Encouraging RAI in the Region Regional Workshop on Responsible Large Scale Agricultural Investment in the Mekong, Vientiane 15-17 November 2017 Parallel Session 3 Private Sector Engagement and Building Relationship with Community/CSOs Encouraging RAI in the Region

2006-2015 Aggregate trade flows of agricultural commodities (2 levels) China V M L T   Values in billions $ Thailand to China 77.5 Viet Nam to China 29.9 Thailand to Viet Nam 6.6 Myanmar to China 5.4 Cambodia to Viet Nam 3.7 Laos to China 3.4 Laos to Viet Nam 3.0 Viet Nam to Thailand 2.7 Myanmar to Thailand 1.9 Laos to Thailand 1.1 Cambodia to China 0.9 Cambodia to Thailand 0.8 Myanmar to Viet Nam Data source: Comtrade, 2015 C

Intra-regional flows of investment in land and economic securitization China Vietnam Myanmar 69% intra CLMVT + China Laos Thailand 87% intra CLMVT+ China Cambodia

Improving Transboundary agri-business ENGAGEMENT for RESPONSIBLE land governance in CLMV COUNTRIES – TBRB Project

TBRB Project Overview Objective: to promote responsible principle and practices through facilitating dialogue and peer to peer learning between agri-businesses to promote responsible land governance across the Mekong region (CLMV) Target: Companies doing business in agriculture in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand and Chinese companies investing in those countries Duration: Phase I: December 2015 – November 2016 Phase II: December 2016 – March 2018 Funding: Mekong Regional Land Governance Project (SDC, Lux and GIZ) + Oxfam (OHK and ONL)

What we do A. Conducting a self assessment and baseline Awareness Indicator (example) Public reference Score Comments Know and Show Investigate and disclose risks to and impacts on women and communities related to land through credible and relevant impact assessments, with the full participation of affected communities A Commit Adherence to the principle of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) in the operations of the company, its subsidiaries, and its suppliers B Advocate D Action Publish a detailed, time-bound, multi-year action plan for how the company will implement - and report on implementation - of its land-related commitments E

What we do B. Help to increase company’s awareness and understanding of Responsible Investment principles and community relationship

What we do C. Facilitate mutual exchange and Peer to Peer learning

Gender Action Learning System (GALS) Training in Bokeo, Lao PDR 24 – 27 October 2017

Expected outcomes Companies engaged in this TBRB will: Understand the essence of RAI and know the appropriate tools to embrace Able to identify areas of improvement to ensure company’s compliance with RI principles Translate into actions to increase their quality of community engagement and appropriate policy and practice Be a champion for other companies to learn from

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