PresentationMarch, 2011

Creating knowledge, producing better social environments

Who we are

Societas is a consulting firm which conducts studies, designs and evaluates projects, develops communications and community relations strategies and provides advice on social issues.

Our multidisciplinary team is composed of highly professional consultants who guarantee solutions tailored to specific social contexts.

Societas

MISSION

To build useful knowledge and foster a bettersocial environment.

VISION

To be a leading social management consultingfirm in Peru, with a reputation for academicquality, technical experience andimpeccable ethical conduct.

Our work

Rural development

Urban planning

State and public policy

Extractive industries

Environment

Tourism

Strategic actions

1. Designing practical, strategic and responsible solutions forour partners to achieve their social objectives.

2. Providing tools for decision-making in the social field.

3. Facilitating dialogue between stakeholders to achievecommon objectives and a better social environment.

We guarantee this strategy by using applied, specific andinterdisciplinary studies, our extensive knowledge ofcross-cultural experience and by providing customized,sustained expert advice.

The social responsibility approach

Negative impact management: externality control.Impact management

Responsibility to the surrounding community, above andbeyond the direct benefits and impacts companiesproduce.

Commitment

Social management incorporated into the activities of thecompany and its contractors.

Integrated management

Social management system

IDENTIFYING

CRITICAL ISSUES

AND STAKEHOLDERS

ESTABLISHING

CURRENT SITUATION

ESTABLISHING

GOALS

ESTABLISHING

MANAGEMENT

MEASURES

VERIFYING

RESULTS AND

TAKING ACTION

PARTICIPATION

PARTICIPATION

We have

developed an

integral approach

that covers the

project cycle, both

for

development and

private sectors.

This approach is

aligned with

international

standards such us

the ISO 26000.

Products and services

IDENTIFYING CRITICAL ISSUES AND STAKEHOLDERS

Stakeholder mapping

Social risk analysis

Social due diligence

ESTABLISHING THE CURRENT SITUATION

Social impact assessment, emphasizing gender

Local monitoring system

Analysis of regional and local political contexts

Geographic information systems

Products and services

ESTABLISHING GOALS

Community relations plans

Designing logframes

Strategic planning

ESTABLISHING MANAGEMENT MEASURES

Internal alignment

VERIFYING RESULTS AND TAKING ACTION

Project evaluation

PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNICATION

- Participatory workshops

- Communications and community relations campaigns

SPECIALIST ADVICE

- Canon distribution

- Participatory budget

- Social management systems

Products and services

1. Every project is the responsibility of highly qualified consultants who have extensive experience in their fields.

2. We have a multidisciplinary approach that guarantees multi-faceted products fine-tuned to specific contexts.

3. Our consultants are independent and have no links with economic groups or political parties. They have experience of working in both the public and private sectors and with international cooperation agencies.

Competitive advantages

Our team

Management

Gerardo Castillo –General Director

Gerardo is an anthropologist, and has aMaster’s Degree in International Developmentfrom the University of Bath and another inGeography from the University of Oklahoma. Heis coordinator in the Diploma in ExtractiveIndustries: Surveillance and SustainableDevelopment and lecturer in the Social ScienceDepartment of Peru’s Catholic University.Gerardo is a senior consultant in socialdevelopment and extractive industries withover ten years experience in the sector.

Our team

Management Laura Soria– Project coordinator

Laura has an Anthropology degree from Peru’sCatholic University and is reading for a Master’sdegree in Gender, Sexuality and Public Policy atthe San Marcos First National University. She hashands-on knowledge of managing localdevelopment projects with a gender focus,mainly in urban areas. She has experience withtechnical assistance for citizens’ participation inconsensus-built planning and the participatorybudget; and with creating links between thepublic sector (local government) and the privatesector (civil society, trade associations andcompanies).

Extractive industries team

Gerardo Castillo

Senior social adviser to AMEC, SNC-Lavalin, Social Capital Group and Walsh Peru and with work experience in Canada, the United States, Guyana and Peru. Gerardo has been consultant to firms such as Rio Tinto, Anglo American, Xtsrata, Antamina, MineraYanacocha, Cerro Verde, SaviaPerú and Perú LNG.

María Amelia Trigoso

Maria Amelia has worked as the Community Coordinator for Concession Projects in the Social and Environmental Affairs Office of the Peruvian Ministry of Transport and Communications.

Camilo León

After working as social advisor for the Ministry of Energy and Mining, Camilo has been Project Manager in Social Capital Group and Community Relations Manager in SociedadMinera Cerro Verde, a Peruvian subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan. He is an expert in community relations management and social ressetlement.

Extractive industries team

Patricia Díaz

Patricia is a specialist in drafting social base-lines and has worked for a variety of mining and oil projects. She was in charge of monitoring the community and environment in the Camisea project, for Oxfam America.

María Luisa Burneo

Anthropologist with strong experience analyzing social conflicts in rural areas around extractive industries. Analysts of political and regional contexts and decentralization systems.

Patricia Fuertes

Patricia is an economist with strong experience in project evaluation, rural development with a gender approach, social impacts analysis, and evaluation of tax distribution in extractive regions.

Ourteam

Dominique Van derBorght

International consultant, specialist in social development program design, management and evaluation.

Gerardo Castillo

Specialist in social development and the extractive industry.

Jorge Aragón

Specialist in political analysis and quantitative research methods.

Laura Soria

Specialist in urban planning and development, local development, citizens’ participation and gender.

María Amelia Trigoso

Specialist in drafting, conductingand evaluating social andenvironmental impact studies.

Máximo Gallo

Specialist in project managementand stakeholder relations.

María Luis Burneo

Specialist in social conflict analysis around extractive industries.

Miguel Villaseca

Specialist in corporate social responsibility, process management, pedagogy and urbanism.

Norma Correa

Specialist in in social and public policies, international cooperation and research methodologies.

Norma Fuller

Specialist in rural diagnostics, gender relations and the impact of the tourism industry.

Patricia Díaz

Specialist in monitoring extractive industry projects.

Patricia Fuertes

Specialist in rural economy, social programs evaluation and poverty reduction.

Our team

Rafael Anselmi

Specialist in teaching methods.

Violeta Barrientos

Specialist in gender and sexual and reproductive rights policies.

Camilo León

Specialist in community relations management and social resettlement.

Our team

Our experience

DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS

- German Cooperation for Development - GTZ

- IDRC

- Inter American Development Bank

- Oxfam America

- Revenue Watch Institute

- USAID

- World Bank

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

- Ministry of Transport and Communications

- Prime Minister’s Office

PRIVATE SECTOR

- Anglo American – Michiquillay

- Antamina

- Cerro Verde

- Environmental Resources Management - ERM

- MineraYanacocha

- Peru LNG

- Rio Tinto – La Granja

- SAVIA Perú

- TerminalesPortuariosEuroandinos

- Xstrata – Las Bambas

Laura Soria

Project coordinator

laurasoria@societasconsultora.com

proyectos@societasconsultora.com

(511) 2437-609

(511) 997600-825

www.societasconsultora.com

http://pe.linkedin.com/in/societasconsultora

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