Seeking Benefits and Avoiding Conflicts: A Community Company Government Assessment of Copper Mining in Solwezi Zambia
Abstract
This study is a collaboration of partners of Diakonia Zambia and the Joint Country Programme (JCP) Zambia namely Caritas Zambia, Catholic Diocese of Solwezi (CDOS), Publish What You Pay (PWYP), Jesuit Center for Theological Reflections (JCTR), Extractive Industries Transparency Alliance (EITA), Youth Alliance for Development (YAD) and Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP). It is part of the four year Strengthened Accountability Programme (SAP) and five year Resources Governance (RG) programme of Diakonia and JCP respectively. The
research seeks to find constructive and peaceful solutions to divergent community, government and company perspectives in multiple contexts. This is the second CCGA conducted with Kansanshi Copper and Gold Mine following the first one that was done in 2010. This study was funded by Diakonia and Joint Country Programme-Zambia, .
Description
It is against this background, that between November 27th and December 19th 2016, a
research team consisting of individuals from Caritas Zambia, Diocese of Solwezi, PWYP, JCTR, EITA, YAD and FODEP conducted the CCGA. . The study was conducted to assess the relationship among Kansanshi Copper and Gold
Mine, Government and Communities within and in proximity to the Kansanshi Mine’s current operational area in Solwezi District, Northwestern Province.