ATELIER DE FORMATION DES CADRES DES ADMINISTRATIONS DES ÉTATS MEMBRES DE L’UEMOA SUR L’OPTIMISATION DE LA PARTICIPATION DES ÉCONOMIES NATIONALES À LA CHAINE DE VALEUR DANS LE SECTEUR MINIER

The document details a training workshop for UEMOA member state officials on maximizing the socio-economic benefits of the mining sector. Key themes included the development of effective local content legal frameworks, the impact of increasing mechanization on employment, the transition from enclave to sustainable infrastructure, and the challenges of local mineral processing. The workshop emphasized the need for regional cooperation in training and industrialization, as well as caution regarding bilateral investment treaties that might limit a state's ability to impose local content requirements.

• Local content in the extractive industries can have a greater multiplier effect on sustainable development and poverty reduction than the taxes and royalties collected by the state.
• Effective local content legal frameworks should be based on a predefined national policy and inclusive consultation, utilizing clear, transparent, and objective rules rather than general obligations.
• Increasing mechanization in industrial mining may lead to a reduction of up to 70% in low-skilled jobs, which are typically held by nationals of the host country.
• Export restrictions on raw minerals are insufficient on their own to encourage local processing; such measures require coherent industrialization policies and supporting mechanisms to be effective.
• Bilateral investment protection and promotion treaties can hinder a state's ability to implement result-based prescriptions, such as local content obligations for employment and services.
• Regarding infrastructure financing, a sovereign fund dedicated to infrastructure is considered the simplest and least risky option, while 'minerals-for-infrastructure' deals were unanimously rejected by participants due to high risks.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2017). ATELIER DE FORMATION DES CADRES DES ADMINISTRATIONS DES ÉTATS MEMBRES DE L’UEMOA SUR L’OPTIMISATION DE LA PARTICIPATION DES ÉCONOMIES NATIONALES À LA CHAINE DE VALEUR DANS LE SECTEUR MINIER. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/uemoa-training-workshop-burkina-faso-sep-2017-fr.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. ATELIER DE FORMATION DES CADRES DES ADMINISTRATIONS DES ÉTATS MEMBRES DE L’UEMOA SUR L’OPTIMISATION DE LA PARTICIPATION DES ÉCONOMIES NATIONALES À LA CHAINE DE VALEUR DANS LE SECTEUR MINIER. 2017. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/uemoa-training-workshop-burkina-faso-sep-2017-fr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2017atelier, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{ATELIER DE FORMATION DES CADRES DES ADMINISTRATIONS DES ÉTATS MEMBRES DE L’UEMOA SUR L’OPTIMISATION DE LA PARTICIPATION DES ÉCONOMIES NATIONALES À LA CHAINE DE VALEUR DANS LE SECTEUR MINIER}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2017}, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/uemoa-training-workshop-burkina-faso-sep-2017-fr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }