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Dear friends,
The IIED artisanal and small-scale mining team have been hard at work participating in dialogue and gathering stories of miners in Tanzania, Ghana and Madagascar. This month's newsletter will focus on work in Madagascar and Tanzania.
Thank you to all of the participants of the #shareASM Twitter chat in February. Read on for a round-up of that day and other recent activities.
The ASM team
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ASM dialogue programme – Tanzania
IIED’s Fitsum Weldegiorgis has been in Tanzania conducting pre-dialogue stakeholder engagements in collaboration with HakiMadini and MTL Consulting. The team sought comments, perspectives and advice on the design of the dialogue process, agenda, participation, facilitation, and potential post-dialogue leadership from various stakeholders in Mirerani, Geita, Dodoma and Dar es Salaam.
They met with a wide variety of stakeholders: ASM brokers, Women Miners Regional Association, local government officers, the Commission of Minerals, Geological Survey Tanzania, Chamber of Mines, Parliamentary Committee for Energy and Minerals, Mineral Resources Institute, civil society organisations, faith-based organisations, and members of the media.
The dialogue is set for four days in July, starting with two days of mining site visits followed by two days of intensive workshop. Formal invitations will be sent soon.
Look for an update on the outcome of the dialogue in Tanzania in the next newsletter.
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Dialogue and action in equal measure
IIED has been supporting GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit: the German development agency) on its ASM dialogues in Madagascar, to bring together ASM stakeholders to work to improve the sector's governance. Svenja Brachmann from GIZ Madagascar has summarised the project in a recent blog.
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Six steps forward for African mining
Following on from the Investing in Africa Mining Indaba and Alternative Mining Indaba 'counter-summit' in Cape Town, South Africa, Fitsum Weldegiorgis reflects on the common themes emerging from both events. He sets out six ways to keep momentum going to drive a profitable African mining sector that also delivers for its people.
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In pictures: Dialogues and pilot projects for better ASM governance in Madagascar
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The conservation and sustainable use of natural resources programme of GIZ Madagascar started a dialogue process involving the country's government, civil society organisations, miners and local communities in two mining regions.
Andry Rabemanantsoa, a technical advisor for ASM working in southwest Madagascar, gives an overview of the programme with a pictorial tour of the work to date (also available en français).
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Twitter chat: Second artisanal and small-scale mining day
On 1 February 2017, IIED invited stakeholders involved in artisanal and small-scale mining to join a Twitter chat called #shareASM. Colleagues discussed their work in the sector and made connections across the world using their own and IIED's online channels.
The round-up of the Twitter conversation can be found at IIED's Storify.
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For updates from the field on all of IIED's ASM activities, follow the ASM team on Twitter:
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