CO-Extractive Industries Governance This project result framework was developed by Oxfam in Cambodia NRG team in
consultation with NGOs partners. It provides the analysis of the most update context
regarding politic environment, policy change, civic spaces, and stakeholder and power
relations.
Thisproject will be implemented by Oxfam in Cambodia, and subsequently finance
agreements will be issued to partners namely Developmentand Partnership in Action (DPA)
and Highlander Association HA by Oxfam Cambodia to implement relevant activities.
Despite EI sectorin Cambodia has not yet developed to the level that significantly
contributes to socio-economic development in the country, the sector is emerged as very
significant . This is signified from the fact that 61 exploration licenses and 23 exploitation
licenses were granted by the end of 2017. According to informal source from the Ministry of
Mines and Energy, foreign direct investment in EI sector in Cambodia is estimated about 1.1
billion USD in 2018 and would expect to increase up to 1.3 billion USD in 2019.
However, the country faces some issues and challenges in ensuring good governance of the
sectors. Lack of quality EIA reports and of transparency in licensing processes is one of key
issues. In addition, the way that adecision is made on licensing is very much top down
approachwith limited voice and participation from CSO and potential affected communities
including indigenous people and women.
CSO space become more shrinking. Accor ding to CIVICUs, Cambodia CSO space is
considered as # repressed# given the political intimidations and LANGO that were adopted by
the government since 2015.
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In addition, Cambodia lacks of relevant policies and procedures concerning social and
environmental management. The key concerns of Oxfam are corruption, lack of transparency
and accountability, lack of voice from vulnerable people, limited CSO space, and lack of
effective policies and operational procedures following international standards by government
Ministries and mining companies
However, over thepast years, Oxfamtogether with other partners have managed to open up
the CSO space in EI sector through initiation and participation in multi-stakeholder dialogues,
strengthening CSO network on social and environmental impacts and on indigenous people
rights.
The recent country impact evaluation of Oxfam investment in EI sector in Cambodia noted
significant roles and contributions of Oxfam EI projects to the changes that have emerged.
Among them, the draft evaluation report highlights the followings:
# The Oxfam EIproject has played a leading role in empowering EI affected
communities, most notably through support to Community Mining Focal points
# Oxfam was key in MME in setting up Extractive Industry Governance Forum, which
provides a multi-stakeholder platform through which civil society observations and
inputs can be delivered to government and leading companies.
# However, despite significant achievementgiven current political context, Oxfam
efforts are helping position civil society to engage and influence national level
thinking, but little evidence of this translating to local level impact or action
# An example of a CSO network working effectively was the case of LNGO and local
communities working at local, national and regional levels to pressure HAGL.
In this regard, Oxfam in Cambodia will continue to position Oxfam#s values added with
concerned stakeholders including International NGOs and NGO partners, government
ministries and selected mining company. Oxfam in Cambodia will deliver outputs which
include:
1) nurture CSOs spaces in the dialogues with key stakeholder and to promote multi
stakeholder engagement and dialogues
2) identify and engage with selected mining companies to monitor and influence their
policy and practices change on social and environmental performances
3) engage with government ministries to secure spaces, and position Oxfam and NGO
partners to improve transparency, social and environmental policies and miningcompanies
social and environmental performances.
CSOs# role and collaboration are recognized by the government at national and subnational
level in multi-stakeholder engagement and policy dialogues to enhance social
and environmental performance in EI sector. Oxfam will support DPA to coordinate the
establishment of multi-stakeholder dialogues in Ratanakiri, Mondulkiri and Preah Vihea
province. Oxfam expects that DPA will promote the discussion on responsible mining, CSR,
FPIC and Public Participation principles with mining companies and sub national government
institutions. It is expected that DPA will coordinate NGOs in each of province to build cases
and influencing strategies especially with HA in Ratanakiri province.
The target EI companies act in accordance with law/policieson EIA and responsible
investment to ensure benefit sharing of concerned communities. DPA has developed EIA
checklist to serve as tools to review EIA reports of mining companies, and monitor mining
companies implementation of and compliance to Environmental Management Plan (EMP). In
addition to that, Oxfam will support DPA to lead the coordination on the review of EI related
policies with their respective EISEI network members. Finally, on the engagement with
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mining companies, Oxfam will help DPA to secure certain level of respects and openness
with Angkor gold and Mesco gold, so the project will continue to support DPA in nurturing
the spaces.
Develop capacity (knowledge and skills) of HA staff, IP mining focal points (MFPs) and
community members and strengthen coordination of existing IP network and 7
associations to monitor and demand for the respect of IP rights. HA willcontinue to
develop capacity of IP mining focal points and community members as HA seek to build
strong indigenous community to monitor and challenges mining companiesperformance on
the respect of their rights and its practices on social and environmental safeguards. The
project will get IP communities of 16 villages well informed and organized to assert their
rights following FPIC principles by facilitating communities to define their community
protocol on community consultation and agreement following FPIC principles.
Document good practice on community negotiation experiences in dealing with HAGL
and strengthening existing networks representatives in mining areas in order to pilot the
negotiation with Angkor Gold. The project will facilitateHA#s initiative to document
experiences related to community negotiationwith HAGL company. HA will learn such
experiences and replicate within their target villages especially where Angkor Gold
concession areas located in.
The project will also allow Oxfam in Cambodia to continue its support to NGO partners as the
following:
# Provide technical supports to partners to secure CSOs# spaces, visibility and
credibility with mining companies, MoME, MOE in EIGF
# Provide technical and institutional development supports to partner to ensure grant
compliances, and project deliverables
# Engage and influences government institutions like MoE and MoME to secure spaces
for CSOs engagement in policy development related to social and environment
safeguards,key performance indicators, planning, EIA and licensing processes
# Initiate and engage in multi stakeholder visits and monitoring mechanisms to enhance
social, environmental performance and compliances.