1. Participatory approach: Incompatible or compulsory for sustainable industrial development?
Nadjeli Babinet Rojas
Sustainable Development Director
Centro de Colaboración Cívica
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2. CRITERIA FOR BEST PRACTICES CRITERIA FOR BEST PRACTICES
Centro de Colaboración Cívica is a non profit, non partisan, organization oriented to foster capacities for dialogue and a culture of positive conflict transformation in Mexico. Our aim is to enable social change promoting dialogue, democracy, sustainable development and rule of law.
Strategic programs:
Sustainable development
Citizen security
Capacity building
Key actions:
Impartial mediation in conflicts and disputes.
Design and facilitation of dialogue processes.
Research, systematization and training on best practices.
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3. KEY THESIS
Social resistance to some industrial developments Social “risk”  uncertainty to invest
Why? Lack or failure in community involvement
Participatory processes have the potential to prevent tensions and to generate an investment environment of legitimacy and stability.
However, fear of conflict obstructs social participation, along with the perception that participatory processes are not cost-effective.
There are key lessons and criteria to consider about how participatory processes must be carried out to increase social sustainability of IA.
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4. CRITERIA FOR BEST PRACTICES
Index
Roots of social conflict related with investment in infrastructure.
The fear of conflict: a barrier for social participation
Participation processes: benefits and costs for sustainability
Approaches for stakeholder participation management
Lessons for sustainability criteria of IA
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5. 1. Roots of social conflict related with investment in infrastructure.
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6. CRITERIA FOR BEST PRACTICES
2. Which is the principal barrier for opening spaces for participation? The fear of conflict CONFLICT IS ALWAYS PRESENT. The question is HOW we manage it.
“Conflict is the interaction between interdependent people who perceive incompatible objectives and mutual interferences to achieve those objectives.”
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7. COMMUNITY DECISIONS VS “LEADERS” DECISIONS
POSITIONS VS NEEDS
Understanding of values, interests and needs (ZOPA) vs superficial approach and positions struggle/polarization
INFORMATION VS MYTHS
Adjustment of expectations and common information vs unrealistic expectations and fears
COMMUNITY DECISIONS VS “LEADERS” DECISIONS
Inclusive and transparent agreements with legitimate decision makers vs fast track deals with “leaders” (extorsion)
3. Costs and benefits of participation

8. 4. Approaches for stakeholder participation management
How can stakeholder participation be effectively managed?
Which different approaches do exist?
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9. 4. Approaches for stakeholder participation management
Contribute to strengthen a policy or project
Generate recommendations
Explore opinions, positions  needs, priorities and values
TO GIVE INFORMATION --- BUILD TRUST (clear, accesible, balanced)
TO LISTEN -- BUILD COLLABORATIVE RELATIONS (Stkeholders needs, values, priorities, commitment)
Build agreements

10. 5. Lessons for sustainability criteria of IA
Participatory processes CAN BE strategic to give the investment greater stability, prevent conflicts and improve IA reputation.
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11. 5. Lessons for sustainability criteria of IA
Stage 1. Regional Planning
Stage 3. Negotiation and Participation
To communicate the project characteristics and impacts
To define with the community social investment priorities and transparency mechanisms
To identify and communicate both IA potential and possible impacts (social and environmental)
Stage 4. Construction and operation
Stage 2. Project planning. Approach between sectors
Participatory monitoring of planned and unexpected impacts
To have permanent dialogue and conflict resolution mechanisms
To have common protocols for action and criteria for evaluation
To fully understand local context, values, needs, collective decision making organs and legitimate interlocutors

12. Nadjeli BABINET Sustainable Development Director
Centro de Colaboración Cívica
y Cádiz Norte 25 Col. Extremadura Insurgentes
Del. Benito Juárez CP 03740
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