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 Guide

STEP
1

Review the potential for business partnerships using this table  (p67) to help

STEP
2

Develop a list of potential community development partners, identifying areas of strength and interests in community development

STEP
3

List potential partners which offer the greatest benefits whilst being the most likely to deliver

STEP
4

Consider your company’s motivation for partnership

STEP
5

With your new list of potential partners, now conduct a SWOT  (p69) analysis for each partnership

STEP
6

Approach favoured potential partners using a partnership action list (p69)

Community, Economics, Environment, Ethical Business, Management, Rehabilitation

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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