Emerging Practices in Community Development Agreements
Community Development Agreements (CDAs) have the potential to facilitate the delivery of tangible benefits from large-scale investment projects, such as mines or forestry concessions, to affected persons and communities. To be effective, however, CDAs must be adapted to the local context, meaning th...
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ftcolumbiaunivls:oai:scholarship.law.columbia.edu:sustainable_investment_staffpubs-1115 2023-05-15T16:29:09+02:00 Emerging Practices in Community Development Agreements Loutit, Jennifer Mandelbaum, Jacqueline Szoke-Burke, Sam 2016-03-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sustainable_investment_staffpubs/116 https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1115&context=sustainable_investment_staffpubs unknown Scholarship Archive https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sustainable_investment_staffpubs/116 https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1115&context=sustainable_investment_staffpubs Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications law community development agreement CDA mines forestry stakeholders extractive industries investment leading practices Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Environmental Law Human Rights Law International Humanitarian Law International Law Land Use Law Oil Gas and Mineral Law Securities Law Transnational Law text 2016 ftcolumbiaunivls 2022-01-04T19:34:32Z Community Development Agreements (CDAs) have the potential to facilitate the delivery of tangible benefits from large-scale investment projects, such as mines or forestry concessions, to affected persons and communities. To be effective, however, CDAs must be adapted to the local context, meaning that no single model agreement or process will be appropriate in every situation. Nonetheless, leading practices are emerging which can be required by governments, voluntarily adopted by companies, and demanded by communities. These practices are grounded in ensuring that all parties are sufficiently informed, capacitated, and prepared to engage in meaningful negotiations regarding how the investor’s operations should benefit local stakeholders. This article reviews existing research on CDAs, as well as available agreements from the extractive sector in Australia, Canada, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Ghana and Greenland. It articulates seven broad leading practices and how different stakeholders could work to achieve more effective agreements. Text Greenland Columbia Law School: Scholarship Repository Canada Greenland |
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Community Development Agreements (CDAs) have the potential to facilitate the delivery of tangible benefits from large-scale investment projects, such as mines or forestry concessions, to affected persons and communities. To be effective, however, CDAs must be adapted to the local context, meaning that no single model agreement or process will be appropriate in every situation. Nonetheless, leading practices are emerging which can be required by governments, voluntarily adopted by companies, and demanded by communities. These practices are grounded in ensuring that all parties are sufficiently informed, capacitated, and prepared to engage in meaningful negotiations regarding how the investor’s operations should benefit local stakeholders. This article reviews existing research on CDAs, as well as available agreements from the extractive sector in Australia, Canada, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Ghana and Greenland. It articulates seven broad leading practices and how different stakeholders could work to achieve more effective agreements. |
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