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Effective and inclusive ASM management helps governments realize gender equality, economic prosperity, and social development while safeguarding the environment.

ESIAs are a key tool for governments to anticipate and manage how mining operations affect communities and natural landscapes over the full life cycle of a mine.

Effective environmental management regimes focus on key priorities such as water, biodiversity, mine waste, and emergency preparedness and response throughout mine development.

As a driving force for sustainable livelihoods, communities, and environments, women’s meaningful participation in mining is critical to move the sector towards sustainability.

Policy-makers can use local content policies for inclusive, gender-equitable, and sustainable socio-economic development for governments, companies, and communities alike.

Well-planned and executed mine closure and post-mining land use helps governments foster environmental integrity and the well-being of local communities.

New mining technologies are rapidly transforming the mining sector with major implications for workers, communities, companies, and governments.

Addressing gaps in existing national and international tax helps governments maximize revenues from mining to promote sustainable development goals.

The IGF worked with Guinea to establish a benchmark price for bauxite.

The IGF partnered with international organizations to help Mongolia strengthen revenue collection from its mining sector.

The IGF played an instrumental role in establishing national guidelines for mine closure policies in Argentina.

Our expanded e-learning course reached a wider audience, including French- and Spanish-speaking participants in Latin America and West Africa.

Since 2015, the IGF Secretariat has trained more than 250 senior public officials from the UEMOA region in 11 workshops on various themes based on the expressed needs of the participant