Sector Programme
Extractives and Development
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01.04.2025 Gender Equality in Multi-Stakeholder-Partnerships (MSPs) Internal link

In collaboration with the “Partnerships 2030” platform, the GIZ Sector Programme Extractives and Development has published a guidance note on gender equality in multi-stakeholder partnerships. The publication contains practical examples from the raw materials sector.

Stand des Forums Verantwortungsvolles Gold auf der Inhorgenta 2025

21.03.2025 Once again, the Forum for Responsible Gold was represented with a booth at this year’s Inhorgenta, Germany's largest jewellery fair Internal link

Once again, the Forum for Responsible Gold was represented with a booth at this year’s Inhorgenta, Germany's largest jewellery fair.

Through its presence at the jewellery fair, the Forum was able to help raise awareness among gold traders and jewellers about risks in the gold supply chain and present solutions for responsible gold. The Forum is coordinated by the Sector Programme Extractives and Development at the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, BGR) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, BMZ).

EVs Event (3)

21.03.2025 The Future of Electric Vehicles in Climate Change Mitigation: A Sustainable Solution or a Hidden Risk? Internal link

The Sector Programme “Extractives and Development” hosted a pivotal event at GIZ Bonn, exploring the role of electric vehicles (EVs) in climate change mitigation, while scrutinizing the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks related to mineral extraction for battery production.

03.02.2025 New Publication ‘Synergies between Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and Mineral Sector Governance’ Internal link

Voluntary sustainability standards are playing an increasingly important role in the extractive sector. The exchange with our partner countries shows that co-operation between standards and local authorities can be beneficial for resource governance on the ground.

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08.10.2024 Announcement of the new study ‘Synergies between Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and Mineral Sector Governance’: Publication of the Executive Summary Internal link

Voluntary sustainability standards are playing an increasingly important role in the extractive sector. The exchange with our partner countries shows that co-operation between standards and local authorities can be beneficial for resource governance on the ground.

Events in the Extractives Sector

  1. Completed event
    05.05.-07.05.2025, in person, Paris
    OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains

    The OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains will take place in Paris at the beginning of May. The sector prgoramme will organise a partner session on gender equality in cooperation with WRM. More information on the forum can be found here (External link).

Kupfer-Zink-Mine Antamina in Peru
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ASM-Arbeiter in Sierra Leone
Cerro Lindo Mine in Peru
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Responsible Mineral Supply Chains for the Just Transition

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Who are we?

On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Sector Programme “Extractives and Development” is jointly implemented by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

The Sector Programme “Extractives and Development” supports the BMZ in shaping the national and international development policy agenda in the extractive sector through its own impulses and innovations, and advises the BMZ continuously and comprehensively on economic and policy issues related to extractives.


70 % of the worldwide produced cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Which countries rank 2nd and 3rd in global cobalt mining?

Newest Publications

Responsible mineral supply chains

Responsible Mineral Supply Chains for a Globally Just and Social-Ecological Transformation of the Economy

File type PDF | Date of status 05/2024 | File size 1 MB, Pages 13 Pages
Deckblatt Unterrichtsmaterialien

Goldbergbau und Nachhaltigkeit. Ein Unterrichtsmaterial für die Ausbildung im Bereich Schmuckhandwerk und -verkauf, Elektro/IT, Banken und Bergbautechnologie

File type PDF | Date of status 05/2024 | File size 15 MB, Pages 68 Pages | Accessibility Accessible
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A Guide to Gender and Mining - Issues, Actors and Initiatives

File type PDF | Date of status 06/2024 | File size 3 MB, Pages 88 Pages | Accessibility Accessible
Deckblatt

Exploring the Remedy Gap in the Large-Scale Mining Sector - The Role of Grievance Mechanisms to promote Human Rights in Mineral Supply Chains

File type PDF | Date of status 01/2025 | File size 3 MB, Pages 64 Pages | Accessibility Accessible
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Executive Summary “Exploring the Remedy Gap in the Large-Scale Mining Sector - The Role of Grievance Mechanisms to promote Human Rights in Mineral Supply Chains”

File type PDF | Date of status 05/2024 | File size 975 KB, Pages 6 Pages | Accessibility Accessible
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Gender Equality in Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (MSPs)

File type PDF | Date of status 04/2025 | File size 1 MB

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Verhandlungen im Ministerium in Nairobi, Kenia
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ASM Arbeiter in eine Kobaltmine in der DRC
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Newsletter Internal link

The newsletter is an offer of the GIZ team of the sector programme and provides you with information on dates, publications and various topics in the extractive sector.