PresentationSeptember, 2010

Creating knowledge, producing better social environments

Who we are

Societas is a consulting firm which conducts studies, designs and evaluates projects, develops communications and community relations strategies and provides advice on social issues.

Our multidisciplinary team is composed of highly professional consultants who guarantee solutions tailored to specific social contexts.

Societas

MISSION

To build useful knowledge and foster a bettersocial environment.

VISION

To be a leading social management consultingfirm in Peru, with a reputation for academicquality, technical experience andimpeccable ethical conduct.

Our work

Rural development

Urban planning

State and public policy

Tourism

Environment

Extractive industries

Strategic actions

1. Designing practical, strategic and responsible solutions forour partners to achieve their social objectives.

2. Providing tools for decision-making in the social field.

3. Facilitating dialogue between stakeholders to achievecommon objectives and a better social environment.

We guarantee this strategy by using applied, specific andinterdisciplinary studies, our extensive knowledge ofcross-cultural experience and by providing customized,sustained expert advice.

The social responsibility approach

Negative impact management: externality control.Impact management

Responsibility to the surrounding community, above andbeyond the direct benefits and impacts companiesproduce.

Commitment

Social management incorporated into the activities of thecompany and its contractors.

Integrated management

Social management system

IDENTIFICACIÓN DE

TEMAS Y GRUPOS DE

INTERÉS

ESTABLECIMIENTO DE

LA SITUACIÓN ACTUAL

ESTABLECIMIENTO

DE METAS

ESTABLECIMIENTO DE

MEDIDAS GERENCIALES

VERIFICACIÓN DE

RESULTADOS Y TOMA DE

ACCIONES

PARTICIPACIÓN

Products and services

IDENTIFYING CRITICAL ISSUES AND STAKEHOLDERS

Stakeholder mapping

Social risk analysis

Social due diligence

ESTABLISHING THE CURRENT SITUATION

Social impact assessment

Social impact analysis, emphasizing gender

Analysis of regional and local political contexts

Geographic information systems

Products and services

ESTABLISHING GOALS

Community relations plans

Designing logframes

Strategic planning

ESTABLISHING MANAGEMENT MEASURES

Internal alignment

VERIFYING RESULTS AND TAKING ACTION

Project evaluation

PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNICATION

- Participatory workshops

- Communications and community relations campaigns

SPECIALIST ADVICE

- Canon distribution

- Participatory budget

- Social management systems

Products and services

1. Every project is the responsibility of highly qualified consultants who have extensive experience in their fields.

2. We have a multidisciplinary approach that guarantees multi-faceted products fine-tuned to specific contexts.

3. Our consultants are independent and have no links with economic groups or political parties. They have experience of working in both the public and private sectors and with international cooperation agencies.

Competitive advantages

Our team

Management

Gerardo Castillo – Director

Gerardo is an anthropologist, and has a Master’sDegree in International Development from theUniversity of Bath and another in Geographyfrom the University of Oklahoma. He is alecturer in the Diploma in Extractive Industries:Surveillance and Sustainable Development andin the Social Science Department of Peru’sCatholic University. Gerardo is a seniorconsultant in social development and extractiveindustries with over ten years experience in thesector.

Our team

Management Laura Soria – Project coordinator

Laura has an Anthropology degree from Peru’sCatholic University and is reading for a Master’sdegree in Gender, Sexuality and Public Policy atthe San Marcos First National University. She hashands-on knowledge of managing localdevelopment projects with a gender focus,mainly in urban areas. She has experience withtechnical assistance for citizens’ participation inconsensus-built planning and the participatorybudget; and with creating links between thepublic sector (local government) and the privatesector (civil society, trade associations andcompanies).

Our team

Extractive industries team Gerardo Castillo

Senior social adviser to AMEC, SNC-Lavalin, Social Capital Group and Walsh Perú and with work experience in Canada, the United States, Guyana and Peru. Gerardo has been consultant to firms such as Antamina, MineraYanacocha, Rio Tinto-La Granja, Xtsrata-Las Bambas, Cerro Verde, SaviaPerú and Perú LNG.

Patricia Díaz

Patricia is a specialist in drafting social base-lines and has worked for a variety of mining projects. She was in charge of monitoring the community and environment in the Camisea project, for Oxfam America.

María Amelia Trigoso

Maria Amelia has worked as the Community Coordinator for Concession Projects in the Social and Environmental Affairs Office of the Peruvian Ministry of Transport and Communications.

Our team

Rafael Anselmi

Specialist in teaching methods.

Violeta Barrientos

Specialist in gender and sexual and reproductive rights policies.

Gerardo Castillo

Specialist in social development and the extractive industry.

Norma Correa

Specialist in in social and public policies, international cooperation and research methodologies.

Patricia Díaz

Specialist in monitoring extractive industry projects.

Norma Fuller

Specialist in rural diagnostics, gender relations and the impact of the tourism industry.

Máximo Gallo

Specialist in project managementand stakeholder relations.

María Amelia Trigoso

Specialist in drafting, conducting andevaluating social andenvironmental impact studies.

Laura Soria

Specialist in urban planning and development, local development, citizens’ participation and gender.

Dominique Van der Borght

International consultant, specialist in social development program design, management and evaluation.

Miguel Villaseca

Specialist in corporate social responsibility, process management, pedagogy and urbanism.

Our team

Our experience

DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS

- World Bank

- Caritas

- CIES

- IDRC

- Oxfam America

- USAID

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

- Prime Minister’s Office

- Ministry of Transport and Communications

PRIVATE SECTOR

- Antamina

- Cerro Verde

- Minera Yanacocha

- Peru LNG

- Rio Tinto – Michiquillay

- SAVIA Perú

- Terminales Portuarios Euroandinos

- Xstrata – Las Bambas

Laura Soria

Project coordinator

laurasoria@societasconsultora.com

proyectos@societasconsultora.com

(511) 2437-609

(511) 997600-825

www.societasconsultora.com

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