Sector Programme
Extractives and Development
Background Visual High-Level Forum

BMZ High-Level Forum on Mineral Supply Chains – Responsible Mining for the Just Transition Internal link

The BMZ is organising a High-Level Forum on “Mineral Supply Chains – Responsible Mining for the Just Transition” on Thursday, 1 June 2023 at the BMZ in Berlin. The event addresses the geopolitical, social, environmental and governance dimensions of mineral supply chains and highlights the commitment of German Development Cooperation to responsible mining worldwide.

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02.05.2023 Workshop “Illicit Gold Flows” Internal link

The Sector Programme “Extractives and Development” of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR (External link)) invites the gold industry, civil society, academia and development cooperation to a workshop on the topic of “Illicit Gold Flows” as part of the event series “Responsible Gold”. The workshop takes place on May 9, 2023 from 1-4 pm in German.

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10.03.2023 BGR factsheet: Just transition - the environmental justice aspects of coal mine closure Internal link

Global climate protection is linked to a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies, which means coal mines will eventually be closed. Our new factsheet provides information about typical environmental risks and governance challenges of coal mine closure from a development perspective. It also addresses the question of how to support their minimization.

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03.02.2023 BGR side event at Africa Mining Indaba trade fair: “Energy Transition. Securing local value addition in Africa’s supply chains” Internal link

The Sector Project “Extractives and Development” at the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) together with the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) is organizing a side event at the Africa Mining Indaba trade fair on the topic of local value creation within the global energy transition. The event will take place on February 7, 2023 from 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. in the conference room of the Southern Sun Hotel in Cape Town.

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08.12.2022 Virtual event on “Sustainability Due Diligence in Mineral Supply Chains” Internal link

On November 24, GIZ sector programme Extractives for Development (X4D) together with the China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters (CCCMC) and the Sino-German Center for Sustainable Development (CSD), organised a webinar on development cooperation perspectives regarding sustainability due diligence in mineral supply chains.

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29.11.2022 What does the future hold? China's role in supplying key minerals for the global energy transition Internal link

The study “China's role in supplying critical minerals for the global energy transition: what could the future hold?” by the Brookings Institute and Results for Development was presented and discussed at an event hosted by the GIZ Sector Programme Extractives and Development on November 2, 2022.

Events in the Extractives Sector

  1. Completed event
    25.-28.04.2023, in person and online
    OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains

    The 2023 edition of the OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains will take place at the OECD Headquarters in Paris between April 25 and 28. The Forum will reflect longstanding and emerging priorities in fostering responsible mineral supply chains. For further information, please click here (External link).

  2. Completed event
    31.05.2023 9:00-17:00 (CEST), in person by invitation and online
    Side Event to the BMZ High-Level Forum “Implementing Responsible Mining for the Just Transition”

    In the run-up to the High-Level Forum the Sector Programme Extractives and Development (BGR and GIZ) is organizing a Side Event on “Implementing Responsible Mining for the Just Transition” on Wednesday, 31 May 2023 at GIZ’s Berlin Representation and online.

  3. Completed event
    01.06.2023 9:30-18:00 (CEST), in person by invitation and livestream
    BMZ High-Level Forum on “Mineral Supply Chains - Responsible Mining for the Just Transition”

    The BMZ is organising a High-Level Forum on “Mineral Supply Chains – Responsible Mining for the Just Transition” on Thursday, 1 June 2023 at BMZ in Berlin. The Forum will bring together policymakers, academics, the private sector and civil society stakeholders from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities for development cooperation in shaping sustainable and responsible mineral supply chains.

  4. Completed event
    13.-14.06.2023, in person
    EITI Global Conference

    The EITI is convening its annual global conference in Dakar, Senegal, between June 13 and 14. The 56th EITI Board Meeting and other meetings by invitation will take place one day before on June 12. On June 15, there will be peer learning sessions that will bring together EITI practitioners to share experiences. For further information, please click here (External link).

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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.


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Newest Publications

Factsheet - Just Transition -EN

BGR factsheet: Just Transition - the environmental justice aspects of coal mine closure

File type PDF | Date of status 03/2023 | File size 403 KB, Pages 4 Pages | Accessibility Accessible
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BGR report: Building responsible construction material sectors. Insights from a global review

File type PDF | Date of status 11/2022 | File size 2 MB, Pages 32 Pages | Accessibility Accessible
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The implementation of due diligence in 3TG supply chains - The cases of Burkina Faso, Mozambique and Nigeria

File type PDF | Date of status 06/2022 | File size 9 MB, Pages 117 Pages

Sustainable Lithium-Ion Batteries for E-Mobility

File type PDF | Date of status 03/2022 | File size 5 MB, Pages 9 Pages
Bohrkleinstudie

BGR Study on environmental and socio-economic issues arising from the improper disposal of drill cuttings

File type PDF | Date of status 12/2021 | File size 3 MB, Pages 62 Pages | Accessibility Accessible

Topics

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ASM Arbeiter in eine Kobaltmine in der DRC
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