Achieving projects wanted by you and your stakeholders
When it becomes obvious that business culture, scientific arguments and technical jargon are opening an ever-widening gap between your project and stakeholders, investing in a bridge is the smartest strategy for your business’s success.
Astoneco supports you to bridge the gap between the business and technical world and people’s everyday lives through a structured and systematic engagement process leading to projects supported by all concerned!
Along the way in the co-design process you will be able to:
- maintain healthy relationships with communities and other stakeholders
- ensure a timely and effective information flow
- resolve conflicts in time
- build an effective multidisciplinary implementation team
- conduct joint baseline studies and assessments
- develop joint designs and management plans to manage risks, meet required standards and ensure that the resulting project will succeed
- reach win-win solutions through principled negotiation
- obtain necessary permits and land access
Steps in the decision making process...
ESIA = Environmental and Social Impact Assessment; EIA = Environmental Impact Assessment
Most local stakeholders are concerned about the health of the environment that surrounds them and the associated quality of their lives. As part of the co-design process, astoneco offers support in a number of ways depending on the needs of the project and the local stakeholders, including:
- the management of a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) that includes all interested parties,
- the management of environmental baselines, impact assessments (EIA / EIS) and mitigation measures, in a manner that includes the relevant stakeholder groups,
- the co-creation and management of sufficient communication channels and materials to ensure stakeholders are transparently informed as to the opportunities, risks and benefits of a given development and have an effective seat at the decision-making table, and
- the co-creation and management of feedback and grievance mechanisms.
Local sustainable development awareness...
Another area of high concern for local stakeholders is the level of impact a proposed project will have on the sustainability (economic, social and environmental) of the region where they and their families must earn a livelihood and also develop a future for their families and community. As part of the co-design process, astoneco offers support in a number of ways, depending on the needs of the project and the local stakeholders, including:
- the management of a social and economic impact assessment as appropriate, with integrated stakeholder engagement,
- a review of sustainable development initiatives in the area influenced by the proposal and the identification of concerns and of possible win-win synergies,
- the co-creation of sustainable and stakeholder-friendly procurement and human resource strategies, policies, plans and programmes,
- the co-creation and management of sufficient communication channels and materials to ensure stakeholders are transparently informed as to the opportunities, risks and benefits of a given development and have an effective seat at the decision-making table, and
- the co-creation and management of feedback and grievance mechanisms.