SIA and stakeholder engagement

Camilla Christensen

OCTOBER 2017

SIA for the Dundas Ilmenite Project

• What is a SIA?

• The formal SIA proces

• SIA Terms of Reference

• The next steps

• Presentation of groupwork

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What is a SIA?

• An assessment of social impacts that investigates:

• What impacts the project will have on the greenlandic society? (positive and negative)

• How can negative impacts be mitigated?

• How can positive impacts be optimised?

• Focus on the proces instead of the ”product”

• Requirement from the authorities

• Carried out by consultant (NIRAS) who are independent from the mining company

• Engagement of stakeholders and local communities

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Den formelle VSB proces

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Public access to ToR and consultation responses

Available on the Naalakkersuisut homepage:

www.naalakkersuisut.gl/en/hearings/

1. Hearing archive

2. Click: ‘the pre-consultation for Terms of Reference for SIA and EIA for the Titanium Project at Pituffik’

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Stakeholder engagement

• Informationmeetings

• Stakeholder interviews (in perosn or by phone)

• Workshops

• Public consultations

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SIA Terms of Reference Selected impacts 1/3

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Topic Foreseen impact

Analysis How can the impact be ensured /minimised?

Employment of Greenlandic workers

Positive

• Approximately 100 positions at the project

• ”Available” skills locally and across in Greenland

• Recruitment of potential local employees?

Employment effect in other sectors

Potentially positive

• Indirect job creation (with subcontractors)

• Induced job creation (multiplicator effect)

• Possibility to engage local, regional and national contractors?

Skill upgrading Potentially positive

• Competencies and skills in baseline situation

• Potential cooperation partners

• Opportunities to do on the job training?

• Opportunities to cooperate with training institutions?

SIA Terms of Reference Selected impacts 2/3

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Topic Foreseen impact

Analysis How can the impact be ensured /minimised?

Business opportunities for Greenlandic enterprises

Potentially positive

• Comparison of the mining company's need and competencies and availability of local enterprises

• What does it take to engage Greenlandic companies?

Processing of minerals in Greenland

Potentially positive

• Part of the process form mineral to end-product taking place in Greenland

Public income and taxes

Positive • Income taxation from employees • Corporate taxation / royalties

Pressure on public sector, infrastructure and service

Potentially positive

• Public infrastructure and services that the project will be using

• How can it be avoided to put pressure on the public system (ex. police and health services)

SIA Terms of Reference Selected impacts 3/3

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Topic Foreseen impact

Analysis How can the impact be ensured /minimised?

Local use of project area / loss of livelihood / cultural impacts

Potentially negative

• No residents in the licence area • Very limited use of the area • Hunters and fishermen only use the

area for travels • Strong cultural identity in Northern

Greenland

• Access for hunters when traveling through the area?

• Access to Moriusaq? (location of camp)

Cumulative impacts Positive and negative

• Identification of other projects, including their use and need for labour and transport

Next steps

• Description of the social baseline

• Interviews with stakeholders and experts

• Assessment of the extent of the impacts

• Draft Benefit and Impact plan

• Preparation of draft SIA report for public consultation

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Jeres inputs

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