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An International Workshop
'The Resources Sector: Securing Sustainable Livelihoods for Communities'
Friday 1st February
Citigate Sebel Hotel, Brisbane, Australia
'The challenge for the worldwide resources sector is how to secure its business operations and, at the same time, to help secure sustainable livelihoods for local communities.'
The workshop aimed to:
- promote effective engagement of the resources sector with local communities to help secure sustainable livelihoods.
- review methods of engagement, tools and indicators for benchmarking and standards.
- examine case studies and 'lessons learned'.
A summary paper of the event is avaliable here.
Presentations from the workshop are avaliable here.
This workshop was held in conjunction with the 9th annual Global Development conference in Brisbane, Australia from the 29-31 January, 2008.