Resettlement Symposium Proceedings
Symposium Summary Report: Five ‘big’ issues for land access, resettlement and livelihood restoration practice: findings of an international symposium
1. Opening Session
- Sponsors
- Keynote Address (Ana Chichava)
- Plenary Session: Terminology & Concepts – Making Sure We Have a Common Understanding (Justin Pooley)
- Introduction to Citizens’ Jury (Daniel Franks)
2. The Policy Framework for Land Access & Resettlement
- A Plethora of Standards, Guidelines & Frameworks: Making Sense of It All (Ted Pollett)
- Addressing Gaps Between International Best Practice Standards & Guidelines & National Legislation (Robert Barclay)
3. Dealing with the Livelihoods Challenge
- Restoring Land-Based Livelihoods: A Major Challenge (Frederic Giovannetti)
- Dealing with the Livelihoods Challenge: Lessons Learned by Newmont in Peru & Ghana (Kofi Biasiako)
- Providing Project Employment & Sharing Project Benefits: Opportunities for Displaced People’s Livelihoods? (Susanna Price)
- Dealing with Informal Livelihoods in an Urban Context: Issues & Challenges (Sladjana Cosic)
- Livelihoods Restoration Post-Conflict: A Capability Approach (Cathryn MacCallum & Anita Bron)
4. Participation in Practice
- Negotiating Land Access & Resttlement Agreements: Lessons from Intersocial’s Experience and International Benchmarking Studies (Mike Steyn)
- Participatory Decision Making: Industry, Government, & Community Engagement (Serena Lillywhite)
5. Early Land Access Session
6. Other Aspects of the Resettlement Challenge (Track A)
- Dealing with Influx of People & Speculative Activities: Challenges & Key Steps (Jan Grobler)
- Resettlement & Social Harmony: Working to Integrate Customary Land Title & Comtemporary Legal Contracts in the Resettlement Program for the Simandou Iron Ore Project (Janina Gawler & Janet Reark)
- Social Change Experienced by Displaced Communities due to Mining Project Impacts on Livelihoods (Priya Ramsaroop)
- Resettlement in a Post-Conflict Situation: Critical Success Factors (Rachel Aron)
7. Other Aspects of the Resettlement Challenge (Track B)
- Mining-Induced Displacement & Resettlement: Defining a Research Agenda (Deanna Kemp)
- Turning Challenges into Opportunities (Chokuwenga)
8. Focus on Angola, Mozambique & Brazil (Portuguese Session)
- Two Approaches to Capacity Building: Regional Centres of Excellent & Country Systems & Practice (Cheikh Sagna)
- Protecting Human Rights when Displacement Occurs: Case Studies of HR Assessments in Developing Country Contexts (Frank Seier)
- A Perspective from Brazil: Case Study 1 (Heloisa Bortolo)
- A Perspective from Angola: Case Study 3 (Viegas Bernardo)
9. Government & Private Sector-Led Resettlement
- Governance Structures for Resettlement Planning & Implementation: Motlhtlo Resettlement (Etienne Espag)
- Governance Structures for Resettlement Planning & Implementation: Dingleton Resettlement (Willie Human)
- Experiences in Zambia: Challenges and Lessons Learned (Jackson Makupa)
10. Closing Session
- Citizens’ Jury: Can Resettlement Lead to Communities Being Better Off?
- Plenary Session: Reflections – Key Lessons Learned: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, & Guiding Principles for Improvement (Eddie Smyth)