Common use of Independent Monitoring Clause in Contracts

Independent Monitoring. Independent Monitoring (IM) is conducted by Indonesia's civil society and is independent from other elements of the TLAS (those involved in the management or regulation of forest resources and those involved in the independent audit). One of the key objectives is to maintain the credibility of the TLAS by monitoring the implementation of verification. Indonesia has formally recognized the IM function and allows civil society to submit complaints when irregularities in the accreditation, assessment and licensing processes are found. Key Questions: — Has the government made the guidelines for IM publicly available? — Do the guidelines provide clear requirements on the eligibility of organisations to perform IM functions to ensure impartiality and avoid conflicts of interest? — Do the guidelines provide procedures to access the information contained in Annex IX? — Can civil society access the information contained in Annex IX in practice? — Do the guidelines provide procedures for the submission of complaints? Are these procedures publicly available? — Have reporting and public disclosure provisions that apply to verification bodies been clarified and established? ANNEX IX

Independent Monitoring. Independent Monitoring (hereinafter referred to as the “IM”) is conducted by Indonesia's a body comprising of representatives from civil society society, the private sector and the relevant government ministries and agencies and is independent from other elements of the TLAS LAS (those involved in the management or regulation of forest resources and those involved in the independent audit). One of the key objectives is to maintain the credibility of the TLAS GTLAS by monitoring the implementation of verification. Indonesia Guyana has formally recognized the IM function and allows civil society stakeholders to submit complaints when irregularities in implementation of the accreditation, assessment and licensing processes GTLAS are found. Key Questions: —  Has the government made the guidelines for IM publicly available? —  Do the guidelines provide clear requirements on the eligibility of organisations to perform IM functions to ensure impartiality and avoid conflicts of interest? —  Do the guidelines provide procedures to access the information contained in Annex IX? —  Can civil society stakeholders access the information contained in Annex IX in practice? —  Do the guidelines provide procedures for the submission of complaints? Are these procedures publicly available? — Have reporting and public disclosure provisions that apply to verification bodies been clarified and established? ANNEX IX?