Africa's mining regimes: framework report

Abstract

At the fourth meeting, a sub-committee was appointed to draft the report. The sub-committee met to consider various inputs which were available at the time and identified areas which required more material. This draft seeks primarily to distil ideas from various inputs submitted to the ISO since its inception and from work done within the UNECA in the past decade. This report seeks to contribute to the elaboration or an updated strategic policy framework for the development of Africa's minerals as demanded by the Big Table and proposed in summary by the Vision statement. Chapter II sets out the global context in which this review is being conducted as well as the history which still defines, to a significant degree, key features of Africa's mineral policy profile. The ISG hopes that this draft provides a basis for discussions towards an agreed framework report. Its expectation is that the report, when finalized and the Vision will guide a subsequent phase in which the AUC, the AfDB, UNECA and other bodies co-operate to sponsor the development of toolkits, templates, guidelines, briefing notes and other instruments with regard to specific matters of significance and concern in the formulation or revision of mineral regimes in Africa.