MEMA Information Database

  • MEMA Information Database

The MEMA Information Database is a compilation of over 750 documents that relate to engagement of Indigenous Peoples and local communities and formed the basis for the MEMA Reports I & II. The documents may be legislation and regulations, or it may be guidance and recommendations by governments, Arctic Council, academia, NGOs, industry and Indigenous People.

This database may be interrogated in many ways, such as by source (government, Arctic Council, Indigenous Peoples, industry, academia, NGO, or the UN), or by type of activity (oil and gas, marine management, shipping, tourism, preparedness/response, and scientific research) or by country. Each entry has a link to the document and has metadata containing a summary of the engagement in the document, whether it is law, agreement or guidance, who is being engaged, key words, and the stage of engagement, among other parameters.

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491 Report of the International Workshop on Methodologies regarding Free, Prior, and Informed Consent and Indigenous Peoples 2005 General Government -International UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues In its conclusions and recommendations, the Workshop identifies elements of a common understanding of free, prior and informed consent and indigenous peoples, promoting better methodologies regarding free, prior and informed consent and indigenous peoples for the consideration of the Forum at its fourth session. Report     Organizations, government, Indigenous peoples, local communities tradtional knowledge, free and prior informed consent, self determination Free, prior and informed consent should be viewed as a process that could possibly lead towards equitable solutions and evolutionary development which may lead, in their turn, to co-management and decision-making. Pre-approval process inter-agency policy framework: international law: community engagement: public participation All projects must have free and prior informed consent from indigenous communities       491_FPIC Methodolgy Workshop N0524326.pdf
492 Secretarial Order 3317: Department of the Interior Policy on Consultation with Indian Tribes 2011 General Government US This policy provides the requirements for Department of the Interior (DOI) government-to-government consultation between appropriate tribal officials and DOI officials. Policy   To recognize and fulfill its legal obligations to identify, protect, and conserve tribal trust resources: carry out its trust relationship with federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal members Government, local communities, indigenous peoples trust relationship, consultation, government-to-government relationship, collaboration   Planning of plans Public participation: community engagement   Executive Order 13175 (Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments)     492_SO-3317-Tribal-Consultation-Policy.pdf
493 Guidelines for Social Impact Assessments for Mining Projects in Greenland 2009 General Government Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum, Greenland These Guidelines have been prepared to assist mining companies and their consultants with guidance in preparing Social Impact Assessments of mining projects in Greenland. Guidelines     Government, local communities, indigenous peoples public, consultation, The aim is that all relevant stakeholders shall be heard in the process. Participation shall be initiated in a timely manner to ensure that project benefits and challenges are addressed proactively. Furthermore, an important principle for public participation is to provide information which is comprehensible for non-experts (why e.g. summaries in laypersonƒ??s terms should be included when relevant). Planning of plans public participation: community engagement: workshops Participation shall be initiated in a timely manner to ensure that project benefits and challenges are addressed proactively. Provide information which is comprehensible for non-experts Workshops, public meetings etc. should generally be held in both Greenlandic and Danish.       493_Social Guidelines for Mining SIA_guidelines.pdf
494 Gender, Critical Mass, and Natural Resource Co-Management in the Yukon 2015 Resource Development Academic - NGO Staples, K., & Natcher D. Building on the research of White (2008) and Natcher (2013), who identified a paucity of female representation on co-management boards across the Canadian North, the research reported here set out to understand the implications of this gender imbalance for the experiences of women serving on natural resource co-management boards in the Yukon Paper     Government, local communities, indigenous peoples women, gender, resources, co-management The majority (90%) of interview participants thought it was important to have women represented on co-management boards All co-management boards: community engagement Women should be part of co-mangement boards womenƒ??s presence on co-management boards is important because board member diversity was important, womenƒ??s representation positively infl uenced decision-making processes, and, most frequently, women bring a unique set of perspectives, knowledge, and experiences to the table       494_Gender Critical Mass and Natural Resource Co-Management Yukon.pdf
495 Summary of Input from Aboriginal Communities and Organizations on Consultation and Accommodation 2010 General Academic - NGO Mann, M. for INAC This is a sumamry of input from aboriginal communities regarding the Action Plan on Aboriginal consultation and accommodation creation in 2007 Report     Government, local communities, indigenous peoples duty to consult, good faith, accomodation, inclusiveness, education duty to consult and accommodate All education: training: community engagement: public participation: boards: review panels Improve access to information, provide funding to all accessability and accomodation,       495_Input from Aboriginal Communities on Consultation and Accommodation.DOCX
496 Arctic Governance: Traditional Knowledge of Arctic Indigenous Peoples for an International Policy Perspective 2009 General Academic/NGO Fenge, T. & Funston, B.W The working assumption in this paper is that traditional knowledge (TK) is of utility not only to Arctic indigenous peoples, but to scientists, policy makers, politicians, and those aiming to better address a broad range of issues in the Arctic Paper     Government, local communities, indigenous peoples precautionary principle, traditional knowledge States shall consult and cooperate in good faith with the indigenous peoples concerned through their own representative institutions in order to obtain their free, prior and informed consent before adopting and implementing legislative or administrative measure that may affect them. All public participation: community engagement: workshops: international tribunal Indigenous peoples have the right to participate in decisionmaking in matters which would affect their rights, through representatives chosen by themselves in accordance with their own procedures UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples     496_TraditionalKnowledgePaperFengeFunstonDec2 2009.pdf
497 The Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3 Manito Aki Inakonigaawin Unofficial Consolidation 1997 General Indigenous Peoples The Anishinaabe Nation This is aboriginal law establish by the Anishinaabe First nation in regard to consultation Law     Government, local communities, indigenous peoples rights, self-determination, respect, traditional ecological knowledge Lawful means are required to consult with and obtain written consent of the Nation, subject to conditions for conserving the environment within Treaty #3 territory and protecting the exercise of rights of the Anishinaabe   public participation: community engagement: grand council The proponents of a development have a responsibility to consult with and seek the consent of the Nation in a timely manner.       497_mai_unofficial_consolidated_copy1.pdf
498 Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed Consent 2013 General Government - International UN-REDD Programme This document takes the Joint Stakeholder Engagement Guidelines one step further by outling a normative, policy and operational framework for UN-REDD Programme partner countries to seek and obtain Free and Prior Informed Consent Guidelines     Organizations, Government, local communities, indigenous peoples Free and prior infomed consent, self determination, reconciliation, Nation-to-Nation, FPIC FPIC should be obtained whenever there is an impact on indigenous peoplesƒ?? substantive rights (including rights to land, territories and resources, and rights to cultural, economic and political self-determination). Pre-approval process, planning Free, prior and informed consent Free, prior and informed consent is the right of Indigenous Peoples to say ƒ??noƒ?? to the imposition of decisions that would further compound the marginalization, impoverishment and dispossession to which they have been subjected throughout history. FPIC is also the power to say ƒ??yesƒ?? to mutually beneficially initiatives that can promote healthy and vital Indigenous Nations for the benefit of present and future generations.       498_FPIC UN-REDD.pdf
499 Tribal Consultation Policy and Related Documents US Army Corps of Engineers 2013 Management Government US Army Corps of Engineers This policy affirms and formalizes current tribal consultation procedures for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Policy     Government, local communities, indigenous peoples Tribal, coordination, consultation, sovereignty, trust, self-determination, self-governemnt improving communication and cooperation, providing technical expertise, and sharing training and assistance All Public participation: community engagement: Tribal consultation Acknowledge and respect the diverse Native American religious, spirtiual, and cultural identities, and their understandind of ecosystems and cultural resources. Listen to and consider the tradtional knowledge, experience, and perspectives of Native American people to manage fish, wildlife, and cultural resources       499_USACE Native American Policy brochure 2013.pdf
500 Declaration 1996: Declaration on the Establishment of the Arctic Council 1996 1996   Arctic Council                             500_EDOCS-1752-v2-ACMMCA00_Ottawa_1996_Founding_Declaration.pdf
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