BCS News / 2009
February 2010
BCS presents at IFC workshop on mining policy reform in Yemen. Henry Thompson represented BCS and presented,
“Communities & Business: International ‘best practice’, a corporate perspective” held in Sanaa, Yemen,
22-23 February 2010.
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October 2009
BCS releases its package of tools, processes and conceptual framework used to implement the CCA.
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September 2009
BCS releases its socio-economic baseline report for Trinidad and Tobago.
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August 2009
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has awarded a competitive contract to Business-Community Synergies to work in Yemen to help the government shape an effective mining policy. The BCS task is part of the second phase of IFC's "Mining Policy Reform." BCS will identify local community stakeholders in the mining industry and analyze the risks and potential benefits of current and future mining activities. The work will inform a stakeholder engagement strategy for the mining industry and enable the government to guide and encourage future investors.
The BCS team includes a Yemeni national, an international analyst with extensive experience in Yemen and the Middle East, and team leader Carolyn McCommon whose experience in the industry spans the world. She notes, "The work in Yemen is very helpful for providing the government with a broadly informed picture of the potential and pitfalls of mining for communities. Our piece of work looks at the development of a framework for stakeholder engagement. BCS methodology and experience will contribute to a sustainable, equitable approach to mining in Yemen that can create benefits for companies and communities alike."
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April 2009
Business-Community Synergies (BCS) and the London School of Economics, with sponsorship from the International Finance Corporation's CommDev (Sustainable Community Development Fund for Oil, Gas and Mining) and the Alcoa Foundation, organized a week of training for 30 representatives from civil society organizations from eight different countries. The objective was to build civil society capacities to negotiate more effectively with corporations using BCS's successful methodology to promote sustainable local development.
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January 2009
In January, BCS held an international competition to select the right civil society organizations for an international training program on community-company engagement in the extractive industries. The program is sponsored by the Alcoa Foundation and the Oil, Gas and Mining Sustainable Community Development Fund. The program is scheduled to be held in South Africa, March 30 to April 3, 2009. It will be facilitated by BCS consultants, Rani Parker and Thomas Lent. For more information, please contact MaraGasana@BCSynergies.com.