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Title: Intergovernmental Forum on MiningMineralsMetals and Sustainable Development


1
Intergovernmental Forum on Mining/Minerals/Metals
and Sustainable Development
  • André Bourassa, Forum Secretariat
  • Minerals and Metals Sector
  • Natural Resources Canada

2
Why this Forum?
  • Development needed for poverty alleviation
  • Priority for developing countries
  • Development needs to be sustainable
  • Must be competitive
  • Comparative advantage mineral endowment
  • Need to maximize benefits
  • Lessons learned on mining
  • Mining can be sustainable
  • Canada, Australia, Chile, etc..
  • If it is done right, i.e.
  • Good governance

3
Why This Forum?
  • Mining issues debated globally
  • Players on issues are organized globally
  • Industry, NGOs
  • Governments have most at stake
  • They own and manage the resources
  • Responsibility to generate benefits to people
  • Governments lack a global organization to
  • Promote their views and interests globally
  • Influence global policy development

4
The Forum
  • A partnership of the World Summit
  • Started through the Global Dialogue
  • Promoted by South Africa and Canada
  • A partnership of national governments
  • Voluntary, not a Treaty
  • Status of decisions
  • Came into effect, February 2005
  • Inaugural meeting in November 2005
  • 34 member countries

5
The Forum
  • Objective Promote contribution of MMM to SD
  • Nature voluntary, advisory and consultative
  • Respond to priorities of the mining section of
    JPOI
  • How? By enhancing capacity for governance
  • Sharing of lessons learned
  • Identify opportunities and respond to challenges
  • Providing recommendations on best practice in
    dealing with issues (social and environmental)

6
The Forum
  • Membership National governments
  • Mines Ministries
  • Observers
  • Multilateral or international agencies
  • National delegations
  • Can include stakeholders industry NGOs, etc.
  • Canada provides secretariat for first 5 years.

7
Expected Results of the Forum
  • Enhanced national governance of the sector
  • More effective generation and more equitable
    distribution of short and long term benefits
  • More international support for capacity building
  • More effective and timely government responses to
    sector challenges
  • More positive investment climate
  • More policy influence by Mines Ministries

8
Inaugural Meeting
  • Inaugural meeting November 2005
  • Election of Executive Committee
  • Work program three issues
  • National mining policy framework
  • Equitable distribution of benefits
  • Mine closure and financial surety
  • Recommendations for future work
  • A Market Outlook Committee is created

9
Progress Report
  • Template on national mineral policy framework
  • Template of investors perception of country risks
  • Registration with ECOSOC
  • Creation of Market Outlook Committee briefings
  • Comparison of exploration and extraction
    regulations
  • Follow-up with multilateral agencies programs
    relevant to mining
  • Preparation of 2006 meeting
  • ETC.

10
Challenges
  • Funding
  • Activities for work programme
  • Canada funds the operations of the Secretariat
  • No membership fees
  • Most members are developing countries
  • Key supporters to date
  • UNCTAD, UNDESA, World Bank, UKs DFID, Canada

11
Opportunities
  • Enhance linkages betweeen regional
    intergovernmental groups on mining
  • Limited national human resources
  • More effective and timely information sharing
  • Mining groups, agencies, others
  • Broaden stakeholder participation on national
    delegations

12
For More Information
  • http//www.globaldialogue.info/
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