While conducting a Mining Policy Framework assessment in Ecuador, we were introduced to Catering Las Peñas, a catering company established in the mining camp of Lundin Gold’s Fruta del Norte gold mining project. In a country where large scale mining is beginning to develop, local content policies are beginning to benefit local businesses and communities.
Mining companies seeking to understand their responsibilities to protect biodiversity have a new tool: an online inventory of global offset policies.
IIED’s ASM dialogues program enables a wide range of stakeholders to collaborate to help transform ASM into an engine of local sustainable development.
In conflict zones, artisanal miners are in danger not simply because they operate amid conflict, but also because some armed groups try to use the minerals as a source of financing for the conflict.
For many resource-rich developing countries, mineral resources present an unparalleled economic opportunity to increase government revenue. Tax base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) by multinational corporations and weak tax administration threaten this prospect.
The Extractives Hub is a new tool aimed at helping government officials in resource-rich developing countries access relevant information on the governance of mining and oil and gas industries. It also provides training and support on a wide range of topics such as; modelling a national fiscal policy; legislative review; ASM formalization support; and transfer pricing baseline analysis.
Please accept our best wishes for the new year and our thanks to all those who have contributed to the IGF’s success in 2016. It is a busy period for the IGF Secretariat as the IISD team expands to fulfill the ambitious agenda of IGF members and its primary funder, the Government of Canada.
MInGov is a newly-developed tool that comprehensively analyzes a country’s mining sector and its context, and identifies sector governance strengths and weaknesses. It pinpoints in detail where the sector is not functioning as it should.
We are heading into an exciting period for IGF.
The Canadian government has infused the organization with the funds necessary to expand our impact and reach and has transferred Secretariat functions to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD.) We are grateful for this support which will allow the Secretariat to better serve its members.
IGF has grown into an institution that plays a key role on the world stage.