- Workshop Opening Speech - Honourable Minister Ralph Regenvanu (Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Vanuatu)
- Responding Remarks - Dr Arthur Webb (Deputy Director - Ocean and Islands Programme, SOPAC Division, SPC)
- Workshop Programme
- Participants List
- Workshop Proceedings (Not Available yet!)
- Presentations and Presenters:
- Day 1: Session 1
- Deep Sea Minerals - New Developments in the Pacific: Status, Challenges and Opportunities - Mr Akuila Tawake (DSM Project - Team Leader)
- Legal Aspect of DSM:What are the legal requirements around DSM? What is ‘policy’ and why do we need it? What should national DSM policy include? - Ms Hannah Lily (Legal Adviser – DSM Project, SPC)
- Session 2: Overview of economic, environmental, social and cultural impacts of terrestrial mining with particular focus on socio-economic impacts with examples from Pacific communities, social mapping and monitoring - Prof. Colin Filer (Australian National University)
- Session 3: Examples of Social Impacts of Mining and Other Industries in the Pacific
- Papua New Guinea (On-land Mining) - Mr Winterford Eko
- Kiribati (Aggregates Extraction) - Ms Tebete England
- Fiji (On-land Mining) - Mr Malakai Finau
- Vanuatu (Aggregates Extraction) - Ms Christy Haruel
- Day 2: Session 4: Social Impact Assessment of Mining - Professor Colin Filer
- Session 5: Civil Society Perspective on Social Impacts (Role Play) - CSO Reps Cook Islands, Nauru, RMI, Tonga and Vanuatu
- Session 6: How We Monitor Social Impacts - Professor Colin Filer
- Session 7 [Socio Economic Impacts of Resource Extraction]
- Fisheries - Ian Bertram (FAME, SPC)
- Marine Mining – Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability - Emily Goris (IHC Mining)
- Ok Tedi Copper Mine (PNG) - Yasap Popoitai (Ok Tedi Community rep)
- Session 8 [Panel Discussion on Social Impacts of Other Industries compared to Deep Sea Mining] - Members of the Panel: Margret Aulda (PNG), Chris Ioan (Vanuatu), Taaniela Kula (Tonga), Faatasi Malologa (Tuvalu), Darryl Thorburn (Cook Islands), and Malakai Finau (Fiji)
- Day 3: Session 9
- Risk, Responsibility and Social Action Plans - Professor Colin Filer
- Impacts of Terrestrial and Deep Sea Mining Activities: A Comparison - Akuila Tawake (DSM Project, SPC)
- Session 10: Indigenous People and Project Cycle - Professor Colin Filer
- Session 11: Seafloor Massive Sulphide (SMS) exploration and the importance of maintaining baby steps from exploration to resource development - Dr Tim McConachy, Mr Harvey Cook and Ms Sophie Egden (Neptune Minerals)
- Session 12: Define stakeholder participation, when and how to engage stakeholders, why stakeholder participation is important? Who should be consulted / engaged? - Mr Tim Offor (Director, Pax Populus)
- Day 4: Session 13: How to Conduct Stakeholder Participation - Mr Tim Offor
- Session 14: Stakeholder Participation and Community Engagement – a Nautilus Minerals Experience in the Solwara 1 Project - Mr Ray Lari (Nautilus Minerals)
- Making Free Prior & Informed Consent a Reality in Deep Sea Mineral Activities - Ms Natalie Lowrey (Deep Sea Mining Campaign)
- Session 15: Legal Aspect of Stakeholder Engagement and Redress - Mr Tim Offor
- Session 16: Role of the Media - Mr Steve Menzies (Communication Specialist)
- Day 5: Session 17: A Stakeholder Engagement Role Play (State / CSO / Private Sector) - Mr Tim Offor