{"id":2751,"date":"2014-04-19T20:44:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-19T20:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.corporatediplomacy.com\/?p=2751"},"modified":"2014-04-19T20:45:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T20:45:26","slug":"participatory-planning-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporatediplomacy.com\/participatory-planning-monitoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Participatory Planning &#038; Monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/commdev.org\/managing-risk-and-maintaining-license-operate-participatory-planning-and-monitoring-extractive\">study<\/a> explores how communities and companies can engage in co-planning and monitoring to ensure sustainable local development benefits from the extraction of resources. Key points are highlighted in six sections, which include: (1) the extractive industries context; (2) the business case and the community case for engagement using participatory planning and monitoring tools; (3) participatory tools within the different stages of extractive project development; (4) potential areas for co-planning and monitoring; (5) key challenges; and (6) conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>A sample of participatory monitoring and evaluation tools and mechanisms include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Participatory planning:<\/strong>\u00a0Members of local communities contribute to plans for company activities potentially relating to business and to local development.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Good Neighbor Agreements<\/strong>\u00a0are co-produced commitments constructed and agreed between companies and communities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Community Forums:<\/strong>\u00a0Single or multi-stakeholder community groups gathering voluntarily for discussion on a previously agreed upon topic, to provide information and receive feedback, or for other relationship-building activities that are made explicit. Effective communication strategies are required to ensure balanced participation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Community Suggestion Boxes:<\/strong>\u00a0Suggestion box placed in an easily accessible public location. Members of a community may submit anonymous complaints, suggestions or questions. Box is opened publicly at pre-determined times (such as weekly) and a response is provided to each suggestion.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Participatory Budgeting:<\/strong>\u00a0Processes by which citizen-delegates decide on or contribute to decisions regarding the allocation and monitoring of expenditures of all or a portion of public resources. Also applicable to company resources allocated for community development.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Citizen Report Cards:<\/strong>\u00a0Short surveys with questions developed through participatory discussion and used to measure perceptions of adequacy and quality of public services. They are also potentially applicable to the extractive industry context. Survey responses are supplemented with a qualitative understanding.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Community Scorecards:<\/strong>\u00a0Focus groups identify indicators of success for a given project or service. Target beneficiaries and service providers rate the effectiveness of service based on the agreed upon indicators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Underlying each of these tools are supporting processes of training and capacity building, access to information, and mutually agreed-upon metrics for monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This study explores how communities and companies can engage in co-planning and monitoring to ensure sustainable local development benefits from the extraction of resources. 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