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Preventing Conflict in Exploration: a Toolkit for Explorers and Developers (PCE) is a simple and practical tool that helps mining exploration and development companies establish constructive relationships with stakeholders at the community level and reduce the risk of conflict at their operations sites. The tool is designed to facilitate dialogue and relationship-building with local communities and promotes the development of management strategies that respond to both the communities' and the company's needs. PCE was field tested with exploration and mining companies in Mexico, Peru, Sierra Leone, and Madagascar to ensure that it is relevant, practical, and useful for companies in a wide range of operating environments. The Toolkit was developed jointly by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), the Corporate Engagement Program - CDA Collaborative Learning Projects (CEP), and World Vision Canada (WVC), and funded by The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of the Government of Canada. PDF versions of the tool and the toolkit are available for download through the links below in English, French, and Spanish.

Despite certain criticisms, more and more companies in the world practice some form of corporate social responsibility. This paper offers a pragmatic alternative framework for CSR with a view towards developing its practice in an evolutionary way. The authors' extensive experience working with CSR practitioners convinces them that exhorting companies to hone their CSR practice under a shared value framework does not reflect the reality for a majority of businesses. CSR executives oversee a variety of social initiatives that may or may not directly contribute to a company's business goals. The role of an executive is to achieve the difficult task of reconciling the various programs, quantifying their benefits, or at least sketching a logical connection to the business, and securing the support of his or her business line counterparts. This role, when performed well, would lead to the development of a CSR strategy for the company.

Many river basins in the world experience unprecedented pressures on -and increasing competition for- water resources. The availability and quality of water resources are, however, principally related to land use and land management. In the absence of specific land planning institutions at catchment level, river basin organizations should take up the responsibility to liaise with spatial planners and land users aimed at the better incorporation of land use planning and management in water management.

This strategy charts a course to revitalize the engagement of UNDP with civil society and its organizations. It seeks to bring about a fundamental shift in the relationship, geared towards recognizing the evolving nature and growing influence of civil  society, drawing on its strengths and capacities, and maximizing the potential of civic engagement for development.