The GRACE Framework

The GRACE Framework: A Governance & Accountability Green Paper — Resettlement, Asylum, Capacity & Equity

The GRACE Framework is a structured governance and accountability framework developed as an independent contribution to public policy and institutional design.

It brings together principles of capacity discipline, safeguarding assurance, and institutional transparency into a coherent framework designed for practical application.

The framework is intended to translate governance principles into structured and auditable practice. In doing so, it offers a structured reference model through which governance arrangements can be examined, tested, and improved. 

The Executive Summary provides a concise overview of the framework’s architecture and intent and is available for download below, while the full Green Paper is available on request. 

The Executive Summary is a standalone orientation extract from the November 2025 GRACE Framework Green Paper. It is designed to provide readers with a stable introduction to the architecture and purpose of the framework without requiring engagement with the full technical document. While the wider GRACE material has continued to evolve through treaty analysis and supplementary addenda, the Executive Summary remains the authoritative introduction to the framework’s core governance model and structural intent.

Public contribution creates a corresponding obligation on institutions to act with accountability and transparency.

Within the GRACE Framework, this obligation is operationalised through Public Risk & Fiscal Assessment (PRFA), which functions as an attribution mechanism, ensuring that public expenditure, risk exposure, and institutional outcomes are clearly attributed and open to scrutiny.