Mining for Development: Sharing Australia’s Expertise Ian Satchwell, Director, IM4DC John Dell, Dean, School of Engineering, UWA
History SHIFT TOWARDS AID FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT • 2010 - Aid Effectiveness Review • 2011 - Mining for Development launched International Mining for Development Centre (IM4DC) ● • 2012 - AusAID Private Sector Development Strategy and Australian Business Engagement Agenda 2
– International Mining for Development Centre Mining for Development Initiative IM4DC A KEY ELEMENT MINING FOR DEVELOPMENT Extractive Government to Community Advanced Country/region Industries IM4DC government and social degree programs Transparency partnerships development scholarships Initiative (EITI) 3
IM4DC Build skills and capability within government, universities, research institutions and civil society organisations to bring about: OBJECTIVES Improved policies, practices Improved knowledge of An ability to continue to and legislation resources base build local capacity in mining governance How? Short courses, workshops, conferences, study tours, research, fellowships, institutional partnerships 4
International Mining for Development Centre IM4DC BUILDING CAPACITY 5
International Mining for Development Centre Building on Australia ’ s Mining Reputation WHY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WANT TO LEARN FROM AUSTRALIA • Well-respected, leading mining nation and partner • World leader in mining and processing technologies, and in mining services • Major offshore investor in Africa, Asia, Latin America • Leader in mining governance and administration • Cultural competence; ability to work in diverse cultures and frontier environments 6
Leveraging Australia ’ s Mining Expertise IM4DC COURSES AND ACTIVITIES ● Geodata ● Minerals and energy policy ● Resource governance ● Licensing and agreements ● Indigenous agreement-making ● Community engagement Local content ● Regional development ● Infrastructure planning and delivery ● Activities cover the Revenue design ● mining life cycle and Mine waste management ● all elements of mining Mine closure and post mining land use ● for development Environmental and water management ● Occupational health and safety ● 7
IM4DC Achievements SUCCESSFUL CAPACITY-BUILDING
International Mining for Development Centre Where IM4DC is working United Kingdom Canada Mongolia USA Afghanistan Myanmar West Africa Laos Liberia The Philippines Colombia Ghana Pacific East Africa Indonesia Ecuador Bolivia Zambia Peru Mozambique South Africa Chile Uruguay Australia Southern Africa Multi year engagement with governments and institutions African countries serviced by IM4DC include: Congo, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Participation in courses, research Ethiopia, Guinea, Cote d ’ Ivoire, Gabon, Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Cameroon, Tanzania, Possible future priority engagement Sierra Leone, Senegal, Namibia, Madagascar Locations of peer partner institutions 9
International Mining for Development Centre Achievements DELIVERING INTERNATIONAL BENEFIT • Ghana: Waste management included in safety audits • Liberia: > $21 million saved after re-auditing three companies • Indonesia: Train-the-trainers - 1,000 mine inspectors being trained 10
International Mining for Development Centre Achievements BUILDING INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY “ We have applied my newly acquired exploration methods knowledge in geophysics in the establishment of geophysical databases. ” Tesfaye Kassa Mekonnen Ministry of Mines, Ethiopia 11
International Mining for Development Centre Achievements BUILDING INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY “ I was able to advise the establishment in our mineral processing zone to safeguard properly the disposal of mine waste. ” Nonito Dela Torre Philippines 12
International Mining for Development Centre Achievements BUILDING INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY “ This course has added to, and improved, my OHS knowledge to such a level that I will be able to share it and contribute to my country ’ s OHS development. ” Beza Mwanza University of Zambia 13
International Mining for Development Centre Achievements BUILDING INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY “ As an IM4DC fellow, I will be in a position to strongly influence geoscience capacity building and the development of the next generation of Malian geoscientists. ” Dr Ousmane Wane Mali 14
Mining for Development Conference 2013 MAXIMISING BENEFITS FOR COMMUNITIES • 600 delegates • 69 countries • Ministers from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Myanmar, Mozambique, Madagascar, Philippines, Guatemala, Germany and Australia • Academics from UCLA, Oxford, Columbia, Australian and developing country universities • Representatives from World Bank and OECD • Positive engagement of many NGOs • Industry representatives 15
International Mining for Development Centre Global Media Coverage INTERNATIONAL PROFILE FOR AUSTRALIA’S MINING FOR DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE 16
International Mining for Development Centre Global Media Coverage INTERNATIONAL PROFILE FOR AUSTRALIA’S MINING FOR DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE 17
International Mining for Development Centre Global Media Coverage INTERNATIONAL PROFILE FOR AUSTRALIA’S MINING FOR DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE 18
International Mining for Development Centre Global Media Coverage INTERNATIONAL PROFILE FOR AUSTRALIA’S MINING FOR DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE 19
Global Media Coverage PROFILE ACROSS SIX CONTINENTS 20
Conclusion BENEFITS FOR AUSTRALIA AND THE WORLD • Reinforce Australia ’ s reputation as a leader in resources sector governance, industry practice and mining education • Build capacity of countries to host exploration and mining, and to derive sustainable benefits • Help countries to build economic activity, lift people out of poverty, reduce reliance on aid 21
Contact International Mining for The Energy and The Sustainable Development Centre Minerals Institute Minerals Institute The University of Western The University of Queensland The University of Western Australia St Lucia Australia M475, 35 Stirling Highway Brisbane QLD WA Trustees Building Crawley WA Australia 4072 Level 2, 133 St Georges Terrace Australia 6009 Tel: +61 7 3346 4003 Perth WA Tel: +61 8 6488 4608 Email: reception@smi.uq.edu.au Australia 6000 Email: emi@uwa.edu.au Tel: +61 8 9263 9811 www.emi.uwa.edu.au www.smi.uq.edu.au Email: admin@im4dc.org www.im4dc.org
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