REFORM FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINING

SECTOR (Component 2 of Private Sector Competitiveness

Project)

Presentation by Gary McMahon, World Bank for Eurasian Transparency Network, Dushanbe,

Tajikistan November 13, 2012

Outline of Presentation

• Improving Mining Legal Framework• Mining Cadastre• Geological Survey• Stakeholder Outreach• Strategic Environmental and Social

Assessment

Improving Mining Legal Framework• Support for Draft Law on Subsoil, implementing regulations• Support for mining fiscal regime; assessment of the total

fiscal burden• Support on policies and regulations for tendering of known

deposits• Assessment and support on the organizational structure for

the mining , cadastre and geological survey functions• Support on programs and policies to enhance the domestic

impacts of mining operations, including PPP in infrastructure

• Provision and delivery of staff training programs, including on assessment of environmental and social impacts and benefit streams

Mining Cadastre

• Diagnostic for setting up a mineral rights cadastre

• Support for development of cadastral regulations

• Support for the establishment of a modern automated &transparent cadastre system

• Provision of hardware• Training to relevant ministry employees to be

able to administer the new system

Geological Survey (in cooperation with Finnish Geological Survey)

• Support for the development of a platform for the modernization of geological information including hardware and software

• Support for the modernization of the geological information policy framework and regulations and provision of information into a geodata bank

• Support for the development of modern target oriented field survey techniques, including geology and geophysics

• Support for the conversion of existing maps to digital formats at international standards

• Training to relevant ministry employees to be able to use the new systems

Stakeholder Outreach• Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment• Workshops with (potentially) impacted stakeholders

on benefits and risks of industrial mining• Diagnostic of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) on

social and environmental impacts and potential value added activities in the gem sector

• Workshops with (potentially) impacted stakeholders concerning issues surrounding ASM, including good international practice

• Consultations with the mining industry, GoT, and business associations on impediments to increasing domestic value added

Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment

• Analyzes likely impacts of expanded mining sector (assumes reform successful)– Not an EIA or SIA of a specific mine

• Stakeholders identify priority issues• Analyzes ability of existing policies and

institutions to manage E&S priorities (e.g. monitoring pollution, resettlement, increasing local benefits), including reactions of vested interests/powerful stakeholders

• Makes policy and institutional recommendations on management of E&S impacts

Main Objectives of SESA

• Understanding legal and regulatory framework

• Environmental and social baseline assessment• Assess current environmental and social

performance of mining activities• Develop strategies for improved

environmental and social sector performance, including implementation guidance

Thank You!