HMK’s Strategic Goal 2016 – 2020 is “to enhance the capacity of HMK and communities affected by the extractive sector to engage effectively in national and local decision-making processes on extractive issues and building a broad-based platform for collective action”
The Strategic Objective for Institutional strengthening is to build the coalition as a credible and knowledge-driven entity capable of initiating, catalysing and responding to issues in the extractive sector at the community and national levels. Interventions in this objective focus on the community platforms, the national platform and the secretariat of the coalition.
At the community level, HMK has been establishing community platforms amongst mining communities in target counties. An HMK guide for the establishment of Community Platforms is being piloted in Mui Basin and Kanziku areas of Kitui County which will provide guidance in the rollout of the platforms in the other mining communities. Community Guides have been developed and are being used in enhancing knowledge amongst mining communities through civic education in meetings and through radio. (See Community Guide on Coal Mining and Community Guide on Limestone Mining)
At the National level, HMK convenes National Dialogues on various issues on mining issues. The Dialogues bring together communities in mining areas, duty bearers, CSOs, FBO and other relevant stakeholders in the sector. In 2014, the National Dialogue focussed on responsible
stewardship of the Extractive sector (2014 Conference Report) while the 2015 Dialogue focused on the African mining Vision (2015 Conference Report). Capacity development training and exposure visits on various issues have been conducted for the coalition members and communities.
In 2016, HMK convened a joint engagement with 3 other CSO coalitions (KCSOPOG, KOGWG and KENRA) on the Mining Regulations (Joint Memorandum on Mining Regulations).
The HMK secretariat is currently hosted at the Daikonia Kenya Country Office. The Secretariat provides coordination support for the coalition and is currently facilitating the development of vital documents and organisational structures/systems. (The draft SP and Operational Framework)
Key interventions /focus for 2016 – 2020
- Rolling out and strengthening of Community Platforms in at least 6 counties.
- Establishment of a functional Knowledge Management Platform.
- Capacity development of the Community Platforms in the use of new media to advance their issues.
- Capacity strengthening of the National Platform in knowledge and skills for effective engagement (training, exposure visits, etc)
- Action research to inform the coalitions interventions (Compensation and relocation frameworks, benefit sharing mechanisms, human rights impact assessments, local
content analyses/audits. - Organisational development for sustainability (HMK identity, policies, systems and structures, autonomy from host organisation)
- HMK communication and visibility