The need for companies to access land in rural and urban locations can have an effect on people, livelihoods and infrastructure, resulting in physical and economic displacement – often with significant emotional, spiritual, familial and communal implications.
Our wealth of practical experience ensure that planning for such events is done according to a deep understanding of the local socio-economic and political context, international guidelines and effective risk management. Esada Insight appreciates that project timelines and social processes are not always aligned, providing scope for conflict. This requires the effective deployment of skills across a range of disciplines.
Resettlement is increasingly being led by governments, requiring effective institutional design and relationship management.
We Offer
We provide resettlement services, which include the following:
- Strategy development;
- Design of requisite organisational frameworks;
- Due diligence and risk assessments;
- Socio-economic surveys and asset surveys;
- Design and implementation of Resettlement Action Plans;
- Project management of cross discipline teams;
- Government relations and negotiations;
- Livelihood research, planning and restoration;
- Capacity building for companies, government and community leaders and organisations;
- Facilitation of community based planning;
- Conflict risk assessment, mediation and resolution;
- Monitoring and evaluation throughout the process;
- Close out audits.