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Development Opportunity Ranking9continuedPLANNING TOOLSSTEP 5Identifying overlapping regional frameworksof interest – follow-up sessionFor the development of an overallcommunity development plan, in which you,the community and other developmentpartners (government, NGOs, developmentagencies, etc) agree upon an integratedprogram of development activities for afuture period of time, perhaps one year orseveral, all parties need to decide upontheir relative frameworks of interest (seeTable 12 and Figure 8). For communities,this will be the priority developmentareas/needs identified as part of theprevious exercise.As a company, you will usually decideinternally which programs in the communitydevelopment sphere are priority issues forsocial investment. The results of theSocial Impact and Opportunities Assessment(tool 12) should help the company to makethese decisions and where this processpredates the social impact and opportunitiesassessment, you can draw upon thestrategic planning framework developed intool 6. Governments will normally alreadyhave local or regional development plansthat list their priority developmentprograms. Many NGOs and CBOs focus onspecific areas and will therefore prioritizeprograms in their field of interest. For allparties, then, an overlapping framework ofinterest can be identified in a joint meeting.Other development priorities identified bythe community, which do not happen tooverlap with the frameworks of interest ofany of the other parties, can still be priorityissues for the community to solve, but theymay need to seek alternative sources ofsupport or act independently.Table 12: Steps in identifying overlapping regional frameworks of interestStepAction1 Community framework ofinterest2 Introduce regionalstakeholders’ frameworksof interest3 Identify overlappingframeworks of interestDescriptionThe top priority development opportunities identified bythe community during step 4 represent the communityframework of interest.The facilitator now introduces senior miningcompany/government/NGO leaders to present theirrespective frameworks of interest.The facilitator compares the community and otherframeworks of interest. Overlapping interests areidentified and, ideally, several will be chosen to bedeveloped as Community Action Plans (tool 16).106 Community Development Toolkit