Capacity Development and Training Central to all BCS work is capacity building of different stakeholder groups to promote and support an even playing field amongst unequal actors. Our work has strengthened the capacity of corporate officials and donor agencies to interact constructively with communities and of community groups to negotiate effectively with large corporations and … Read more
Impact Assessments and Analyses BCS conducts independent assessments and analyses of social impacts of business operations. We also carry out various related analyses, such as scoping to determine the size and scope of an assessment, stakeholder analyses, community engagement and investment strategies, social risk mitigation and social impact assessment. BCS uses a wide range of … Read more
Community Investment BCS’s community investment services enable companies to respond to society’s expectations that companies invest sufficiently to benefit communities. Our CCA process ensures that investment is consistent with community and donor priorities, builds positive relationships and creates trust. A consistent finding across countries is that corporate charity is not a priority for communities. Priorities … Read more
July 2020BCS is seeking consultants for social impact assessments BCS associates are located around the world and networked electronically. Join us. Qualifications Ten or more years’ experience in social impact assessment with direct field experience and community engagement. Experience in the oil, gas, and/or mining industries and familiarity with their environmental impacts. Graduate-level training in … Read more
The BCS conceptual framework is centered on trust-building, achieved in practice through engagement in the Community-Company Assessment (CCA) process and monitored using the Spectrum of Engagement.BCS is unique in focusing on trust as the fulcrum of sustainable, mutually-beneficial relationships between communities and companies where they live and work. By making trust-building the basis for engagement, … Read more
BCS supports and works to promote the assertion that companies that integrate significant contributions to local communities into their core operations will deliver greater long-term value to shareholders and future generations, building the loyalty and trust that ensure viable, sustainable, profitable growth. Companies are increasingly judged not only on their ability to deliver a profit … Read more
Overview BCS provides services through a distinguished senior-level team with decades of applied research, evaluation and training experience in over 100 countries. Clients benefit from this worldwide network of international, multi-disciplinary professionals.Our core services are community investment, impact assessments and analyses, capacity development and special studies. Gender and partnerships are cross-cutting themes that are considered … Read more
Select Publications In search of Mali’s gold-mining revenues Over the last 10 years, gold has become the most economically significant resource in Mali, accounting for more than half of the country’s exports (US$927 million as of 2003). In 2002, gold mining contributed a mere 2.9 percent to Mali’s GDP, but by 2004, it had increased … Read more
