Implementation plan for the harmonization of mining policies, standards, and legislative and regulatory frameworks in Southern Africa

Abstract

This report comes at an exciting time as UNECA celebrates fifty years of an enduring partnership with the African Union (AU) and the Regional Economic Communities. The report heralds a new approach in the SADC-UNECA work relationship – a multi-year, multi-partner programme approach in line with the Windhoek Declaration on a New SADC-ICP Partnership. The Declaration calls for a thematic programme in which multiple stakeholders, including international cooperating partners and the broader United Nations family, will pool resources to achieve greater complementarities and effectiveness at the national and regional levels. This is the only way that we can build up a full head of steam to revitalize the agenda for regional cooperation and integration.