Site Acquisition and Asset Protection

First Part
Course Outline:

• Welcome, introductions, overview of the course as a whole;
• General introduction to social issues and development challenges;
• Overview of resettlement as a process;
• Basic underlying concepts such as social license to operate; business case; free, prior and informed consent; human rights; sustainable livelihoods;
• Introduction to human rights;
• Overview of the various International Standards: World Bank social safeguards, IFC Performance Standards, EBRD, IAIA guidelines, United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights, relevant legal principles and frameworks;
• Understanding social impacts and social risks of investment projects (including sustainable livelihoods; resilience; vulnerability; ecosystem services; health impacts);
• Ways of assessing and addressing social issues and tools to use (social impact assessment, baselines, profiles);
• Stakeholder Engagement and grievance mechanisms and conflict;
• Linking livelihoods restoration to Local Employment and Local Procurement ;
• Resettlement planning;
• Resettlement impacts, risk and opportunity assessment;
• Resettlement mitigation measures;
• Resettlement Review, Monitoring & Evaluation, Audits, Completion Audits.

Second Part
Course Outline:

Issues of Security Management

• Strategic and Operation Management
• The Management of Risk
• Crime Management and Prevention
• Management Standards

The Importance of Security Planning

• Legal Obligations
• Loss of Reputation
• Planning and Managing Security Projects
• Principles of Emergency Response and Recovery

Threats to Assets

• Understanding Loss
• Key Point Identification
• Risk Analysis
• Security Survey – Class exercise
• Intellectual Property / Computer Security
• Evacuation Planning

 Principals of Asset Protection

• Physical Security
• Perimeter Security and Access Control
• Security Lighting
• Communication and Control Centres
• Investigations / Interviewing
• Special Risks: Terrorism, Kidnap, Bomb Warnings, Search Techniques, Explosives recognition

Implementing Asset Protection Programme

• Crisis Management Plans
• Business Continuity Plans
• Mutual Aid
• Communication Strategies
• Dealing with the Media