CONFLICT RISK AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT

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CONFLICT RISK AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT

• Ottawa, 3rd May, 2004

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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

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

• Screening macro context analysis
• Scoping
• Baseline data
• Impact identification
• Analysis and significance rating
• Mitigation design
• Monitoring and evaluation

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CRIA and project finance

• WHY?
• Business case
• Policy coherence
• Public money public good
• WHAT/HOW?
• Insist on CRIA ( other good practice)
• Undertake context analysis (World Bank CAF)
• Conflict categorisation
• Evaluation

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Linking CRIA HRIA

• Value added
• Process
• National/local
• Mitigation/peacebuilding
• Company perspective
• Grounded
• Advocacy strategy
• Impact assessment overload
• Synergy?