AMAC The case for local capacity-building

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AMACThe case for local capacity-building
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What Is AMAC?
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Background in 2005

• New
• Relatively low understanding
• Fear

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Starting from scratch

• Consultation
• Conditions

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One Key Question

• What conditions were needed to
• make it a success?

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Helping them develop their own organizational
structures
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AMACs first meeting
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Achievements

• Complied
• Monitors water every three months,
• Independent laboratory
• Registered legal status.

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Achievements (Continued)

• Continuous dialogue
• Institutionalized periodic visits to mine
• Funds administrator
• Training programs implemented.
• Communication Plan implemented

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Main Activities Water sampling
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Main Activities Dialogues with the mining Company
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Main ActivitiesCommunication Plan
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Main Activities Capacity Building and Planning
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How is AMAC seen by the communities?
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Lessons Learned

• Must first understand the reality of the
  environmental in which you are operating.
  Solutions will then present themselves.
• Trust is paramount. All actions have to be
  reviewed in light of the question, Will this
  help to build trust or not?