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PROMINES

THE FRAMEWORKFOR

RESTRUCTURINGARTISANAL MINING

IN THE DRCYves Bawa

Project Manager, PROMINES Artisanal Mining Study, PactInc., DRC

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Pact Inc. in the Congo

Pact is an international NGO for development,

based in Washington DC Started in DRC in 2003 working on livelihoods,

economic development and child protection

It was clear that the mining sector was a majorforce in conflict and development

Since 2005, focused on improving communitybenefits from mining and reducing its negativeimpacts

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PROMINES

PROMINES is a technical assistance project of

the World Bank, co-funded by DFID, to workwith the DRC government to restructure theCongolese mining sector

Objectives: Increase the volume and value of mineral

production

Strengthen the management capacity of the state

Increase the benefits of mineral exploitation intogrowth and development

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PROMINES Five Components

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PROMINES Artisanal Mining

Study Artisanal mining was given a

special treatment

Pact carried out aconsultation in Ituri, N.Kivu,S.Kivu,Katanga

Workshops, interviews, visits

to mine sites Recommendations were

validated, analyzed, andused to create a framework

Cross-cutting: e.g.SAESSCAM

Site-specific: eg. Traceabilityand Certification in E DRC

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ene s m a ons o ePROMINES Artisanal MiningFramework

BENEFITS

A strong commitment ofthe government toimprove artisanal mining

The biggest fund forDRC artisanal miningever

It is bottom-up

Recommendations arepragmatic and realistic

Will generate and use

hard data

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LIMITATIONS

The sector is vast

Potential to disruptvested interests

Expectations are veryhigh and some will notbe met

Targets must be realisticlevel but this will notsatisfy everyone

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How companies and other

organizations can participate

PROMINES has the DRC

government mandate to bethe coordinationmechanism forinterventions in the DRC

mining sector Projects that have

common elements shouldshare information andapproaches

PROMINES provides aframework for donors in

other (non-mining) sectorsto engage in ASM

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ow can var ous e or s wortogether and complement eachother?

Advocacy groups and

implementing groupsshould agree on what isacceptable and realistic

Even small steps towardsprogress must berecognized and reinforced

All initiatives should carry

out risk analysis toidentify the potentialunintendedconsequences of well-

intentioned efforts

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Summary PROMINES is a multi-

donor, technical assistanceproject to restructure theDRC mining sector

Artisanal mining is just onepart of PROMINES

The design phase isfinished and themechanism forimplementation is being

developed PROMINES has the DRC

government mandate to bethe coordinating body for

all interventions in reformof the mining sector

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Thank you!