The IGF convened its 13th AGM at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland from October 17–19, 2017. More than 400 participants registered, including delegates from 65 countries, as well as representatives from international organizations, industry associations and civil society.
IIED’s ASM dialogues program enables a wide range of stakeholders to collaborate to help transform ASM into an engine of local sustainable development.
Chad is eager to learn from the experiences of fellow IGF members and appreciates the opportunity to benefit from the capacity building services offered by the IGF Secretariat, said Youssouf Abssalah, Minister of Mines, Geology and Quarries.
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.
African tax officials stymied by a host of sophisticated tax avoidance tactics were given a nimble new toolkit aimed at tackling a pervasive problem: transfer mispricing. IGF is the official training partner for the toolkit.