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The development of a Safeguard Information System (SIS) is one of the three safeguard-related requirements 1 outlined by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and is linked to the delivery of results-based payments 2. Although there are no official guidelines on how countries are supposed to set up a system for providing information on how safeguards are addressed and respected (commonly known as a Safeguard Information System or SIS), Parties to the UNFCCC have agreed on some broad guidance on the characteristics of a SIS.

The development of a Safeguard Information System (SIS) is one of the three safeguard-related requirements 1 outlined by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and is linked to the delivery of results-based payments 2. Although there are no official guidelines on how countries are supposed to set up a system for providing information on how safeguards are addressed and respected (commonly known as a Safeguard Information System or SIS), Parties to the UNFCCC have agreed on some broad guidance on the characteristics of a SIS.

With technical support from SNV, CLP and KASA and financial support from BMUB, Ghanahas decided to adopt a Country Approach to Safeguards (CAS) in order to meet andimplement its safeguards requirements for REDD+. In addition to responding to the UnitedNations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) requirements, a countryapproach to safeguards will allow Ghana to consider further objectives, including, forexample, meeting the safeguard requirements of organizations (e.g. donors) providinginterim results-based REDD+ payments/finance, such as the Forest Carbon PartnershipFacility (FCPF), and also contributing to the social and environmental sustainability ofnational policies and their implementation.

El programa ONU-REDD a nivel global cuenta con un extenso trabajo en materia de género el cual orienta no solo la preparación de las estrategias nacionales de Reducción de emisiones por deforestación y degradación de bosques ENREDD+), sino que condensa buena parte de los aprendizajes generados hasta el momento no solo por el Programa, sino también por las Agencias de naciones unidas que lo lideran. dicho trabajo se centra en la necesidad de establecer canales de participación amplios e informados que tiendan a corregir los desbalances estructurales en los pilares que sostienen los programas REDD+, todos estos relacionados de una u otra forma con los ejes de análisis en materia de género que son; división sexual del trabajo, acceso a recursos y control sobre los recursos, y la participación sustantiva.