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SLO Competence PhD School

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News and Announcement for Students

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The next meeting which will introduce you to the 2nd phase od 1st PhD PRO-SLO school is the Kick-off session with mentors and students, taking place on Thursday, February 20, from 10:00 to 11:30 CET.

The meeting will be recorded in case you cannot join and all information for the group work for the following 2-month period will be presented. You will also be assigned in breakout rooms for any questions you will have for your mentors.

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PROfessional SLO
Competence PhD School​

Balancing Responsible Extraction of Resources and Related Social Impacts
through the PRO-SLO Education Initiative

PRO-SLO CONTENTS

Lectures

  • SLO (Social Licence to Operate) concept characteristics and its relevance to the implementation of industry projects.
  • Social issues related to the Implementation of sustainability and circular economy
  • The image of the mining sector in the eyes of Its stakeholders
  • Stakeholders (internal and external) Identification
  • Social-environmental conflicts marketing communication, media relations
  • Crisis management
  • Negotiations
  • Megatrends and their impact on mineral policy and consumption, as a threat to SLO agreements
  • SLO interaction with policy and regulatory environments
  • Cooperation with environmental organisations
  • Introduction to social researchmethodology - sources of information

Workshops / Case studies

  • Stakeholders and their objectives identification
  • Shaping stakeholder relations
  • The four potential SLO outcomes - good/bad for stakeholder/organisation
  • Values, attitudes and life goals of modern people
  • Marketing communication - arguments for discussion and useful templates
  • Arguments for negotiations with stakeholders

Hackatons

  • Industry challenges - Interviews with company representatives
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