The FPIC-360° tool is a rights-based approach to multi-party engagement.
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What is the FPIC-360° Tool?
The FPIC-360° Tool by Equitable Origin is a digital Tool and training program that supports more-equitable, transparent, and verifiable Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) processes. It is a process for collaboratively monitoring and verifying that energy and resource development decisions meet international best practice. The Tool is anchored in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), International Labour Organization (ILO) 169, and international good practice. It is based on the understanding that FPIC can only be implemented and monitored responsibly if Traditional Rightsholders have full participation in, and co-ownership of the process. It means that Indigenous Peoples have the right to give or withhold consent. The FPIC-360° tool seeks to enable assurance and provide greater accountability in energy and resource development decisions, formalized in tools and supported with training.
In 2017 EO and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials collaborated with support from the ISEAL Innovations Fund, which is supported by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO, and Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA) to develop a verifiable process for pursuit of Free, Prior and Informed Consent, integrating global best practice with insight by and from Indigenous Peoples.
Then in 2020, EO partnered with TDi Sustainability to formalize the FPIC-360° Tool. The Tool aims to offer greater assurance and accountability in energy and resource development projects, formalized in training for Companies and other partners.
“The FPIC-360° Tool [is]... for use by all parties in monitoring the compliance of the project with the principles and requirements of FPIC…while facilitating dialogue between indigenous communities and project developers.”
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
FPIC-360° is recognized as good practice by
How the Tool is being used
By a Global Mining Company - Equitable Origin and TDi supported a major mining company in integrating a rights-based approach in their internal management systems by reviewing internal policies and procedures, coordinating workshops to build capacity and alignment, and incorporating FPIC-360° indicators into the company’s engagement platform and deploying the best practices with the impacted communities.
By a Global Development Agency- In 2021, EO wrote globally applicable community consultation and FPIC guidance for USAID, delivering a USAID Guidance on Monitoring Free, Prior, and Informed Consent and a concise guide for its projects globally. EO also developed training on FPIC and USAID’s Indigenous Peoples Policy for USAID’s internal learning academy.
By a Foundation - With COICA, led by Indigenous leaders and coordinated by Equitable Origin, a three-month e-learning course for 22 Indigenous leaders from Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador.