1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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