1. CONFLICT RISK AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT Ottawa, 3 rd May, 2004

2. WHAT IS CRIA? A set of tools which enable companies to be conflict sensitive: Anticipate, monitor and assess conflict impact – two ways Develop mitigating strategies Applicable throughout the project cycle Based on existing company assessment processes Rooted in legal/voluntary regulatory instruments Mixture of doing things differently and doing different things

3. entry point screening aerial geological pre-feasibility testing construction operation closure Macro and local context analysis Additional components for beginning at this stage of the project cycle Questions & steps for sensitising each component of the project cycle THE CRIA PROJECT CYCLE    relocation Impact identification Mitigation & design compensation communityengagement Macro context analysis Impact identification Mitigation & design

4. CRIA – component parts Screening – macro context analysis Scoping Baseline data Impact identification Analysis and significance rating Mitigation design Monitoring and evaluation

5. CRIA and project finance WHY?  Business case  Policy coherence  Public money – public goodWHAT/HOW?  Insist on CRIA (+ other good practice)  Undertake context analysis (World Bank CAF)  Conflict categorisation  Evaluation

6. Linking CRIA & HRIA Value added:  Process  National/local  Mitigation/peacebuilding  Company perspective  Grounded Advocacy strategy:  Impact assessment overload  Synergy?