Summary
The second day of the 12th AGM of the IGF discussed activities related to the MPF and learned of the experiences of three countries that have completed assessments of their national mining policies over the past year using the MPF as a guide.
A panel discussion examined the post-assessment training and implementation phase for capacity building and technical support for implementing best practice in the mining sector. In addition, the World Bank’s “Mining Investment and Governance Review” (MInGov) was introduced as a complementary sustainable mining assessment framework. Participants also discussed the Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) and transparency policies and challenges during the morning.
Parallel groups during the afternoon considered issues related to water and ecosystems, water and climate risk management, and challenges and opportunities for employment, local purchasing and the shared value paradigm. On water management in the mining and minerals sector, key messages included the importance of seeing water management in the mining sector not purely as an operational concern, but as an opportunity for resource stewardship and multi-stakeholder collaboration. On employment, local purchasing and the share value paradigm, case studies and research reports were cited as demonstrating the possibility of the mining sector to engage in shared value creation, and involving different stakeholders working collaboratively and strategically to achieve benefits that encompass financial, economic, social, cultural, and environmental dimensions.
Lunchtime presentations addressed gender and power issues related to the artisanal gold mining sector and the European Partnership for Responsible Minerals.
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MPF Assessment Overview and Update
Alec Crawford, IGF Secretariat
Video Presentation
MPF Panel Discussion - The Value of Assessments
Alec Crawford, IGF Secretariat, Glenn Gemerts, Chair of IGF Executive Committee, Suriname, and Roseline Mbaye, Director of the Control of Mining Operations, Senegal
Glenn Gemerts, Chair of IGF Executive Committee, Suriname
Roseline Mbaye, Director of the Control of Mining Operations, Senegal
Participants during the morning session
Sylvain Some, Burkina Faso
Bahaa Gayad, Egypt
Modienne Guisse, Senegal
Théophile Ndougsa Mbarga, Cameroon
Mahad Ahmed, Somalia
MPF Panel Discussion - Implementation lessons and opportunities
Martin Lokanc, World Bank, Matthew Bliss, IGF Secretariat, Alec Crawford, IGF Secretariat, Alexander Medina, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Dominican Republic, and Vincent Kedi, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda
Alexander Medina, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Dominican Republic
Vincent Kedi, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda
Transparency and the Sustainable Development Goals
Suzy Nikièma, IGF Secretariat, Miles Litvinoff, Publish What You Pay UK, Ben Chalmers, Vice President, Mining Association of Canada, Mandakhbat Sereenov, Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry, Mongolia, and Andrea Shaw, Transparency International Australia
Andrea Shaw, Transparency International Australia
Suzy Nikièma, IGF Secretariat, Miles Litvinoff, Publish What You Pay UK
Lunch Presentations
Jan Pieter Barendse, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands, Joanne Lebert, Partnership Africa Canada, and Martin Brauch, IGF Secretariat
Employment, Local Purchasing and the Shared Value Paradigm - Challenges
Perrine Toledano, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Isabelle Ramdoo, AMDC
Diane Macdonald, Guyana
Johannes Danz, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Germany
Albert Mudukwe Mulikuza, Democratic Republic of Congo
Milasoa Cherel-Robson, UNCTAD
Water and Ecosystems: Focus on Watershed-Based Integrated Management
Hilde Passier, Deltares, the Netherlands, Hayley Zipp, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), Jan Pieter Barendse, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands, and Dimple Roy, IISD
Participants during the session on Water and Ecosystems
Hilde Passier, Deltares, the Netherlands
Employment, Local Purchasing and the Shared Value Paradigm - Opportunities
Jeff Geipel, Engineers Without Borders Canada, Lahra Liberti, OECD Development Centre, Delayne Weeks, Angkor Gold Corp
Participant during the session on Water and Ecosystems
Howard Mann, IGF Secretariat
Margot Van Sluytman, the Sawboona Project
Sereenov Mandakhbat, Mongolia
Water and Climate Risk Management: Tools and Approaches
Robert Jan Smeets, Royal HaskoningDHV, and Dimple Roy, IISD
Nick Cotts, Newmont Mining, and Lifeng Li, World Wildlife Fund International
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