Community Leadership Network partners and collaborators must obtain free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) through community representatives before making decisions, speaking on our behalf and implementing projects/activities that concern our lives and resources. The conditions for consent must be as follows:
Free – undertaken in a climate of mutual trust
Informed and Prior – where relevant information is provided in advance for the purposes of consultation
and
Consent – provided in writing in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding signed by community representative leaders and partners.
FPIC ensures our collective ownership, beyond consultation to include consent, towards protecting our rights, guaranteeing ourparticipation and collective voice in key decision making processes, and safeguarding our way of life.