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Multi stakeholder forums and Extractives in Africa
Public participation & environmentally and socially
responsible natural resource use
Background
• IUCN – A international union established in 1948 with a membership that includes Government and Non-Governmental organizations
• Provides neutral forum for governments, NGOs, scientists, business and local communities to find practical solutions to conservation and development challenges
• Implementing the Fair Coasts initiative in Cabo Delgado, Northern Mozambique – aimed at contributing towards enhancing transparency, accountability and governance of the Gas/LNG sector in Mozambique
Fair Coasts initiative
• Establishment of the Cabo Delgado Sustainable Development Forum (CDSDF) aimed at bringing together stakeholders based and active in the province from both public and private sectors as well as communities & civil society to:
Foster regular, structured, evidence-based, inclusive and solution driven multi-partite, dialogue in jointly identifying and addressing social, economic
and environmental challenges in the region of Cabo Delgao directly and indirectly affected by natural gas development
Mozambique development
Cabo Delgado Development
Broader social and economic development
Urban development and support
infrastructures
Supply chain
LNG and port development
Gas extraction
CDSDF – Engaging beyond immediate impacts
Multi Stakeholder Engagement – Why & When
From the onset - as a mechanism to enable participatory planning & joint decision
making During a crises – often in response to
conflict
Conflicts of interestComplex problems
Lack of trust
Tension
Crises resolutionInformation Sharing
Participatory development
Significance of enabling multi-stakeholder dialogue?
• The “trickle-down” of benefits requires a receptacle or benefits have a tendency of flowing in multiple and often un-desired directions
• There is a strong relationship between communication and conflict – Communication & dialogue require multiple skills at multiple levels
• All too often the focus is on the direct impacts of the development – with limited attention to cumulative & longer term changes. This requires collaboration, systemic cooperation and the creation of meaningful spaces for engagement
Critical conditions • A Common vision - Taking the time to ensure that there is in fact a reason
for multi-stakeholder dialogue and a shared understanding of this reason
• Understanding and engaging with power and power dynamics – the seen & the unseen
• Facilitation & process – Enabling constructive dialogue amidst complexity, conflicting views, dynamism and chaos
• Beyond “talk” – Enabling concrete decision-making and timely action