Stakeholder Response Mechanism
The UNDP Social and Environmental Standards (SES) represent the organization's core commitment for social and environmental sustainability and accountability across all its programs and projects. The SES operationalize this commitment through a robust accountability system that includes project-level Grievance Redress Mechanisms (GRMs) and the corporate Stakeholder Response Mechanism (SRM). Together, these mechanisms ensure clear and accessible avenues to receive and address complaints related to actual or potential adverse environmental or social impacts from UNDP supported projects.
The UNDP Pacific Office Stakeholder Response Mechanism (SRM) mandate is to receive and resolve complaints from Pacific People affected by actual or potential environmental or social harm from UNDP-supported projects across ten Pacific Island countries (Fiji, Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Tonga, FSM, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, and Palau), providing a solution when the project's own Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) or consultation process has failed to provide a satisfactory solution.
The SRM ensures that the resolution process is accessible, inclusive, gender-responsive, and culturally sensitive in line with SES Programming Principles.
You may submit requests via our telephone, post, email or social media applications as below:
By phone: +679 3312500
By post:
ATT Resident Representative’s Office
United Nations Development Programme
Level 2, Kadavu House,
414 Victoria Parade, Suva, Fiji.
By email: registry.fj@undp.org
By social media apps: https://www.facebook.com/undp.pacific
For more details, you may also consult the Terms of Reference: UNDP Pacific Office Stakeholder Response Mechanism
- Number: SRM – 01
- Log date: January 17 of 2026
- UNDP Project: Solarization of Head of States (Project Closed in 2023 )
- Location: Kingdom of Tonga
- Complainant: Tonga Energy Department represented by Ms. Feauini Veikoso (to be confirmed)
- Category of the grievance: Technical
- Grievance description: Government staff had not received proper operational training, and handover documentation is missing.
- Eligibility: Yes, complain is eligible (project is closed since 2023 and GRM at project level is not available)
- Measures to be implemented by UNDP:
- Perform integration testing with utility/DoE
- Present and submit signed test protocols and settings.
- Recommission to grid‑connected (hybrid) mode as per design intent.
- Deliver complete As‑Built package, QA/QC and commissioning sheets, and updated protection parameters.
- Align metering, protection and data logging with the two DoE meters.
- Provide screenshots/logs from monitoring platform.
- Conduct structured O&M training for designated Government staff and submit materials, agenda, and signed attendance.
- Provide full handover documentation to the Energy Department
- Closure date (tentative): By 15 Jul 2026