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The extractive industries (oil, gas, mining) have a particularly important part to play in conflict zones. Associated economic impacts can have a destabilising impact. Local populations are often excluded from discussion and decision-making around the control of natural resources and the inequitable distribution of wealth can lead to resentment, tensions and, often, violence.
While our focus thus far has been on extractive industries, the financial and engineering sectors also have an important part to play in preventing conflict. We are now beginning to work with financial institutions (private sector banks and insurers, public sector lending agencies) who invest in countries affected by conflict and engineering companies so that they become more aware of their impact on conflict and the role that they can play in building peace
This publication highlights the domestic private sector’s often overlooked peacebuilding potential. Developed and researched with partner organisations and business people from conflict-affected countries around the world, it presents more than 20 case studies where private sector actors have taken proactive steps to address violent conflict in places as varied as Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Guatemala, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Somalia and the South Caucasus.
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CONFLICT SENSITIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES AND THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
The extractive industries (oil, gas, mining) have a particularly important part to play in conflict zones. Associated economic impacts can have a destabilising impact. Local populations are often excluded from discussion and decision-making around the control of natural resources and the inequitable distribution of wealth can lead to resentment, tensions and, often, violence.
If companies in the extractive industries do not fully understand the environment in which they are working or the dynamics between their projects and the conflict context, the results are likely to be negative, for them and for the local populations affected by their operations. It is in both their interest and in the interest of local stability that they work towards this understanding and adjust their practices accordingly.
RESEARCH AND TOOLS ON CONFLICT-SENSITIVE BUSINESS PRACTICE
Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice: Guidance for Extractive Industries is a set of tools for companies concerned about improving their impact on host countries. It supports companies to think more creatively about understanding conflict risk, minimize their negative impacts on its environments, reduce their conflict-related risks, and – potentially - actively contributing to peace.
Developed over several years with the help and involvement of
industry professionals, and in partnership with the UN
Global Compact and International
Institute for Sustainable Development, the guide provides practical
solutions to the real problems faced by extractive industries and
host societies.
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SECTION 1: Preface and Introduction download
SECTION 2: Operational Guidance Charts - brief
overview of possible company/conflict issues that can arise at the
different stages of oil, gas and mining projects download
SECTION 3:
Screening Tool - helps a company confirm whether
the country is at risk of conflict
Macro-level Conflict Risk and Impact Assessment Tool (M-CRIA)
- an expert-led national and regional level context analysis. This
further explores issues of concern raised in the screening and identifies
potential interactions of the project with these issues
Project-level Conflict Risk and Impact Assessment Tool (P-CRIA)
- takes analysis of the potential interactions between the project
and its context to a deeper level. Including processes for participatory
analysis and decision making with stakeholders, this tool helps
companies to build trusting relationships and design shared actions
that prevent conflict and build peace
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SECTION 4: Flashpoint Issues: Stakeholder Engagement,
Resettlement, Compensation, Indigenous Peoples, Social Investment,
Dealing with Armed Groups, Security Arrangements, Human Rights,
Corruption and Transparency download
To guide our future work with companies using these tools we have
developed a set of Guidelines for Engaging Companies.
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CONFLICT SENSITIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES IN PROJECT FINANCE AND ENGINEERING
While our focus thus far has been on extractive industries, the financial and engineering sectors also have an important part to play in preventing conflict. We are now beginning to work with financial institutions (private sector banks and insurers, public sector lending agencies) who invest in countries affected by conflict and engineering companies so that they become more aware of their impact on conflict and the role that they can play in building peace.
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LOCAL BUSINESS, LOCAL PEACE: THE PEACEBUILDING POTENTIAL OF THE DOMESTIC PRIVATE SECTOR
This publication highlights the domestic private sector’s often overlooked peacebuilding potential. Developed and researched with partner organisations and business people from conflict-affected countries around the world, it presents more than 20 case studies where private sector actors have taken proactive steps to address violent conflict in places as varied as Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Guatemala, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Somalia and the South Caucasus.
In addition, the publication highlights businesses’ efforts to
support formal peace processes; to address issues in the economic sphere; to
build bridges between divided communities and groups; to alleviate security
concerns; as well as the special role of women entrepreneurs.
For local businesses that face armed conflict and want to
contribute to peace, this study aims to provide ideas, strategies and
encouragement drawn from the experience of others facing similar challenges.
Local Business, Local Peace will also be of interest to those working
to address armed conflict, notably individuals from governments and civil
society, international and non-governmental organisations. For national and
international actors seeking to strengthen the private sector’s
contribution to development and economic growth, the publication is intended to
act as a stimulus for thinking about new ways of working with the domestic
private sector in conflict-affected societies.
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Introduction (includes Foreword, Acknowledgements
and About the contributors) |
Section one
– Thematic chapters
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Chapter one: Local businesses' role in formal
peace negotiations |
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Chapter two: Local business and the economic
dimensions of peacebuilding |
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Chapter three: Local business as connectors:
rebuilding relationships across conflict divides |
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Chapter four: The role of local business in
addressing the security dimensions of peacebuilding |
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Chapter five: The role of women entrepreneurs in
peacebuilding |
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Conclusions: Understanding and strengthening peace
entrepreneurship |
Section two
– Case studies
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