GRN Principles

Candidate access to GRN is free and cannot be subject to a fee.

Partners commit to: never charge refugees for access to GRN or for a referral through it.

GRN is a shared community resource. It is not owned by any organisation.

The GRN software code is open source and fully visible to anyone who wishes to see it, or contribute to it.

Stakeholders are encouraged to support the ongoing development and running costs of GRN.

Partners commit to: accept GRN as a shared, open-source resource that no single organisation owns.

Refugees and all key user groups will be encouraged to engage in the design, governance and evolution of GRN. Mechanisms will be established so that their perspectives play a direct role in shaping priorities.

Partners commit to: support refugees taking part in feedback and design when asked.

Candidates own and directly control their data by updating or deleting it at any time.

Source partners are responsible for managing and protecting candidate data.

Personal and contact data may be shared only as needed and as confirmed by each candidate. For example, such data may be shared with employers only in the final stages of a recruitment process, or with migration agents at the time of applying for visas.

Anonymised data about skills, qualifications, experience and aspirations may be shared with commercial and charitable organisations that need these skills, or that work to improve outcomes for refugees.

Partners commit to: use refugee data only as each refugee consents, for the stated purpose, and delete it when that purpose ends.

GRN upholds the highest standards of data security. Systems and up-to-date practices must be adopted to prevent unauthorised access, maintain data integrity and protect against data loss.

Partners commit to: keep systems and practices that prevent unauthorised access to refugee data, and its loss or misuse.

GRN should maximise the opportunities available to each candidate to improve their situation.

All opportunities, such as jobs, are visible to all partners and therefore potentially available to all candidates.

Only the candidate can decide which opportunities they will focus on. Their opportunities should not be artificially restricted.

Partners commit to: never restrict the opportunities a refugee can see or choose.

The primary goal of GRN is to help more refugees in total. GRN cannot be used to trade off one group of refugees against another by, for example, increasing skills-based resettlement at the expense of humanitarian resettlement. This is the principle of additionality.

Partners commit to: never use GRN to trade off one group of refugees against another.