Project and ContractCommunity Engagement and Social Licence for Projects
Infrastructure, mining and energy projects in Africa are delayed and occasionally stopped by communities whose concerns were handled as a communications exercise. This course treats engagement as project risk management. Delegates work through stakeholder and community mapping, the difference between informing, consulting and genuinely negotiating, and the grievance mechanism that gives people somewhere to go other than the road. Local content, employment and procurement commitments are covered, including the expectations they create. Resettlement and compensation are addressed at an awareness level. The course closes on monitoring the relationship over a project's life and on repairing one that has broken down.
Course objectives
- Map communities and stakeholders around a project
- Distinguish informing, consulting and negotiating, and choose deliberately
- Establish a grievance mechanism people will actually use
- Manage local content, employment and procurement commitments
- Recognise the obligations attaching to resettlement and compensation
- Monitor the relationship across the project life
- Repair a relationship that has broken down
Who should attend
- Project and construction managers
- Community liaison and social performance staff
- Environmental and social impact practitioners
- Government relations and communications staff
- Executives sponsoring projects with community exposure
Course outline
- 01Engagement as project risk
- 02Community and stakeholder mapping
- 03Informing, consulting and negotiating
- 04Grievance mechanisms
- 05Local content and employment commitments
- 06Local procurement and its expectations
- 07Resettlement and compensation awareness
- 08Monitoring and repairing the relationship
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 to 23 September 2026 | Harare, Zimbabwe | Classroom | USD 995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 5 to 7 October 2026 | Port Louis, Mauritius | Classroom | USD 995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 28 to 30 October 2026 | Online | Online | R6,500 per delegate | Register Now |