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This website provides information and resources on FPIC as a tool of self-determination to assist communities in decision making. We have selected articles, tool kits, videos, voice messages, and community stories about FPIC and consultation.

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Bucking the Wild West - Making Free, Prior and Informed Consent Work
Essay

2009 - English - Practical

Bucking the Wild West - Making Free, Prior a...

The North-South Institute, Viviane Weitzner

FPIC | Industry | Rights and Legal Framework | Business Practices | Community Engagement | Consultation | Corporate Social Responsibility | Impact Benefit Agreement | Inherent Rights | Land Access | Pimatsiwin | Social & Cultural Impacts | Sustainability | UNDRIP

Bucking the Wild West - Making Free, Prior and Informed Consent Work

This document includes speaking notes on the topic of FPIC at the Prospector and Developer’s Association of Canada annual conference. The speaker defines FPIC, clarifies prevailing misconceptions about FPIC, and discusses how FPIC can be implemented in the extractive sector. The speaker discusses FPIC in the Canadian context and argues for Canad...

Determining our Future Asserting our Rights: Indigenous Peoples and Mining in West Suriname
Report

2007 - English - Practical

Determining our Future Asserting our Rights:...

Viviane Weitzner

FPIC | Informed Decision Making | Business Practices | Consultation | Corporate Social Responsibility | Decision Making | Social & Cultural Impacts | Sustainability | UNDRIP

Determining our Future Asserting our Rights: Indigenous Peoples and Mining in West Suriname

This report present the outcomes of a project conducted by the Association of Indigenous Village Leaders in Suriname and The North-South Institute that was requested by Indigenous communities in West Suriname that will be affected by a large-scale mining and hydroelectric development project. At the time that the project started, the communities...

Executive Summary: Holding Extractive Companies to Account in Colombia: An evaluation of CSR instruments through the lens of Indigenous and Afro-Descendent Right
Report

2012 - Multilingual - Practical

Executive Summary: Holding Extractive Compan...

The North-South Institute, Viviane Weitzner

Consultation | FPIC | Industry | Business Practices | Corporate Social Responsibility | Inherent Rights | Model Land Governance | Social & Cultural Impacts

Executive Summary: Holding Extractive Companies to Account in Colombia: An evaluation of CSR instruments through the lens of Indigenous and Afro-Descendent Right

This report is an executive summary of a larger report, it showcases a Participatory Action Research project that lasted 26 months. It reports on Corporate Social Responsibility tools that companies and governments promote to ensure good corporate behaviour. The report looks at the extent to which CSRs respect human and ethnic rights in theory a...

Holding Extractive Companies to Account in Colombia: An evaluation of CSR instruments through the lens of Indigenous and Afro-Descendent Right
Report

2012 - Multilingual - Academic

Holding Extractive Companies to Account in C...

Resguardo Indígena Cañamomo Lomaprieta, The North-South Institute, Proceso de Comunidades Negras et al.

Consultation | FPIC | Industry | Business Practices | Community Engagement | Consultation | Corporate Social Responsibility | Inherent Rights

Holding Extractive Companies to Account in Colombia: An evaluation of CSR instruments through the lens of Indigenous and Afro-Descendent Right

This report showcases a Participatory Action Research project that lasted 26 months. It reports on Corporate Social Responsibility tools that companies and governments promote to ensure good corporate behaviour. The report looks at the extent to which CSRs respect human and ethnic rights in theory and practice. Recommendations are given for ways...

Free, Prior and Informed Consent and Prior Consultation for Indigenous Peoples and Black Communities – International and Colombian standards in the Extractive Sector
Report

2010 - Multilingual - Practical

Free, Prior and Informed Consent and Prior C...

The North-South Institute, Viviane Weitzner

Consultation | FPIC | Consultation | Decision Making

Free, Prior and Informed Consent and Prior Consultation for Indigenous Peoples and Black Communities – International and Colombian standards in the Extractive Sector

This workshop had the objectives of facilitating the exchange of experiences, reflections and contributions on the topic of Free, Prior and Informed Consultation in extractive projects in Colombia and to move reflections and criteria forward regarding minimum standards for FPIC with Indigenous and afro peoples in Colombia.

De la Consulta al Consentimiento
Brief Summary

2012 - Español - Practical

De la Consulta al Consentimiento

The North-South Institute, Gladys Jimeno Santoyo

Consultation | FPIC | Indigenous Allyship | Indigenous Governance | Industry | Community Engagement | Consultation | Land Access | Land Stewardship | Self-Determination | Social & Cultural Impacts | UNDRIP

De la Consulta al Consentimiento

In this document the learnings from the collaborative project "on consultation and consent". It summarizes the issues brought up by multiple Indigenous Peoples that participated in the process. It highlights the importance of the themes of land titling, acknowledgement of ancestral lands, and the resistance to government and industry pressures.