The CIRAN Project

CrItical RAw materials extraction in enviroNmentally protected areas.

The aim of CIRAN is to reconcile two, sometimes conflicting, societal objectives and needs: protecting environmentally sensitive areas and increasing socio-economic resilience. In an era of uncertainty and demanding outcomes for people and government, CIRAN will deliver a functional solution to resolve such conflicting interests with the help of endorsed ‘social contract’ models that consider the dynamics, links, and complexity of coupled social-ecological systems, enabling streamlined permitting and policymaking processes, to be taken up and continuously adapted/improved by a Community of Practice that will remain active after the project funding period.

1.
Define systemic and integrated permitting procedures
- Benchmarking of best practice in permitting procedures, enabling factors and performance metrics, based on case studies.
- Nexus view of cross-sectoral policy coordination and integration covering economic, environmental and social dimensions, combined with drivers of change
2.
Define a modern policy and novel social contract frameworks
- Assessment of emerging technologies and breakthrough innovations
- Development of a new logical framework for policymaking and permitting, based on co-creation and transparent consultation processes.
3.
Develop a community of practice that remains active after the funding period
- Creation of the CIRAN Forum, with active engagement of professionals from national, regional and local authorities (covering land-use, nature conservation, mineral exploration, etc.), industry and civil society representatives, focused on capacity-building and exchange of best practice.

Long lasting impacts of CIRAN

Define systemic and integrated permitting procedures
- Benchmarking of best practice in permitting procedures, enabling factors and performance metrics, based on case studies.
- Nexus view of cross-sectoral policy coordination and integration covering economic, environmental and social dimensions, combined with drivers of change
Define a modern policy and novel social contract frameworks
- Assessment of emerging technologies and breakthrough innovations
- Development of a new logical framework for policymaking and permitting, based on co-creation and transparent consultation processes.
Develop a community of practice that remains active after the funding period
- Creation of the CIRAN Forum, with active engagement of professionals from national, regional and local authorities (covering land-use, nature conservation, mineral exploration, etc.), industry and civil society representatives, focused on capacity-building and exchange of best practice.