SIA / Stakeholder engagement

Question 1

What is SIA?

Answer 1

Process of managing social issues associated with planned interventions
SIA is impact assessment that focus on the social considerations

• Can be a step within EIA
  o Small part ‘socio-economics’
• Process of management of managemeint of social issues relating to a project
• Paradigm, field of research and practice, a sub-discipline

Question 2

What is usually the biggest social impact?

Answer 2

Fear and anxiety associated with the project. Rumours about things that might actually be bigger than the impacts themselves.

Question 3

Through what does SIA have effects?

Answer 3

• Regulatory agencies that contribute to decision-making and approval processes.
• Proponent: beter management systems about environmental and social issues
• Communities

Question 4

What are benefits of the SIA?

Answer 4

Communities ahve more say in decisions, they become revitalised, social capital is built. harmful impacts avoided.

Private sectors get improved relations with local communities, workforces and important stakeholders.

Government agencies get better info on which to make decisions

FInancial instutitions: get better information on which to assess risks.

Question 5

What does social performance entail?

Answer 5

The interface between a firm or poject and society.

Question 6

Main phases of the SIA?

Answer 6

1. Understanding the baselines issues
2. Predicting and assessing likely impacts
3. Developing and implementing strategies
4. Developing and implementing monitoring programs

Question 7

What is livelihood?

Answer 7

Full range of means that inidivduals communities utilize to make a living.

Question 8

What are social licenses to operate?

Answer 8

Projects must gain community acceptance through trust and mutual benefit.

‘when a project has the ongoing approval within local community and other stakeholders’

Question 9

What are some challenges in SIA?

Answer 9

o Managing power imbalances between project proponents and communities.
o Addressing unintended consequences like social inequality and community displacement.

Question 10

Explain the phases of SIA

Answer 10

Understanding  scoping  predicting  estimating  idenitifying ways to mitigate  develop monitoring plan  reporting  implementing.