About EIS-Ambiental
Training
Training Area in Social Performance, Human Rights, and Environmental Institutionality
At EIS Ambiental, we offer training designed from a multi-stakeholder perspective, aimed at strengthening the capacities of companies, communities, and government agencies in the face of the socio-environmental challenges of projects and territories.
Our programs combine international standards, national regulations, and practical experience in environmental assessment of the human environment, promoting informed participation, conflict prevention, and socio-environmental management based on human rights.
EIS-Ambiental
Training
What Our Advisory Services Include
1. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UN)
What is this training about?
Applied training on the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, aimed at understanding this framework not only as an international standard, but also as a practical tool for decision-making in contexts where businesses, communities, and the state interact.
The training translates the UN framework into specific situations in the life cycle of projects and public policies, especially in contexts of environmental assessment, community relations, and land management.
What skills does it strengthen?
- Clear understanding of the three pillars of the Guiding Principles (duty to protect, responsibility to respect, and access to remedy).
- Identification ofhuman rights impacts and risks associated with public projects and decisions.
- Better criteria for preventing, prioritizing, and managing impacts before they turn into conflict.
- Use of a common language that reduces information asymmetries between actors.
2. Human Rights Due Diligence
What is this training about?
Applied training aimed at understanding human rights due diligence as a continuous and preventive process, designed to identify, assess, prevent, and manage impacts on individuals and communities in the context of projects, operations, and public decisions.
The training approaches due diligence not as a documentary or formal compliance exercise, but as a management tool that directly affects the quality of decisions, territorial relations, and social legitimacy.
What skills does it strengthen?
- Understanding the complete due diligence cycle (identification, assessment, prevention, monitoring, and improvement).
- Ability to anticipate human rights impacts in the early stages of projects and policies.
- Integration of a human rights perspective into human environment management, environmental assessment, and community relations.
- Better criteria for prioritizing risks, defining measures, and monitoring their effectiveness.
- Use of due diligence as a basis for consistency between commitments, decisions, and territorial practices.
3. Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention 169
What is this training about?
Training aimed at understanding the collective rights of indigenous peoples and the content of ILO Convention 169, focusing on its practical application in the context of investment projects, environmental assessment, and public decisions that affect indigenous territories.
The training addresses Convention 169 not only from its regulatory dimension, but also as a framework for relations that defines minimum standards for dialogue, participation, and informed decision-making between indigenous peoples, the State, and companies.
What skills does it strengthen?
- Clear understanding of the collective rights of indigenous peoples recognized in ILO Convention 169.
- Ability to interpret and apply the standard in specific processes of environmental assessment, territorial relations, and public policy.
- Identification of social and cultural risks associated with interventions in indigenous territories.
- Strengthening criteria for intercultural participation and dialogue based on good faith and respect for rights.
- Better tools to anticipate and manage conflicts related to the impact on territories, cultural practices, and ways of life.
4. Responsible Community Relations
What is this training about?
Training aimed at understanding community relations not as a one-off or communicational action, but as a continuous process of interaction between companies, communities, and the State, which directly affects trust, social legitimacy, and the sustainability of territorial projects and decisions.
The training addresses community relations from a human rights perspective, focusing on early dialogue and meaningful participation, considering its link to environmental assessment, human environment management, and the prevention of socio-environmental conflicts.
What skills does it strengthen?
- Understanding community relations as a strategic process, beyond reactive or informational actions.
- Ability to design and implement dialogue strategies consistent with human rights standards.
- Identification of social and relational risks associated with inappropriate relationship practices.
- Better criteria for building trust, managing expectations, and preventing conflicts in the territory.
- Capacity building for more transparent and legitimate interaction between actors.
5. International Social Performance Standards
What is this training about?
Training aimed at understanding the main international social performance standards used in the extractive and infrastructure sectors—ICMM, Copper Mark, and IRMA—and their practical application in the management of projects, operations, and territorial processes.
The training addresses these standards not only as reporting or auditing frameworks, but also as tools for improving social management, strengthening institutional coherence, and guiding decisions that affect communities and territories.
What skills does it strengthen?
- Understanding of the key principles and requirements of the ICMM, Copper Mark, and IRMA standards in social and community matters.
- Ability to interpret commitments and requirements beyond formal compliance.
- Integration of standards in human resource management, community relations, and social risk prevention.
- Better criteria for preparing evaluations, audits, and continuous improvement processes.
- Strengthening consistency between voluntary standards, national regulations, and territorial practices.
6. Identification and Management of Social Risks
What is this training about?
Training aimed at understanding social risks as key factors that influence project viability, operational continuity, and the relationship between actors in the territory.
The training addresses the identification, analysis, and management of social risks from a preventive perspective, integrating them into planning processes, environmental assessment of the human environment, and decision-making, in line with human rights approaches.
What skills does it strengthen?
- Ability to identify social risks in the early stages of projects and territorial decisions.
- Understanding the relationship between social impacts, perception of legitimacy, and conflict.
- Integration of social risks into human environment management and environmental assessment processes.
- Better criteria for prioritizing risks, defining measures, and monitoring their effectiveness.
- Strengthening a preventive and strategic approach, avoiding reactive responses to conflicts.
7. Environmental Institutions
What is this training about?
Training aimed at understanding Chilean environmental institutions as a coordinated system of public bodies, regulations, and procedures that directly affect the evaluation, approval, oversight, and monitoring of projects and activities that have an impact on the territory.
The training addresses environmental institutions beyond their regulatory dimension, analyzing how different state agencies interact, how environmental decisions are made, and what opportunities for advocacy, participation, and oversight are available to companies, communities, and citizens.
Based on EIS Ambiental's experience, emphasis is placed on a strategic reading of the system, integrating the perspectives of the human environment, human rights, participation, and the prevention of socio-environmental conflicts.
What skills does it strengthen?
- Clear understanding of the role and responsibilities of the main environmental institutions, such as the Ministry of the Environment, the Environmental Assessment Service (SEA), the Superintendency of the Environment (SMA), sectoral agencies with environmental responsibilities, and environmental courts.
- Ability to interpret environmental decision-making processes, understanding their stages, criteria, and margins of discretion.
- Better understanding of how environmental measures and commitments associated with projects are developed, approved, and monitored.
- Identification of opportunities for citizen participation, advocacy, and oversight within the environmental system.
- Strengthening criteria for informed socio-environmental management, reducing risks of non-compliance, conflict, and loss of legitimacy.
- Understanding the link between environmental institutions, human rights, participation, and territorial governance.
8. Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA)
What is this training about?
Training aimed at understanding the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA) not only as a technical-administrative procedure, but as a public decision-making process where impacts are assessed, measures are defined, and commitments are established that directly affect people, communities, and territories.
The training addresses the SEIA from the perspective of the human environment, human rights, and participation, analyzing its stages, instruments, and critical decision-making moments.
What skills does it strengthen?
- Understanding SEIA as a socio-environmental process, beyond formal compliance.
- Ability to identify relevant social impacts and their treatment within the environmental assessment.
- Better criteria for reading, analyzing, and participating in environmental assessment processes for projects.
- Integration of the SEIA into human environment management, community relations, and conflict prevention.
- Strengthening understanding of how environmental and social commitments are built within the framework of the system.
9. Early Citizen Participation (PCT) and Citizen Participation (PAC)
What is this training about?
Training aimed at understanding Early Citizen Participation (ECP) and Citizen Participation (CP) as central components of democratic environmental governance, where participation is not limited to formal instances, but is understood as a continuous process of dialogue, information, and deliberation.
The training addresses ECP and CP as key tools for improving the quality of public decisions, reducing information asymmetries, and strengthening the legitimacy of projects, in line with the principles of the Escazú Agreement on access to information, public participation, and environmental justice.
What skills does it strengthen?
- Understanding the meaning and scope of early citizen participation and formal citizen environmental participation.
- Ability to distinguish roles, moments, and opportunities for advocacy in project processes and environmental decisions.
- Strengthening skills to analyze information, formulate observations, and participate in an informed manner.
- Integration of participation as a substantive right, not just as a procedural requirement.
- Understanding the link between early participation, quality of decisions, and prevention of socio-environmental conflicts.
10. Indigenous Consultation
What is this training about?
Training aimed at understanding Indigenous Consultation as a process derived from the collective rights of indigenous peoples, and not just as a procedural requirement associated with projects or administrative decisions.
The training addresses indigenous consultation as a space for intercultural dialogue, where views, interests, and concerns are expressed regarding measures that may directly affect indigenous peoples, in the context of investment projects, environmental assessments, and public policies.
What skills does it strengthen?
- Clear understanding of the principles governing indigenous consultation, such as good faith, respect, timeliness, adequate information, and intercultural dialogue.
- Ability to interpret and apply the consultation standard in specific contexts of environmental assessment and administrative decisions.
- Identification of social and cultural risks associated with poorly designed or implemented consultation processes.
- Strengthening criteria for informed decision-making that respects collective rights and territorial dynamics.
- Understanding the link between indigenous consultation, legitimacy of decisions, and conflict prevention.
11. Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC)
What is this training about?
Training aimed at understanding Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) as an active collective right linked to the self-determination of indigenous peoples, which is not exhausted with its initial obtaining, but is expressed and updated over time depending on how decisions, projects, or measures affecting their territories, resources, and ways of life are implemented.
The training addresses FPIC from a legal, territorial, and practical perspective, clearly differentiating it from citizen participation and indigenous consultation. Based on EIS Ambiental's experience, emphasis is placed on highlighting indicators and mechanisms that make it possible to assess whether consent is maintained in conditions of freedom, adequate information, and good faith throughout the life cycle of projects, policies, or territorial interventions.
This training is especially relevant in contexts of projects or decisions with a potentially significant impact on indigenous peoples, and can be coordinated with environmental assessment processes, indigenous consultation, and human rights due diligence.
What skills does it strengthen?
- Understanding CLPI as a dynamic and ongoing right, rather than a single milestone or merely procedural.
- Ability to clearly distinguish between participation, indigenous consultation, and consent, avoiding conceptual and operational confusion.
- Identification of critical moments when the CLPI must be revisited, updated, or reinforced in light of changes in projects or decisions.
- Understanding indicators and mechanisms that enable monitoring of compliance with CLPI over time (information, decision-making conditions, implementation of agreements, impact management).
- Strengthening criteria for legitimate and sustainable decision-making, consistent with collective rights and conflict prevention.
12. Environmental Oversight and the Role of the Superintendency of the Environment (SMA)
What is this training about?
Training aimed at understanding environmental enforcement as a central component of the environmental management system and public governance, and the role played by the Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) in monitoring and controlling the environmental commitments made by project owners.
The training addresses environmental oversight not only as a sanctioning process, but also as a key mechanism for ensuring compliance, protecting territories, and maintaining the credibility of the environmental system.
What skills does it strengthen?
- Understanding the role, powers, and scope of the SMA within the environmental institutional framework.
- Ability to read and understand environmental commitments, measures, conditions, and requirements associated with projects.
- Strengthening criteria for identifying non-compliance and risks of non-compliance.
- Understanding of the mechanisms available for monitoring and oversight, including the role of citizens.
- Integration of environmental oversight as part of preventive and responsible impact management.
13. Dialogue and Negotiation with Project Owners
What is this training about?
Training aimed at understanding dialogue and negotiation as key processes in socio-environmental management, especially in contexts where there are information asymmetries, diverse interests, and potential conflicts associated with investment projects and public decisions.
The training approaches these spaces not as informal or exclusively transactional instances, but as structured interaction processes that require clear criteria, preparation, and reference frameworks to contribute to more legitimate and sustainable agreements in the territory.
What skills does it strengthen?
- Understanding the different types of dialogue and negotiation in socio-environmental contexts.
- Ability to prepare and participate in dialogue spaces with technical and rights-based criteria.
- Identification of information and power asymmetries, and strategies to address them in a more balanced manner.
- Strengthening skills for building agreements, managing expectations, and preventing conflict escalation.
- Integration of dialogue and negotiation as part of more transparent and legitimate territorial management.
14. Cultural Awareness and Harmonious Coexistence
What is this training about?
Training aimed at developing cultural awareness and territorial understanding in specific contexts of intervention or projects, with the aim of strengthening harmonious coexistence between project teams, communities, and other actors in the territory.
The training is designed specifically for each area of influence, considering the cultural, social, historical, and productive particularities of the territory, and focuses on providing practical keys to interpreting local dynamics, relationships between actors, and meanings associated with the territory that directly affect socio-environmental management and daily relationships.
This training is especially relevant as an introduction for field projects and teams, as well as for technical and professional teams that interact directly with local communities and actors.
What skills does it strengthen?
- Situated understanding of local and indigenous communities, their values, forms of organization, and sociocultural dynamics.
- Identification of key actors in the territory, both formal and informal, and understanding of their roles and interactions.
- Contextual reading of the characteristics of the territory, including local history, productive activities, land use, and relevant tensions.
- Developing cultural sensitivity for respectful, informed, and relevant interaction in the day-to-day running of the project.
- Strengthening practical criteria to prevent friction, misunderstandings, and conflicts, promoting more respectful and sustainable relationships.