[PDF] Community Development Toolkit - CommDev

Mining and community developmentcontinuedTable 4 shows the sequence of communitydevelopment (CD) tools and activitiesthroughout the mining and metals projectcycle. The depth and breadth of communitydevelopment activities is greatest duringconstruction and operations, having builtup during exploration and feasibility andthen tapering off gradually duringdecommissioning and closure.Many of those activities are repeatedthroughout the project cycle – assessinglocal community or regulatory conditions,identifying stakeholders and developinghuman resources and capacities will beongoing through a project.MINING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTThe earlier these activities are started, thebetter. But it is never too late to startapplying community development toolsand approaches.For sustainability, it is necessary to considerhow a community development programwill cope without support from the mine,whether the mine closes in five years or fiftyyears. Program plans should include exitstrategies from the outset, that is how themining company will cede management ofprograms to another group (preferably thecommunity themselves) at a suitable time. 18“The earlier theseactivities are startedthe better.”18 See “Tips for developing handover and exit strategies” on p. 73 of the IFC Strategic Community Investment:A Good Practice Handbook for Companies Doing Business in Emerging Markets, Washington DC, June 2010.Community Development Toolkit27