Pan-African Parliament Conference Anne Mayher, IANRA • 23 August 2017 Development/refining of finance systems Donor Reporting 5 Year Strategy – First Working Draft Annual Report Complete, ready for design and printing and Audit Reports for 2013 – out this month Monitoring and Evaluation Framework Staffing, Recruitment Procedures Human Resource Polices and Procedure (HR Policy Draft) Project Implementation and Delivery Identification of Areas of Focus for 2014-2015

IANRA 14 countries in Africa, 50 member organisations Research, advocacy, community support work – for more effective and sustainable natural resource management with community participation Advocacy work at local, national, sub-regional and continental levels

Model Mining Law Process Case studies in 5 countries – impact of mining company operations on human and community rights – African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights Legal and Policy Analysis Case Study Synthesis Report 13 Problems, First Principles Underpin Model Mining Law

Working With... SADC Parliamentary Forum, including giving input to their Model Law Process PAP Committee on Justice & Human Rights ACHPR Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human Rights Various Roundtables and Dialogues

Problem/Solutions Desecration of Graves; Investigation found wrong/no remains in graves Solution: Heritage audit included in social/environmental impact assessment and plan Forced Removals: women stopped bulldozers, dirt dumped on them Solution: Free, Prior and Informed Consent Relocation areas: Poor/no services, often far from their families/schools, houses with no foundations Solution: Independent, comprehensive social/environmental impact assessments, overseen by a Multistakeholder committee which includes government, private sector, communities, CSOs

Problems/Solutions Impact on Environment, Health. E.g., Uranium mining and radiation poisoning, acid mine drainage; Crop contamination (oranges, Ghana) Solution: Independent, comprehensive social/environmental impact assessments, overseen by a Multistakeholder committee which includes government, private sector, communities, CSOs Solution: States do a cost benefit analysis to get a sense of costs vs benefits to their governments Very few local jobs/beneficiation Solution: Better social and labour plans that are implemented and monitored by government; AMV Poor compensation Compensation plans, agreed on through FPIC

Thank you for listening. Development/refining of finance systems Donor Reporting 5 Year Strategy – First Working Draft Annual Report Complete, ready for design and printing and Audit Reports for 2013 – out this month Monitoring and Evaluation Framework Staffing, Recruitment Procedures Human Resource Polices and Procedure (HR Policy Draft) Project Implementation and Delivery Identification of Areas of Focus for 2014-2015