The CGIAR System operates according to a set of guidance documents that establish the overall policy and operational environment for the System. Typically, Frameworks set out overall guidance and have underlying Policies and/or Guidelines which guide implementation.
The CGIAR System Council approves documents that are critical to maintaining the reputation of the CGIAR System and the System Board approves other System wide documents.
Frameworks*
- CGIAR Performance and Results Management Framework
- CGIAR System Risk Management Framework
- CGIAR System Risk Appetite Statement
- CGIAR Ethics Framework
- Framework for Gender, Diversity and Inclusion in CGIAR’s Workplaces
- CGIAR Evaluation Framework
Policies/Guidelines/Principles*
- CGIAR Evaluation Policy
- Intellectual Assets Management Principles
- Implementation Guidelines for the CGIAR Principles on the Management of Intellectual Assets
- CGIAR Open and FAIR Data Assets Policy
- Risk Management Guidelines of the CGIAR System
- Guidelines on the Nagoya Protocol for CGIAR Research Centers
- Lignes directrices sur le Protocole de Nagoya destinées aux Centres de recherche CGIAR
- Directrices sobre el Protocolo de Nagoya para los Centros de Investigación del CGIAR
- CGIAR IFRS Compliant Reporting Guidelines
- CGIAR Procurement Guidelines
- CGIAR System Cost Financing Policy
- CGIAR Cost Principles and Indirect Cost Guidelines
- CGIAR Auditing Guidelines
- CGIAR Code of Conduct for Governance Officials
- CGIAR Code of Ethics and Business Conduct for CGIAR Staff
- CGIAR Research Ethics Code
- CGIAR Policy on Protection Against and Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination
- CGIAR Safeguarding Policy – Protection Against and Prevention of Sexual Misconduct, Exploitation and Abuse, and Human Trafficking
- CGIAR Policy on Whistleblowing and Protection from Retaliation
- CGIAR Branding Guidelines
- CGIAR Funder Acknowledgement Guidelines
- CGIAR Procedure for the Operational Designation of Pooled Funding
- One CGIAR Implementing Arrangement No. 1
- CGIAR Technical Reporting Arrangement
- Process for Developing, Tracking, and Reporting of Management Responses to Evaluations
Good Practice Notes And Other Tools*
These Good Practice Notes and other tools were developed in collaboration with subject matter experts in CGIAR; they build on experience accumulated by Research Centers and leverage knowledge, tools and approaches developed externally. Their purpose is to provide reference tools to support Research Center and System Organization management in their efforts to establish efficient and effective business processes.
- Control Self Assessment
- Project Management
- Risk Management
- Research Data Management
- CGIAR Questions and Answers on Genetic Engineering
- CGIAR Questions and Answers on Genome Editing
* Please take note that most policies, guidelines, notes, and frameworks listed on this page are currently under review.