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Guinea - 2005
Refinery Impact Assessment Helps Build a Skilled Workforce in Guinea
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By using university students and recent graduates to conduct socio-economic surveys necessary for the social and environmental impact assessment of a proposed refinery in Guinea, Alcoa is taking an early step to provide employment and training opportunities for this emerging segment of the country's workforce.
The men and women conducting the surveys collect data and convey information to and from the community. They each receive training on the following subjects:
- Basic English.
- Land tenure and property rights.
- Consultative processes with communities.
- Research methodology on social evaluation for borehole clearances.
"My work with Alcoa has not only helped me have my first real job-which allows me to satisfy my basic needs-it has also helped me acquire new work experience," said Ibrahima Saran Diallo, a 2004 graduate of the University of Conakry with a bachelor's degree in regional development. "Through participating in community meetings, taking notes, writing reports, and participating in training, I'm getting a great work experience."
Regarding the long-term, he adds, "This is having a positive effect on my career in the sense that it is continuing my university training. I had already done a number of participatory research projects related to community development in the course of my end-of-studies thesis. This is the type of research I'm doing with Alcoa, so I hope to have the chance to continue in the same field."
In addition to providing jobs in a country facing a high unemployment rate, the project is helping Alcoa begin to build a pool of skilled candidates for positions at the proposed 1.5 million metric-tons-per-year refinery.
In November 2005, Alcoa World Alumina LLC and Alcan Inc. announced the signing of a basic agreement with the Government of Guinea that sets forth the framework for development of the proposed refinery. Feasibility studies are being undertaken to provide the necessary information needed to make an investment decision.
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