COMMUNITY CONSULTATION COMMITTEE
Community consultation committees can take a variety of forms, structures, and approaches. The goal of having such committees is to ensure community voice is elevated and considered as part of decision-making processes that affect that community. ILFI encourages organizations to adapt their community consultation committee approaches in ways that are most meaningful and impactful based on their own industry and context.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES
Organizations can engage with local communities through a variety of methods. Organizations benefit from differing levels of communities support and input depending on the method of engagement. Some examples of engagement methods include convening stakeholder groups for input, conducting a social impact assessment, developing community consultation committees, formalizing a community development plan based on local community needs, appointing local community members to the board of directors, and negotiating a community benefits agreement.
SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
A social impact assessment includes the identification, analysis, assessment, management and monitoring of the positive and negative social impacts of planned interventions (policies, programs, plans, projects), and any social change processes invoked by those interventions. Its primary purpose is to bring about a more sustainable and equitable biophysical and human environment. For the purposes of Just, a social impact assessment must include the following details:
- Scoping
- Baseline Analysis
- Community and stakeholder engagement
- Impact assessment
- Impact mitigation and benefit enhancement
- Social impact management plan
- Monitoring, review and update
For further guidance, please refer to the sample social impact assessment template, which is available in the Just 2.0 Application Toolkit here and through the ILFI member dashboard.
