PresentationSeptember, 2010
Creating knowledge, producing better social environments
Who we are Societas is a consulting firm
which conducts studies, designs and evaluates projects, develops communications and community relations strategies and provides advice on social issues.
Our multidisciplinary team is composed of highly professional consultants who guarantee solutions tailored to specific social contexts.
SocietasMISSIONTo build useful knowledge and foster a
better social environment. VISIONTo be a leading social management
consulting firm in Peru, with a reputation for academic quality, technical experience and impeccable ethical conduct.
Our work
Rural development
Urban planningState and public
policy
TourismEnvironmentExtractive
industries
Strategic actions
1. Designing practical, strategic and responsible solutions for our partners to achieve their social objectives.
2. Providing tools for decision-making in the social field.
3. Facilitating dialogue between stakeholders to achieve common objectives and a better social environment.
We guarantee this strategy by using applied, specific and interdisciplinary studies, our extensive knowledge of cross-cultural experience and by providing customized, sustained expert advice.
The social responsibility approach
Negative impact management: externality control.
Impact management
Responsibility to the surrounding community, above and beyond the direct benefits and impacts companies produce.
Commitment
Social management incorporated into the activities of the company and its contractors.
Integrated management
Social management system
IDENTIFICACIÓN DE TEMAS Y
GRUPOS DE INTERÉS
ESTABLECIMIENTO DE LA SITUACIÓN
ACTUAL
ESTABLECIMIENTO DE
METAS
ESTABLECIMIENTO DE MEDIDAS GERENCIALES
VERIFICACIÓN DE RESULTADOS
Y TOMA DE ACCIONES
PARTICIPACIÓN
Products and servicesIDENTIFYING CRITICAL ISSUES AND
STAKEHOLDERS Stakeholder mapping Social risk analysis Social due diligence
ESTABLISHING THE CURRENT SITUATION Social impact assessment Social impact analysis, emphasizing
gender Analysis of regional and local political
contexts Geographic information systems
Products and servicesESTABLISHING
GOALS Community relations
plans Designing logframes Strategic planning
ESTABLISHING MANAGEMENT MEASURES Internal alignment
VERIFYING RESULTS AND TAKING ACTION Project evaluation
PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNICATION
- Participatory workshops- Communications and
community relations campaigns
SPECIALIST ADVICE- Canon distribution- Participatory budget- Social management systems
Products and services
1. Every project is the responsibility of highly qualified consultants who have extensive experience in their fields.
2. We have a multidisciplinary approach that guarantees multi-faceted products fine-tuned to specific contexts.
3. Our consultants are independent and have no links with economic groups or political parties. They have experience of working in both the public and private sectors and with international cooperation agencies.
Competitive advantages
Our team
Management
Gerardo Castillo – Director Gerardo is an anthropologist, and has a
Master’s Degree in International Development from the University of Bath and another in Geography from the University of Oklahoma. He is a lecturer in the Diploma in Extractive Industries: Surveillance and Sustainable Development and in the Social Science Department of Peru’s Catholic University. Gerardo is a senior consultant in social development and extractive industries with over ten years experience in the sector.
Our team
Management Laura Soria – Project coordinator Laura has an Anthropology degree from
Peru’s Catholic University and is reading for a Master’s degree in Gender, Sexuality and Public Policy at the San Marcos First National University. She has hands-on knowledge of managing local development projects with a gender focus, mainly in urban areas. She has experience with technical assistance for citizens’ participation in consensus-built planning and the participatory budget; and with creating links between the public sector (local government) and the private sector (civil society, trade associations and companies).
Our team
Extractive industries team Gerardo Castillo Senior social adviser to AMEC, SNC-Lavalin, Social Capital
Group and Walsh Perú and with work experience in Canada, the United States, Guyana and Peru. Gerardo has been consultant to firms such as Antamina, Minera Yanacocha, Rio Tinto-La Granja, Xtsrata-Las Bambas, Cerro Verde, Savia Perú and Perú LNG.
Patricia Díaz Patricia is a specialist in drafting social base-lines and has
worked for a variety of mining projects. She was in charge of monitoring the community and environment in the Camisea project, for Oxfam America.
María Amelia Trigoso Maria Amelia has worked as the Community Coordinator for
Concession Projects in the Social and Environmental Affairs Office of the Peruvian Ministry of Transport and Communications.
Our team Rafael Anselmi
Specialist in teaching methods.
Violeta BarrientosSpecialist in gender and sexual and reproductive rights policies.
Gerardo CastilloSpecialist in social development and the extractive industry.
Norma CorreaSpecialist in in social and public policies, international cooperation and research methodologies.
Patricia Díaz Specialist in monitoring extractive industry projects.
Norma FullerSpecialist in rural diagnostics, gender relations and the impact of the tourism industry.
Máximo GalloSpecialist in project
management and stakeholder relations.
María Amelia Trigoso Specialist in drafting,
conducting and evaluating social and environmental impact studies.
Laura SoriaSpecialist in urban planning and development, local development, citizens’ participation and gender.
Dominique Van der BorghtInternational consultant, specialist in social development program design, management and evaluation.
Miguel Villaseca Specialist in corporate social responsibility, process management, pedagogy and urbanism.
Our team
Our experience
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS- World Bank- Caritas- CIES- IDRC- Oxfam America- USAID
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS- Prime Minister’s Office- Ministry of Transport
and Communications
PRIVATE SECTOR - Antamina- Cerro Verde- Minera Yanacocha- Peru LNG- Rio Tinto – Michiquillay- SAVIA Perú- Terminales Portuarios
Euroandinos - Xstrata – Las Bambas
Laura SoriaProject coordinator
(511) 2437-609(511) 997600-825
www.societasconsultora.com
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