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Development Minerals Digest
A bimonthly digest for Development Minerals alumni
- In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): past events
| Jem & Jewellery Fair in Kenya – On July 7-8, 2017, Kenya hosted its first Kenya Gem and Jewellery Trade Faire, organized by the Ministry of Mining in conjunction with the Association of Women in the Extractives Industry in Kenya │ More information on the Trade Faire website. |
| Youth & Mining - The African Youth in Mining Summit and Expo took place in July 5&6 in Accra, Ghana │ More information about the event here. |
- Recommended readings & publications
| IGF Annual report - The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development released its very first annual report │ Download the full document here. |
| ECDPM’s Great Insights: Mining for Development - Volume 6, Issue 3 of ECDPM’s Great Insights │ Now available here. |
| Africa Development Forum - Mining in Africa, Are Local Communities Better Off? A publication of the World Bank jointly with the French Development Agency, February 2017 │ Available here. |
| Development Minerals & Reconstruction in Nigeria - Interesting reading about an innovative reconstruction project in Northern Nigeria: article ‘Boko Haram left it in Ruins. Now, this Nigerian town is making a comeback’, The Time, June 2017 │ Available here. |
| Local procurement in mining - ‘The Mining Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism’ of Mining Shared Value is out and available │ Find more here. |
| A Guide to Gender impact assessment for the Extractive Industries - Oxfam Australia release a guide on gender impact assessment in mining │ The document proposes actions and tools to better empower women in the extractive global policy framework │The full document is here. |
| Word Bank Sourcebook - Oil, Gas and Mining, A Sourcebook for Understanding the Extractive Industries, World Bank Group, June 2017 │ Here. |
| “Mapping the Oil and Gas Industry to the SDGs: An Atlas” - A UNDP, IFC and IPIECA joint atlas on how the oil and gas industry can most effectively support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda│Download report here. |
| GMGC Mining Forums - Further details will be available soon regarding the forum series ‘The Future Mining Forums’ initiated by the Global Mining Standards & Guidelines Group (GMGC). The Forums will take place from August to December in Australia, Chile, South Africa, Canada │ More information here. |
| International Conference on Sustainable Development ICSD 2017 - ICSD 2017 will take place on September 18 & 19, 2017, on the Columbia University Campus in New York │ The theme for this year is The World in 2050: Looking Ahead for Sustainable Development │ Registration is currently open. |
| Intergovernmental Forum 2017 (IGF2017) – The twelfth annual IGF will take place in December in Geneva│ All information available here │ The ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme will take part in IGF2017 and will give you the opportunity to come along to represent the Programme and present your Return to Work Plan │ More information in the upcoming second issue of the Development Minerals Digest! |
| International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) - The 2017 conference will take place in Melbourne, from 30th October to 2nd November 2017│This 4-day event will center on the theme of ‘Creating Value Through Collaboration’, covering all aspects of mining: life cycle, new technology, future energy and on mining infrastructure from pit to port. |
| Equals IN TECH Awards 2017 - Nominations open for ITU/UN Women “Equals in Tech” Awards 2017. More information on the Nomination Form. |
| Call for papers - You have until December 2017 to submit a paper on ‘Recent Developments in the Extractive Industries in the Asia-Pacific’ and get a chance to feature in The Extractive Industries and Society Journal │More information here. |
- What’s new on Capacity4Dev
| Capacity4Dev Discussion - You decided that the topic for the first Development Minerals discussion is “Small-scale mining: Environment, Health and Safety issue’” │ The discussion will soon be launched here! |
| Capacity4Dev: New Forum section! Ask your questions and initiate debates with your fellow alumni via the platform’s new Forum section. |
- A week in pictures: photos, videos & medias
The ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme was mentioned in:
The ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme released:
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A new video on Women entrepreneurs in the Development Minerals sector:
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Photos and Press release of the high-level panel on ‘Small businesses giant players in pursuit of SDGs’ which took place on the occasion of the European Development Days 2017,
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A photo album of the last workshop of the Regional trainings series on Environment, Community, Health and Safety. The event took place last April in Maputo, Mozambique. The photo album is available on Capacity4Dev and on our Facebook page.
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Harivola Angéline Hardy Nomenjanahary is a Malagasy alumnus who participated in the Central Africa Regional Training Workshop. Harivola is Chief Environment Standards inspection and Artisanal and Small Scale Miners at the Mining and Oil Directorate of Antananarivo. Along with another four participants, Harivola’s Return to Work Plan involved mobilizing ASM into clusters; and providing technical support for them and for local public institutions. At present, Harivola has mobilized and provided support to more than 40 small operators!
In three key-words, Harivola described her participation in the ACP-UE Development Minerals activities as: rewarding, innovating and necessary to have the appropriate tools to raise the profile of Development Minerals.
Find out more about Harivola and her team’s Return to Work Plan and Updates here (French version only).
