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Brazil's agricultural development, forestry and extractive industry projects have changed land tenure and use. These have provoked or heightened social conflicts that seriously affect farmers, communities, indigenous people, traditional communities, and companies.
CSE Brazil seeks to improve the capacity of diverse stakeholders to prevent and resolve social conflict by bringing them together to learn best practices for stakeholder consultation, consent, and mediation in dynamic, collaborative courses.
When there are changes in land use and tenure to establish new agriculture, forestry, or extractive ventures in developing countries, the local community can experience enormous benefits – increased incomes, improved regional infrastructure, greater access to services, and more. Instead, these operations often provoke or heighten social conflict, resulting in severe consequences for the local community, indigenous populations, farmers, workers, and companies. Besides, there is a significant need for more trained social professionals from the regions where companies operate to help them integrate social impacts and engagement into their operations.
CSE Brazil seeks to improve the capacity of diverse stakeholders to prevent and resolve social conflict by providing top-tier guidance and training in social technologies for professionals across various sectors for effective company management.
The CSE programme in Brazil began in 2018, with a short training course in the pulp and paper sector focused on key aspects of good relationships between companies and local communities. Training focuses on social management technologies, such as practices for obtaining a Social License to Operate (SLO), best practices for conflict resolution, and executing social projects within the territory, explicitly aligning with Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) principles. Trained professionals are empowered to directly impact the practices within companies to transform the dynamics between businesses and communities, non-governmental organizations, civil society, and governmental bodies.
In 2022, CSE Brazil launched the Earthworm Foundation Academy to bolster access to training content. The Academy uses a user-friendly platform dedicated to professional development in social management. The platform currently hosts four training modules, and the ease of accessibility plays a pivotal role in training managers. These courses result in a network of professional leaders qualified in social management and capable of changing the relationship paradigm between companies and communities, non-governmental organisations, civil society, and public authorities.
