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Capacity Building and Training

The IGF Secretariat provides capacity-building training and workshops to member countries upon request.

We design capacity building and training programs to improve our developing country members’ skills, knowledge, and abilities to implement and maintain good governance in mining that considers the full environmental, social, and economic context.

We work with local and regional experts to ensure programs reflect on-the-ground perspectives and realities.

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More than 80 Mongolian participants from national and subnational governments, industry, and civil society sectors attended a four-day seminar in March 2017 devoted to building capacity
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The mining industry plays an important role in the economy of many member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), such as Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines and
Artisanal and small-scale mining
More than 50 government representatives from 17 African countries attended a workshop in Yaoundé, Cameroon from February 26 to March 1 on how to implement the IGF’s guidance on manag
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The IGF’s 2016 MPF Assessments kicked off in June with an assessment in Senegal. It consisted of a two-person team from IGF sent to evaluate Senegal’s mining laws and policies, and
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On July 12, 2017, the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) organized the national launch of the evaluation report on the Senegalese