http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/SIA HUB NewsFri, 27 Apr 2012 08:14:31 +11en-ushttp://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=52http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=52Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +11Fortalecer las competencias prácticas de gestión de procesos de reasentamiento y profundizar la comprensión de los desafíos que presenta, los marcos legales nacionales y estándares internacionales (ej. Banco Mundial, IFC, Principios del Ecuador) que lo rigen y el manejo de las múltiples herramientas que emplea. Esto con la finalidad de contribuir a que los procesos de reasentamiento resulten en oportunidades para mejorar las condiciones de vida de la población involucrada en ellos y promover un ordenamiento territorial construido sobre los principios de sostenibilidad y equidad. Desarrollado y dictado por: Una alianza institucional integrada por el Banco Mundial, la Corporación Financiera Internacional y cinco universidades latinoamericanas: la Universidad de Los Andes de Colombia, la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú, la Universidad de Costa Rica, y la Universidad de Buenos Aires, con la participación de profesores invitados. http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=46http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=46Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +11This intermediate course provides an overview of current leading practice of SIA in industry and that is consistent with IAIA’s International Principles for Social Impact Assessment. We address current issues and topics that are relevant to the business of managing of social impacts of planned interventions. The trainers include a person with considerable consulting experience in industry and a leading academic in the field of SIA. The course goes well beyond traditional approaches which saw SIA as only occurring in project settings driven by a legislative framework. In the understanding being advanced, SIA is much more than the ex-ante prediction of social impacts, it is the process of managing the social issues and a mechanism to ensure beneficial outcomes are achieved. Specific course objectives are to: increase awareness of new developments in SIA thinking and practice; create awareness of the benefits to proponents of seeing SIA as a process of engagement rather than being limited to a point-in-time assessment; strengthen understandings of the social nature of impacts on communities; build practical knowledge in how to conduct an SIA; increase ability to critically evaluate an SIA; Increase awareness of approaches to ensure SIA commitments are implemented; provide tools to realise the potential of proponents to contribute to longer term sustainability outcomes; and increase comprehension of the ethical, human rights and legal issues in SIA practice. The course provides frameworks and tools to consider issues such as social impact management plans, sustainable livelihoods, human rights, gender, free, prior and informed consent, agreement-making with Indigenous peoples, cumulative impacts, social investment partnerships, grievance mechanisms, and highlights emerging trends. http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=51http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=51Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +11Refer to attached prochurehttp://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=50http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=50Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +11The program is available for part-time study. The postgraduate certificate requires three 4 credit point units (HGEO802 SIA and Cross-Cultural Negotiation (Feb-Jun); HGEO812 Urban SIA (Aug-Nov) and HGEO810 Human Geography Research A (available semester 1 or 2). The postgraduate diploma requires six 4 credit point units, the three listed above and a further three from a range of electives that includes units in Human Geography, Environmental Studies and Anthropology. The program is available in as an internal program taught on Macquarie University’s beautiful campus in Sydney, Australia, or can be studied in fully online mode for students unable to attend classes in Sydney. Website: PGDip = http://www.handbook.mq.edu.au/2012/DegreesDiplomas/PGDiploma/Postgraduate+Diploma+of+Social+Impact+Assessment PGCert = http://www.handbook.mq.edu.au/2012/DegreesDiplomas/PGCertificate/Postgraduate+Certificate+of+Social+Impact+Assessment For international students, the program’s availability in part-time study mode only means that it is not possible to meet the Australian visa requirements for a student visa to study on-campus as the student visa is available only for full-time study programs. It is possible, however, for international students to study the program in distance mode, relying on delivery using the Internet. Applications for enrolment in this way need to be completed via the Macquarie International website: http://www.international.mq.edu.au/applications The program is fee-based. Program classifications and information on fees is available at http://www.international.mq.edu.au/study/courselist_index.aspx?CourseLevelID=2&StudyOptionID=1&mi=831. This is the best website for international applicants to look at in the first instance. Fees for external are the same as the fees for students attending classes on campus. http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=40http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=40Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +11This 'course' is a one unit of a Masters program (5EC). It comprises 2 hrs per week of contact for 8 weeks. Additional reading and assessment is required. For more information, contact Prof Frank Vanclay at frank.vanclay@rug.nlhttp://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=47http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=47Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +11IMPACT, University of Liverpool, UK, intends to run the next Introduction to HIA online course from November 28th 2011. This participatory and synchronous course is the equivalent of a one day face to face introductory course. Potential delegates should contact h.a.dreaves@liv.ac.uk or impact@liv.ac.uk in the first instance for further informationhttp://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=45http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=45Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +11Measuring what matters: monitoring and evaluating the social performance of mining projects Leading companies are now taking a more strategic approach to managing community impacts and there is a greater focus on delivering sustainable socio-economic benefits to communities and regions. However, most mining projects still have only a very limited capacity to monitor and assess their impacts on an ongoing basis and to evaluate what return they are getting on their social investments. This makes it difficult for mining companies to demonstrate to external stakeholders that they are adding economic and social value. Inadequate attention to monitoring also means that companies often lack critical information on whether social programs they manage or fund are delivering the desired outcomes. In the community development field, it is now routine for programs and projects to be monitored and evaluated. This workshop will draw on experiences from this field, as well as work that the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining has undertaken within the mining sector, to provide practical guidance to practitioners and managers on how they monitoring and evaluation capability of their organisations can be strengthened.http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=44http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=44Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +11Este curso permitirá compartir la experiencia desarrollada en Chile por Fundación Casa de la Paz, con el trabajo desarrollado por profesionales y ejecutivos de empresas mineras con presencia en el contexto latinoamericano y global, de manera de plantear aprendizajes y condiciones favorables para la prevención y transformación de conflictos socio ambientales susceptibles de replicar en el marco de realidades socioculturales diversas a la nuestra. Este curso entregarar a los participantes un sustento conceptual, metodológico y práctico para la aplicación de herramientas de prevención y transformación de conflictos en oportunidades de desarrollo social y valor compartido.http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=43http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=43Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +11The participants in this course will take away tools and experiences to help analyze their current economic development work, and develop new opportunities with communities. By fostering truly sustainable economic development, professionals and companies will forge stronger trust bonds with communities of interest, thus enhancing their social license to operate. http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=42http://www.socialimpactassessment.com/jobs-single.asp?ID=42Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +11This two day course will draw upon ten years of Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) experience developing collaborative approaches to address and resolve complaints received from communities. The course will share experiences from over 40 private sector investments in 28 countries worldwide. Although the complaints span multiple sectors (including mining, oil and gas, agriculture, manufacturing and infrastructure), material presented will be tailored to those concerns that arise in the mining sector, and complaints related to mining projects will be highlighted. The course is targeted toward companies, public sector institutions and civil society organizations interested in learning about how collaborative processes can help prevent, resolve and move beyond environmental and social conflict in mining. Individuals working in community relations (because they are the first line of interaction with the public) as well as in technical areas (because they are often responsible for the activities that result in community concerns) will be interested in learning the skills offered in this course.