Tool 4 – Partnership Assessment
Long-term, successful community development requires effective partnerships between government, business and civil society including NGOs and CBOs. Each has distinct roles, responsibilities and skills which, when combined, can create significant and lasting contributions to community development; outliving the mining project. The partnership assessment tool can be used during the exploration and feasibility stage, the construction phase, operations and closure planning phase. It enables you to assess potential partners – their suitability, areas of mutual interest and the sustainability of their concern.
STEP
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Review the potential for business partnerships using this table (p67) to help
STEP
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Develop a list of potential community development partners, identifying areas of strength and interests in community development
STEP
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List potential partners which offer the greatest benefits whilst being the most likely to deliver
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Consider your company’s motivation for partnership
STEP
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With your new list of potential partners, now conduct a SWOT (p69) analysis for each partnership
STEP
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Approach favoured potential partners using a partnership action list (p69)
Further Reading:
Community, Economics, Environment, Ethical Business, Management, Rehabilitation
Strengthening community engagement following mine expansion
The expansion of Vale’s Brucutu mine in Brazil’s Minas Gerais State brought with it a range of significant social and economic impacts.
Sources:
ICMM, Making Mining Count in Peru, Ghana and Tanzania: Case Studies, 2010. Three separate reports. Available at: http://www.icmm.com/en-gb/publications/mining-partnerships-for-development/resource-endowment-initiative
ICMM, Mapping In-Country Partnerships, 2010. Available at: http://www.icmm.com/website/publications/pdfs/mining-parterships-for-development/783.pdf
International Business Leaders Forum/World Business Council for Sustainable Development, A Business Guide to Development Actors. Available at: https://www.wbcsd.org/Clusters/Social-Impact/Resources/A-Business-Guide-to-Development-Actors
ODI/Business Partners for Development, Training Modules: Tri-Sector Partnerships for Managing Social Issues in the Extractive Industries, 2001, Working Paper 7. Available at: https://www.odi.org/publications/4686-tri-sector-partnerships-manage-social-issues-extractive-industries-application-theories-foreign
World Bank, Sharing Mining Benefits in Developing Countries: The Experience with Foundations, Trusts and Funds, Extractive Industries for Development Series, Washington DC, 2011. Available at: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/359961468337254127/Sharing-mining-benefits-in-developing-countries