http://www.commdev.org/ 2012-05-17T20:36:21+00:00 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) 2012-04-26T21:00:00+00:00 2012-04-26T21:00:00+00:00 http://www.commdev.org/content/calendar/detail/2859/ CommDev 2012-04-03T18:00:00+00:00 2012-04-03T18:00:00+00:00 http://www.commdev.org/content/document/detail/2858/ IFC and GRI

<p><font size="2"> <p><img height="120" width="85" align="left" class="photoleft" alt="" src="/userfiles/image/Gender reporting pic.jpg" />This report highlights some of the existing and emerging business drivers for improving practices and reporting on material gender issues. These are further to the legal and ethical imperatives for reporting on gender issues (as, for example, set out in international human rights legal and policy frameworks), which are also discussed. In turn it offers practical steps on how to integrate gender in sustainability reporting.</p> </font></p>

2012-03-12T19:15:00+00:00 2012-03-12T19:15:00+00:00 http://www.commdev.org/content/document/detail/2856/ CommDev

<p>The importance of the subject cannot be exaggerated. “Since oil revenues are to a large part concentrated in the public sector, the question of how the oil revenue should be spent and distributed across present and future generations becomes key to any economic development”. Government authorities are faced with a number of options with respect to the allocation of resource revenues, falling under two general headings: spending (comprising consumption and investment); or saving (through debt reduction or asset accumulation).</p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Please click <a href="http://www.eisourcebook.org/688_8RevenueManagementandAllocation.html">here</a> for accessing full section on the EI Source Book website.</span></div>

2012-03-12T19:15:00+00:00 2012-03-12T19:15:00+00:00 http://www.commdev.org/content/document/detail/2855/ CommDev

<p>The establishment of a sector policy framework, legislation, contract design, award procedures, and regulations consistent with good practice is critical to both the promotion of investment and the protection of the public interest, and is a cornerstone of good sector management.</p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Please click <a href="http://www.eisourcebook.org/642_5PolicyLegalandContractualFramework.html">here</a> for accessing full section on the EI Source Book website.</span></div>

2012-03-12T19:15:00+00:00 2012-03-12T19:15:00+00:00 http://www.commdev.org/content/document/detail/2854/ CommDev

<p>Fully successful and sustainable EI sector management depends upon the participation of all key stakeholders – parliament, government, industry, civil society, and IFIs. While objectives and focus may differ among stakeholder groups, constructive and successful models of collaboration are emerging.</p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Please click <a href="http://www.eisourcebook.org/674_910StakeholderConsultationandParticipation.html">here</a> for accessing full section on the EI Source Book website.</span></div>

2012-03-12T19:15:00+00:00 2012-03-12T19:15:00+00:00 http://www.commdev.org/content/document/detail/2853/ CommDev

<p>Most petroleum and mining laws require that international resource companies adopt some measure of preference for local goods and services. Apart from the direct benefits to stakeholders such as local businesses, entrepreneurs and communities through access to business opportunities and diversity of markets, access to capital, technology and productivity, there are wider benefits: increased employment and skills, increased domestic and foreign investment, technology and knowledge transfer from foreign companies, exports and foreign exchange and increased government revenues.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt">Please click <a href="http://www.eisourcebook.org/932_55LocalContent.html">here</a> for accessing full section on the EI Source Book website.</span></p>

2012-03-12T19:15:00+00:00 2012-03-12T19:15:00+00:00 http://www.commdev.org/content/document/detail/2852/ CommDev

<p>The formal characteristics of contracts and licences matter, but the ways in which particular clauses reflect the risks and benefits of the acreage a government can offer are of crucial importance. Modern EI laws tend to give broad powers to governments to negotiate agreements with potential investors. In this way, negotiators are allowed to adjust terms to meet changing market conditions, weigh specific risks of new development areas and increase negotiating experience over time.</p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Please click <a href="http://www.eisourcebook.org/649_54ContractsandLicenses.html">here</a> for accessing full section on the EI Source Book website.</span></div>

2012-03-12T19:15:00+00:00 2012-03-12T19:15:00+00:00 http://www.commdev.org/content/document/detail/2851/ CommDev

<p>Experience suggests that to be effective EI sector policies should be based on consultation with a broad base of stakeholders and should provide strategic direction and clarity on key sector issues. The resulting policy statements are often stand-alone documents, but they may also be found in summary form as preambles to sector legislation.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt">Please click <a href="http://www.eisourcebook.org/646_51PolicyContext.html">here</a> for accessing full section on the EI Source Book website.</span></p>

2012-03-12T19:00:00+00:00 2012-03-12T19:00:00+00:00 http://www.commdev.org/content/document/detail/2850/ CommDev

<p>The oil, gas, and mining sectors possess features that present special challenges to their management by governments. Many of these are common to all EI sectors, but a number of differences exist as well.  Good practice requires recognition of these common and different features in the design of sector policies and institutions.</p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Please click <a href="http://www.eisourcebook.org/618_3TheExtractiveIndustries.html">here</a> for accessing full section on the EI Source Book website.</span></div>

2012-03-12T19:00:00+00:00 2012-03-12T19:00:00+00:00 http://www.commdev.org/content/document/detail/2849/ CommDev

<p>Attention to social and environmental impacts and concerns has become mainstreamed to all aspects of&#160; EI sector management Impact assessment and mitigation plans and the institutional capacity to enforce good practice are critical to success.</p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Please click <a href="http://www.eisourcebook.org/661_9SustainableDevelopment.html">here</a> for accessing full section on the EI Source Book website.</span></div>

2012-03-12T18:45:00+00:00 2012-03-12T18:45:00+00:00 http://www.commdev.org/content/document/detail/2848/ CommDev

<p>Effective management capacity and monitoring are critical to ensuring compliance with the requirements set out in the preceding section. Governance systems for oversight can take different forms. One approach which may be best suited for smaller less sophisticated countries is a prescriptive /audited approach from the authorities. For in countries where there is more capacity, the requirements in the legal regime could be supplemented by placing more responsibility on the operator to work with codes of conduct developed by the operator and agreed with the authorities. Both systems need the capacity within the authority to manage the workload. To some extent this will be dependent on the size of the industry in a particular country, where there is a single mine for example; oversight should reflect that - no point in setting up something over elaborate.</p> <p>Please click <a href="http://www.eisourcebook.org/673_99ManagementandOversight.html">here</a> for accessing full section on the EI Source Book website.</p>

2012-02-14T18:30:00+00:00 2012-02-14T18:30:00+00:00 http://www.commdev.org/content/calendar/detail/2846/ CommDev

<p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt">The annual CEPMLP Mining Seminar brings together a select group of people with deep experience from industry, governments, academia and NGOs.</span></strong></p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Beyond debates on the multiplier effect of mining, it is unquestionable that one of the main economic benefits of mining for mineral rich countries is the potential tax revenue it creates. That has become increasingly important with the steep change in mineral prices and profits that occurred in the mid 2000s. Many governments have sought to capture a greater share of these increased profits. This trend raises questions about the sustainability of the recent and planned fiscal changes. Also the focus of debate has broadened from the raising of revenues towards the appropriate means of allocating these government revenues and of using them to promote sustainable development.</span></div>

2012-02-14T18:30:00+00:00 2012-02-14T18:30:00+00:00 http://www.commdev.org/content/calendar/detail/2845/ CommDev

<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">"Megaprojects - Concepts, Strategies, and Practices for Success"shares best practices to help participants improve the performance of megaprojects. The course materials are derived from more than 300 megaprojects contained in IPA’s proprietary Megaproject Database, representing an average cost of $3.5 billion (in 2010 terms) and over 80 sponsor organizations. Each megaproject in the database is characterized by over 3,000 project attributes that enable IPA to perform detailed analyses regarding the project phases, project management practices, and performance.</div>

2012-02-14T18:30:00+00:00 2012-02-14T18:30:00+00:00 http://www.commdev.org/content/calendar/detail/2844/ CommDev

<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">"Project Management Best Practices" presents key learnings and Best Practices for capital project planning and execution. Taught from the perspective of owner organizations that plan and execute capital projects, the seminar focuses on the key aspects of project planning and execution:</div>

2012-02-14T18:15:00+00:00 2012-02-14T18:15:00+00:00 http://www.commdev.org/content/calendar/detail/2843/ CommDev

<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">"Key Practices for Mining Projects" provides participants with key practices and research findings that have been shown to improve capital project effectiveness for mining projects.</div>