What are cega's Stakeholder and Community Engagement Principles?

PURPOSE STATEMENT

Engaging Stakeholders and communities in decisions about projects, policies or plans that have the potential to affect them, is part of a company's, agency's or organisation's social license to operate and is good business.

Engaging Stakeholders and communities in the decision making processes related to projects, policies or plans that affect them, promotes more informed, better understood and sustainable decisions.

The engagement process builds trust and positive relationships with and between Stakeholder groups.

 GOOD PRACTICE PRINCIPLES

 1. Inclusive

The engagement process identifies, reaches out to and includes, participants who clearly represent all Stakeholder groups including community, government and industry.

2. Transparent and accountable

The engagement process is transparent and it is clear who is responsible and accountable for its implementation.

3. Clear and informed

The engagement process provides timely, balanced and objective information and promotes shared understanding between and within Stakeholder groups.

Issues on which Stakeholder groups are to be engaged are clearly scoped and the factors than can and cannot be influenced by their input are clear.

4. Accessible and timely

The engagement process is accessible to Stakeholder groups.

Time to deliberate is provided and an appropriate tone is created to encourage deliberation and the forming of informed opinion.

5. Meaningful

The engagement process and outcomes are considered by decision makers and can influence the decisions made.

The engagement process provides feedback to Stakeholder groups on how their input influenced the outcome.