Senior African civil servants benefit from minerals contracts and negotiations course

Abstract

The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) recently brought together 30 senior government officials from 24 African countries in a course to help hone their skills on minerals contracts and negotiations. The course was aimed at contributing to the development of a critical mass of highly-skilled middle and senior policy and decision makers who will be suitably or better equipped to design and manage mineral contracts for the development of their countries, sub-regions and the continent. The course provided training on mineral contracts and negotiations, doing so primarily on the basis of the African mining vision as the framing standard which African leaders have adopted under the auspices of the African Union to ensure African countries get the best benefits from their mineral resources.