Harmonizing policies for the management of mining resources in West Africa

Abstract

The meeting for the High-Level Dialogue on Harmonized Policies for Natural Resource Management in West Africa, organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, based in Niamey. The meeting will assemble the experts of the ministries in charge of mines and natural resources of the Member states of the ECOWAS, country-level officials of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), mining experts of the ECOWAS and WAEMU Commissions, as well as experts from other structures of the United Nations and international development institutions working in the field of natural resources in West Africa. The examination of a report on the status of the effective consideration of the African Mining (AMV), the ECOWAS Directives and the EITI Standards and Principles in the main policies, laws and regulations for mining in the ECOWAS countries should constitute one of the main lines of the discussion that will further the two-day proceedings in the capital of Teranga.