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Gaining stakeholders permission to operate through Stakeholders Engagement-

- Environmental Social Risk Impact Assessment in mining/quarry

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 Gaining stakeholders permission to operate through Stakeholders Engagement--
Environmental Social Risk Impact Assessment in mining/quarry
Duntoye David Toyosi
DHgis International Limited, Abuja,
FCT, Nigeria
Duntoyedavid2@gmail.com

Abstract

This paper is structured in accordance with the Stakeholders training organized to

educate miners, developmental project proponent, Site managers, and
Operational managers on the importance and how to gain the stakeholder
permission to operate for a big and complicated project filled with details and
techniques that has been applied to ensure successful relationship between
stakeholders in Nigeria for several mines. The paper is based on the effective
principles and standards required by International Financial Cooperation (IFC)
and other lenders.

Keyword: Stakeholders Engagement, IFC, Environmental social standards ESS, stakeholder’s permission,
mining/ quarry.
Gaining stakeholders permission to operate through Stakeholders Engagement-- Environmental Social Risk Impact
Assessment in mining/quarry [2019]

Environmental Social Risk Impact Assessment

in mining/quarry - gaining stakeholders
permission to operate through Stakeholders
Engagement

The process of an ESMP especially the ESRIA, ESIA or EIA is to provide and
identify all risk and potential impact In the technical, environmental and social
aspect of the project that will prevent it's from attaining project goals, in
controlling the social risk and impacts communication, participation and
interaction is key to obtaining Social Stakeholders approval or permission to
Operate, this is as all project is going to have impacts and level of impact to which
stakeholders are willing to accept in their different area of Influence AOI vary for
individual stakeholders, which results in them to seeking the issuance of permits
delaying/ pausing or stopping work, observe sit-in or protest, destroy property or
become violent.
The stakeholders of a project will vary depending on the details of the project.
They may include local communities, national and local authorities, neighboring
projects, and nongovernmental organizations, “stakeholder” refers to individuals or
groups who are affected or likely to be affected by the project (project-affected
parties); and may have an interest in the project (other interested parties).
The process of stakeholder engagement should involve the following,
(i) stakeholder identification and analysis; (ii) planning how the engagement with
stakeholders will take place; (iii) disclosure of information; (iv) consultation with
stakeholders; (v) addressing and responding to grievances; and (vi) reporting to
stakeholders
This paper aims to explain how Stakeholders' approval can be gotten for big and
complicated projects, through in-depth provision and dissection into the concept/
positions of stakeholders and the importance of Stakeholders' permission to operate.
Gaining stakeholders permission to operate through Stakeholders Engagement-- Environmental Social Risk Impact
Assessment in mining/quarry [2019]

Stakeholder management – Stakeholders Permission to Operate

One of the key goals of the interaction during the EIA process is compiling the
views of different parties. The legislation, and often financiers, demands a social
impact assessment to be performed for projects with a focus on active, high-quality
interaction with stakeholders resulting in an agreement and approval of the project
by the surrounding society and concerned parties.
The concept of Stakeholders Permission to operate is raised both in the idea of the
official license to operate and an unofficial permission from community, NGOs,
community groups, landowners etc as opposed to only official permissions given
after the EIA process, which in many controversial cases may fail to win the hearts
of affected communities and parties and therefore generate resistance.
The social license to operate:
Permission/ acceptances of host, concerned or impacted persons and project
interested persons will guarantee the following benefits ; (i) Reduce potentiality of
Violence; (ii) Reduce the appeals in the permit processes; (iii)Speeds up approval
and production rate as it reduces any opposition to other permits required by the
project;
How to gain the stakeholder permission to operate for a big and complicated
project, such as a mine site or large industry? The core elements are
communication, participation, and interaction.
Communication of the project must be: (i) Begin early in the project planning
process to gather initial views on the project proposal and inform project design;
(ii)Encourages stakeholder feedback, particularly as a way of informing project
design and engagement by stakeholders in the identification and mitigation of
environmental and social risks and impacts- If people can participate and voice
their opinions only after the fundamental decisions have already been made, they
may end up feeling left ‘outside’ and uninformed. However, the possible number
of project alternatives and the right timing for starting the participation and
interaction depends on the nature of the project; (iii)Continues on an ongoing basis,
as risks and impacts arise; (iv) Is based on the prior disclosure and dissemination
of relevant, transparent, objective, meaningful and easily accessible information in
a timeframe that enables meaningful consultations with stakeholders in a culturally
appropriate format, in relevant local language(s) and is understandable to
stakeholders; (v) Considers and responds to feedback; (vi) Supports active and
inclusive engagement with project-affected parties; (vii) Is free of external
manipulation, interference, coercion, discrimination, and intimidation; and (viii) Is
documented and disclosed by the Borrower.
 Gaining stakeholders permission to operate through Stakeholders Engagement-- Environmental Social Risk Impact
Assessment in mining/quarry [2019]

Participation of the stakeholders must include: (i)Project owners; (ii) project

contractors engineers and planners/designers; (iii) Host community leaders, groups,
(iv) Non- Governmental Organizations; (iv) government agencies ministry of
mines, ministry of environment, ministry of lands, etc. (v)
Interaction with stakeholders must include different channels for participation
and interaction. four major channels for successful stakeholders interaction are (i)
Informative websites; (ii) Open, informal monthly events as well as formal public
events related to the EIA/ESIA/ESRIA process; (iii) Web-based participation
applications and/or resident surveys and an opportunity to participate also without
a mobile device; (iv) Thematic workshops.
Process Stakeholder Tool Permission
Assessment and Environmental Agency, The environmental impact EIA Certificate
Management of Financial Instit5ution, assessment report, social impact (formal)
Environmental and Community, NGOs assessment report,
Social Risks and
Impactsebhxd9o9
Labor and Working Labour unions, workers HSE reports/structure HSE policy /HSE
Conditions Occupational health and safety certification
(OHS) or General Environmental (Formal), Union
Health and Safety Guidelines Registration
(EHSGs) on Occupational Health (Formal)
and Safety as applies to all
projects
Resource Efficiency and Workers, NGOs, Waster and Resources Regulatory permits
Pollution Prevention and Government, host management program report, from different
Management community, relevant greenhouse gases (GHG) relevant
government regulatory management report, water government
agencies and management plan (containing a regulatory agencies
water balance will be developed, and (
maintained, monitored and 1. waste disposal
reported periodically), waste permit from the
management plan, hazardous municipal waste
waste management plan, Pest agency
Management Plan (PMP). 2. Nuclear waste
permit etc.)
Community Health and Community, NGOs, Plan for construction supervision Building Approval
Safety Health ministry, and quality assurance, (Formal), ISO
Instrumentation plan, Operation certificates
and maintenance (O&M) plan, (Formal),
Emergency preparedness plan
Land Acquisition, Government agencies, Resettlement Action Plan RAP, Community
Restrictions on Land Project affected persons, Livelihood Restoration Plan, Development
Use and Involuntary project interested livelihood restoration and Agreement
Resettlement persons improvement programs, certificate (formal),
Resettlement Action Plan RAP land ownership
 Gaining stakeholders permission to operate through Stakeholders Engagement-- Environmental Social Risk Impact
Assessment in mining/quarry [2019]

document (formal),
permission to
operate document
(informal)
Biodiversity NGOs, government Environmental Impact EIA certificates
Conservation and agencies (Ministry of Assessment EIA, Biodiversity (formal),
Sustainable environment, forestry, Action Plan
Management etc)

Indigenous Peoples Host community, Indigenous Peoples Plan, Community

community leaders, Development
community religious Agreement CDA
groups, community
groups, Community
based development
committee
Cultural Heritage Community heads, Indigenous Peoples Plan, Cultural Community
community Religious Heritage Management Plan, Development
group Agreement CDA

Conclusion
While all the processes are advised, the degree of use should vary per project type,
level of impact, Location/ host country, stakeholders interest, local legislation and
financial institution requirement

Duntoye David Toyosi

Environmental Consultant
DHgis International Limited
Duntoye David Toyosi works as a Consultant at DHgis International Ltd, Abuja, Nigeria. David
as served as a project manager for several EIA/ESIA process in Nigeria and as a team lead in
many Stakeholders management Program

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