Mining Engineering
Mining Operations
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Mining
The social licence in practice: agreements, grievances and benefits that communities regard as real.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Contact hours
- 30
- Level
- Intermediate
- Fee from
- On enquiry
Overview
A mine with every permit and no community agreement does not operate for long. This week covers the social side as an operational discipline rather than a public relations function: mapping stakeholders honestly, negotiating and keeping agreements, running a grievance mechanism people actually use, and designing local employment and procurement that survives the mine. Resettlement and human rights are treated as the high consequence topics they are.
Who should attend
Community and social performance managers, sustainability staff, mine managers, and HR and procurement leads carrying local content targets.
What you will be able to do
- Map stakeholders and their actual interests rather than their titles.
- Negotiate a community agreement both sides can perform.
- Run a grievance mechanism that resolves things before they escalate.
- Design local employment and procurement with lasting effect.
- Report social performance credibly.
How it is taught
Short input, then work, across 5 days of roughly 6 teaching hours each. Exercises run on situations delegates bring rather than on a case study written for a different organisation. Cohorts are capped so that everybody is asked something.
Available as classroom, live online, in house.
Programme outline
Day 1
The social licence
- What it is, how it is lost, and how slowly it returns
- Impacts and benefits as communities experience them
- Expectations, and the gap between them and delivery
Day 2
Engagement
- Stakeholder identification and analysis
- Consultation that is not a presentation
- Vulnerable and under represented groups
Day 3
Agreements
- Negotiating and documenting commitments
- Governance, trusts and benefit distribution
- Performance, and the cost of a missed commitment
Day 4
Grievances and rights
- Designing a mechanism people will use
- Investigation, resolution and feedback
- Human rights, security and resettlement
Day 5
Local benefit
- Employment, training and succession
- Local supplier development
- Legacy, and planning for after the mine
What you leave with
- A stakeholder map and engagement plan.
- A grievance procedure fit for your own context.
- A local content plan with measurable commitments.
Dates and fees
| Dates | Location | Format | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 to 27 November 2026 | Nicosia, Cyprus | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 30 November 2026 to 4 December 2026 | Accra, Ghana | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 7 to 11 December 2026 | Gaborone, Botswana | Classroom | R15,000 |
| 14 to 18 December 2026 | Kampala, Uganda | Classroom | US$1,500 |
Fees are per delegate and cover tuition, all programme materials and the certificate. Travel, accommodation and visas are arranged by the delegate. Registration closes two weeks before a programme starts.
Certificate
A GATI certificate recording what was attended, issued after the programme has run and attendance has been taken. Attending at least 80 per cent of the days earns a certificate of completion; attending less earns a certificate of attendance stating exactly what was attended. Every certificate carries a code that anybody can check against GATI's own record.
It records participation. and GATI does not claim one it does not hold.