• real-time, on-the-ground social feasibility and community risk assessments that identify the real risks that have to be managed for success
• implementing and reviewing policies and programs for project success
• implementing external relations management systems that support local project teams
• conducting due-diligence assessments on independent engineer teams examining conformance for international financing standards such as the Equator Principles, IFC Performance Standards, the Voluntary Principles on Human Rights and Security, and the EBRD Performance Requirement
• building skills for community consultation programs for external relations departments for mining, land-use and extractive projects
• developing conflict and crisis management programs based on the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, and helping security teams for extractive projects implement these programs
• creating documentation programs using video and other methods for effective communication in oral cultures
• designing, implementing and reviewing programs that build community engagement and community support based on the principles of free, prior and informed consultation
• creating stakeholder maps that build understanding of key players and the relationships, issues and values that are important to the stakeholders
• designing, implementing and reviewing policies and programs for:
  • human rights and security
  • social and economic development and sustainability
  • free, prior and informed consultation
  • public communication and video.

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