Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Equal participation in Principle 10 of the Rio International and national norms, policies &
political and public affairs Declaration legal requirements (examples)
▪ Core element of human “Environmental issues are best ▪ UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human
rights-based approach to handled with participation of all Rights
eliminate marginalization concerned citizens” ▪ Free, prior & informed consent (FPIC), ILO 169
and discrimination ▪ Access to information ▪ IFC Performance Standards (PS1)
▪ Inextricably linked to other ▪ Opportunity to participate in ▪ OECD Due Diligence Guidance for
human rights (e.g. rights to the decision-making process Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement
peaceful assembly and ▪ Effective access to ▪ Intergovernmental Forum on Mining and
association; freedom of administrative and judicial Sustainable Development – Mining Policy
expression etc.) proceedings Framework
▪ Africa Mining Vision
▪ Home Government requirements
▪ Host government policies and regulations
WHY ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS RELATED TO MINING?
2) IF done right, it brings benefits…
For communities For proponent / business For Governments
✓ Opportunity to raise ✓ Raises awareness of potential ✓ Achieves more informed,
concerns impacts accountable decision
✓ Access information and gain ✓ Helps obtain local data making
understanding of impacts, ✓ Legitimizes projects, ✓ Ensure fairness, transparency
✓ Influence policies, practices, proposals, ensures greater – avoid accusations that
decisions acceptance decisions are “made behind
✓ Empowers people and ✓ Improves public trust closed doors”
creates sense of responsibility ✓ Helps gain social license to ✓ Enhanced trust by
✓ Increase accountability of operate community
company ✓ Avoids costly delays, conflicts ✓ Avoids costs, lost revenues
✓ Ensure all relevant issues are due to delays, conflict
raised, addressed
And..:
- Negotiate
- Consent seeking
Development and submission of project proposal
Screening
ENGAGEMENT IN
EIA PROCESS EIA required EIA not required /
only limited impact
statement
Scoping and TOR
development
Monitoring
Auditing
Decommission
KEY PROCESS: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT IN EIA
Screening
Scoping
Investigation &
report prep.
Review
Decision In some cases, i.e.
when FPIC applies
Appeal
Monitoring
KEY PROCESS: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT IN EIA
OBRIGADO!