Object The objects of these guidelines are: to enhance the sustainable social, cultural and economic well-being of communities impacted by mining operations; to define when community development agreements may be useful and to provide a suggested framework for such agreements; to promote accountability and transparency in mining related community development. In these guidelines, except where otherwise expressly provided Interpretation – means a community development agreement” “community development agreement negotiated between the holder of a mining right and a partner community; means [insert Authority]” appropriate government entity]; “[Local means [insert Act/Code Minier]” “[Mining citation here for the mining act/code minier]; right” means [name of the authorization that grants large “mining scale mining rights under the mining law/code minier such as large scale mining licence, mining lease, mining concession, …]; means a community, in proximity to an area “partner community” covered by a mining right, that has the potential to be significantly negatively or positively impacted by mining operations; community development means a community “ratified agreement” development agreement that has been approved by the respective community according to such process and in such manner as is customary for such community to make decisions on matters affecting the community as a whole. means a group of persons classified as a “sub-community” for the purposes of these guidelines because their number is too small to comprise a partner community, but are part of a partner community. It is recommended that a mining right holder assist in the Mining right holder may assist development of communities affected by its operations to promote in development of
Object The objects of these guidelines are: to enhance the sustainable social, cultural and economic well-being of communities impacted by mining operations; to define when community development agreements may be useful and to provide a suggested framework for such agreements; to promote accountability and transparency in mining related community development. Interpretation In these guidelines, except where otherwise expressly provided – “community development agreement” means a community development agreement negotiated between the holder of a mining right and a partner community; “[Local Authority]” means [insert appropriate government entity]; “[Mining Act/Code Minier]” means [insert citation here for the mining act/code minier]; “mining right” means [name of the authorization that grants large scale mining rights under the mining law/code minier such as large scale mining licence, mining lease, mining concession, …]; “partner community” means a community, in proximity to an area covered by a mining right, that has the potential to be significantly negatively or positively impacted by mining operations; “ratified community development agreement” means a community development agreement that has been approved by the respective community according to such process and in such manner as is customary for such community to make decisions on matters affecting the community as a whole. “sub-community” means a group of persons classified as a for the purposes of these guidelines because their number is too small to comprise a partner community, but are part of a partner community. Mining right holder may assist in development of It is recommended that a mining right holder assist in the development of communities affected by its operations to promote
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