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A small business working in the area of international development consulting, Communities First provides technical program and advisory services to civil society and government actors on human rights-based development in the context of extractive industries, corporate accountability and natural resource governance. Clients of Communities First and of Lien as an independent consultant include: American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH; the 11th Hour Project, a Program of the Schmidt Family Foundation; Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW); Rights & Resources Initiative (RRI); the Coalition for Human Rights in Development; the One Earth Future Foundation; the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria; the Uganda Consortium on Corporate Accountability (UCCA); Governance Forum Afghanistan (Govern4Afg); and others.