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Social Development
Social assessment, inclusion, community development, stakeholder engagement and livelihood planning.
Social Development focuses on the need to “put people first” in development processes. Poverty is more than low income – it is also about vulnerability, exclusion, unaccountable institutions, powerlessness, and exposure to violence. We work hard and smart to see that Social Development promotes social inclusion of the poor and vulnerable by empowering people, building cohesive and resilient societies and making institutions accessible and accountable to citizens. Working with governments, communities, civil society, the private sector, and the marginalized, including persons with disabilities and Indigenous Peoples, we help translate the complex relationship between societies into operations.
Our Social Development team provides consultancy services that help stimulate community-level action to reduce poverty, deliver equitable social services and assure sustainable development.
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Contact UsQL applies its research, technical, design and commercial expertise across main aspects of social development development below
Social assessments and safeguards
Social impact assessment (SIA); Resettlement Action Plans (RAP); Resettlement Policy Frameworks (RPF); Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment (CIA); Policy Impact Assessment (PIA); Vulnerable & Marginalised Peoples Frameworks.
Stakeholder engagement and communications
Stakeholder identification, mapping and management; Consultation programs; Community and/or indigenous engagement plans; External front-line communications plans, programs and procedures.
Grievances, employment and community engagement
Grievance management mechanisms; Employment and labour planning; Engagement of communities in development process.
Local employment and skills
Local employment strategy development; National and community hiring plans; Educational and vocational skills-building plans.
Local content and business linkages
Local content strategy development; National and community content plans; Business linkage programs.
Community development, health and security
Migration management plans; Community and/or indigenous development plans; Community health and safety plans; Socially responsible security plans.
Inclusion and institutional development
Strategies to improve resilience and productive capacity of vulnerable persons for inclusive growth; Improving capacity of youth to harness their potential for self-employment, productivity and competitiveness; Strategies to promote rights, gender equality and women’s empowerment in development; Institutional development; Promotion of equal opportunities for all.