October 2016 Negotiation Handbook for Communities and Traditional Leaders: Citizens Rights and Responsibilities
Abstract
This Book is the first in a series of three books that together constitute the “Negotiation Handbook
for Communities and Traditional Leaders”. The series of books is a product of the JCTR partnership with
Diakonia and the Embassy of Sweden, under which the JCTR has been implementing the Strengthened
Accountability Programme (SAP) in Solwezi in the North Western Province since 2014. One of the activities
under the SAP was to produce a negotiation handbook for communities and traditional leaders to help them
negotiate with local authorities and corporates. The series contributes to meeting the project outcome:
“Targeted corporate sector acts transparently, are accountable to the rights holders, and contribute to
socio – economic justice in targeted districts of North Western Province.
Description
The negotiation handbook is a tool to be used by traditional leaders and their communities to enable
them to demand accountability from local state institutions and compel corporates to demonstrate good
corporate citizenship. The handbook will help traditional leaders, community leaders and members so that
they can represent their communities and participate in making the decisions that affect them and to raise
awareness of important issues when dealing with local and national government, and the large companies
that operate in their areas.