all Board members upon their request. Board Members are updated on significant changes highlighted in the 990 at the subsequent Board Meeting after filing the 990.”

“Officers, directors or trustees and key employees did not participate in decisions in which they had a conflict of interest. They were not included in discussions at board meetings when a conflict of interest was present. This policy is documented in the code redd policy manual. Where conflict of interests arose, directors/trustees without conflicts were asked to judge measures necessary to remedy, and deemed none were necessary.”

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“Officers, directors or trustees and key employees did not participate in decisions in which they had a conflict of interest. They were not included in discussions at board meetings when a conflict of interest was present. This policy is documented in the code redd policy manual. Where conflict of interests arose, directors/trustees without conflicts were asked to judge measures necessary to remedy, and deemed none were necessary”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: SPECIAL FOCUS COLOMBIA: We started an important new focus of our work related to Colombia (both regarding increasing domestic private sector/citizen support for Colombian REDD+ projects, and regional Spanish language world support for REDD+ projects globally, off the back of our Colombian work and Spanish language based work). A key element of this has been a partnership, under USAIDs BioREDD program, with 7 community managed REDD+ projects across the Pacific region of Colombia (6 Afro-Colombian led projects and 1 Indigenous led project). Consultations and strategy discussions were held with elected representatives for the communities. A 4 year plan was agreed to help them develop higher value support from regional and international supporters through the use of our Stand For Trees digital platform, and to set up a dedicated Colombian based Spanish language social media operation that will promote thir work domestically, regionally and internationally. The cooperation also was determined to develop a major video production towards the same objectives. The foundations of the 4 year plan were also successfully started in 2019, with video pre-production activities including an agreement with Colombias biggest band Bomba Estereo to be central to the video, with community meetings and site visits made with Bomba Estereo and key members of the film crew to research audio-visual logistics in the remote community and forest locations. Production/post production and release will be in 2020. Additionally, we established a key policy and research focus in Colombia, joining the Association of Colombian Carbon Market Actors (Asocarbono), and convinced the management and other members to create a working group for REDD+. We also participated in a number of meetings and conferences with that included different stakeholders such as Domestic Government Agencies, Indigenous Groups, International Donor Agencies, Business and other NGOs in order to deepen our engagement and understanding with the countrys efforts to reduce deforestation, for which Colombia has become recognized as a pioneer.”