Hi all,
The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Namati are currently investigating potential ways to assist and provide guidance to communities affected by land-based investments. Specifically, we are hoping to develop written and other guidance and tools pitched at communities (or their paralegals or advisers) that cover:
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How to negotiate better contracts between communities and investors.
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How to ensure investors fulfill the terms of agreed investor-community contracts.
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Model contractual clauses / guidance for: (1) Terms of engagement for negotiation between communities and investors; and (2) actual community-investor contracts.
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Monitoring company obligations contained in contracts entered into between investors and host governments.
We would love to hear from community members and paralegals or advisers supporting communities. Are there tools / guides that you already use? Are there any gaps that you think need filling? If so, what do you think is needed, and what format (written / online / video / in person training / guidance) would be helpful?
Many thanks!
Sam Szoke-Burke
Legal Researcher
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Columbia Law School | The Earth Institute, Columbia University 435 W116th St. New York, NY 10027 | (+1)(212) 854-2635 | (+1)(646) 630-4123 | s.burke@columbia.edu | www.ccsi.columbia.edu | @CCSI_Columbia | @samszokeburke