Oil and Gas Sector-Wide Impact Assessment (SWIA)
Publisher: Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business
Date: 2014
Topics: Extractive Resources, Governance
Countries: Myanmar
The idea behind the Oil & Gas (O&G) SWIA is to provide an overall picture of potential positive and negative impacts of the O&G sector on society in Myanmar for a wide range of audiences: government, parliamentarians, business, civil society, communities, trade unions and media. To do so, the SWIA looks at existing projects to identify potential key risks, particularly human rights risks, for new projects. The SWIA is not a “name and shame” document but instead anonymised research intended to draw lessons learned to help shape better policy and practice in the O&G sector in Myanmar. The expectation is that the document may help inform forthcoming environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs) for new O&G projects, inform government law and policy relevant to the sector, and provide relevant information for community/civil society interaction with O&G companies.