Validation and Verification standard
Questions and Answers to Validation and Verification Standard
Questions and Answers to Validation and Verification Standard
Document name | Version | Released date |
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Principles & Requirements | 1.2 | 23.10.2019 |
Programme of Activity Requirements | 2.1 | 5.10.2023 |
Site visit and remote audit requirements and procedures | 2.0 | 30.05.2023 |
Document name | Version | Released date |
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Audit techniques | 1.0 | 16.11.2021 |
Document name | Released date |
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Applicability of minimum site visit requirements by VVB | 16.08.2021 |
The starting point for all projects seeking Gold Standard certification of any kind. It provides the mandatory Principles & Requirements that all Gold Standard projects must conform to.
Requirements for conducting a mandatory stakeholder consultation and engaging stakeholders affected by a project on an ongoing basis.
Safeguarding principles and associated requirements that all projects must assess and conform to throughout the certification process.
Mandatory gender-sensitive procedures/strategies that all projects must conform to. Plus optional gender-responsive guidelines for those projects wishing to quantify and certify specific gender equality (SDG 5) impacts.