1. CASM-AFRICA
Chairman’s Report 2006

2. Report items Recognition of CASM-Africa by the AMP Meetings Projects
CASM-Africa Secretariat
Plans for 2007
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3. CASM-Africa Meetings Review meeting in Cape Town, Feb 2006
Launch of website
Projects
Discussed constraints
CASM-Africa workshop planned for Nigeria
SMAG meeting in Orleans
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4. CASM-Africa Projects CASM-Africa projects AMP –linked projects
Identification and prioritisation of project concepts
Proposals drafted for funding (to be submitted to CASM-Global, DGF, DFID)
AMP –linked projects
Development of Financing Strategy appropriate to the needs of ASM (Nigeria);
Development of a Sustainable Mining Strategy that addresses Environment, Health and Safety (Mali);
Marketing Strategy for ASM (Ethiopia)
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5. CASM-Africa Secretariat
Website design completed
Assistance in promoting the Annual CASM Conference (Madagascar) (ACC)
Participated in the planning (attended meetings in Botswana, and further discussions in Washington DC and London)
Participated in coordinating the Technology Fair, & Technology & Capacity Building Parallel Session of the ACC
Mobilising attendance of African participants
Mobilising funding for our activities
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6. CASM-Africa Plans for 2007
CASM-Africa Workshop in 2007 during AMP in Johannesburg
Scoping study to establish interventions to implement
Regional Technology demonstrations
Training collaboration: Mintek, SEAMIC and SANTREN
Establishment of network: nodal points by region, website
Support for the secretariat
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7. THANK YOU
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