Environmental Assessment
Volume B-5.1
Mine
Socioeconomics
Ambatovy Project
329
January 2006
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Maintain records on all public education and information disclosure
events (such as public emergency response training for example),
including the content of programs and participation rates in programs.
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With agreements on compensatory measures to address any effects on
people’s use of land, forests and water resources, maintain full records
on the delivery of proponents’ obligations under these agreements.
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Maintain records on assistance given to planning and other community
development initiatives (over and above specific mitigations).
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Maintain records on all formal consultations, meetings, and grievance
and dispute events with the public, governments, partner organizations,
the project workforce and contractors, noting attendance, issues raised
and resolutions.
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At least on an annual basis undertake a formal review of the results of
the above to determine the degree of compliance with EA-related
undertakings, and to identify any specific obstacles or problem areas
and any systematic successes or failures.
The above monitoring will be managed and administered by the proponents, in so
far as it consists of the reporting of internal management information. The
project will communicate the results internally to management and its workforce
as appropriate, such that the information can be used to adjust policies,
procedures, mitigation and enhancement measures and workforce behaviours
where adjustments are identified to be necessary. The results will also be
annually reported in an appropriate form and discussed with project-affected
people and their governments with a view to maintaining an environment of
transparency and accountability, and to building confidence in the project’s
economic and social performance relative to commitments.
Monitoring the Effectiveness of Socioeconomic Mitigation and
Benefit Enhancement Measures
In addition to the above, the project will participate with people in
project-affected communes, their governments and any relevant partner
organizations in a third-party monitoring process to examine the effectiveness of
mitigation and benefit enhancement measures targeted to address potential
project effects. This monitoring will make use of the results of operational
monitoring as described above, but in addition collect and collate additional data
specific to proposed measures and incorporate a consultation component. This
monitoring will analyze such information with a view to establishing whether or
not specific mitigations are effective in achieving their desired outcomes.
