Support to the Ministry of Mineral Resources

Service type: Natural resource management

ASI is currently implementing a 2-year DFID funded project supporting the Ministry of Mineral Resources and other stakeholder groups in improving the governance of Sierra Leone’s minerals sector. Key project activities include:

advising the Government of Sierra Leone on developing a new institutional model for the minerals sector;
developing and implementing more effective and efficient procedures for the operation of the Diamond Area Community Development Fund (DACDF) after the fund had been stagnant for a long period;
supporting the Ministry in developing a new strategy for the artisanal mining sub-sector;
establishing new functions within the Ministry including a Human Resource Management Unit and strengthening communications functions;
supporting the Ministry in finalising new legislation, in particular a new Mines and Minerals Act and a Diamond Trading Act, the latter seeking to enforce compliance with the Kimberley Process;
supporting the development of aspects of a new regulatory framework;
providing technical assistance and financial support to the United Mineworkers Union;
establishing a Chamber of Mines; and
managing an essential equipment fund for the Ministry for upgrading important infrastructure.

Artisanal mining in Kono district, Sierra Leone

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