DfID, extractives and development, focus on africa
1. DFID, Extractives and Development;
focus on Africa
Holger Grundel (Senior Africa Regional Adviser)
Justine Davila (Governance Adviser, Policy Division)
University of Dundee, 16 May 2012
2. Why are extractives of interest to DFID?
• 15 DFID focus countries are resource-rich
• Transformational potential for inclusive growth and graduation
• Building on the platform of work on transparency and
accountability eg. EITI
3. The Department for International Development
• The Department for International Development (DFID) is the part of
the UK government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and
works to get rid of extreme poverty.
• We are working to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),
the international targets agreed by the United Nations (UN) to halve
world poverty by 2015.
• We work with governments of developing countries as well as
charities, businesses and international bodies, including the World
Bank, the UN agencies and the European Commission.
• In 2008/09 we provided £5.5 billion of aid to poorer countries. Our
budget will increase to £7.8 billion by 2010/11.
4. What are DFID programmes supporting internationally?
• Higher global standards of extractives transparency – EITI, EU.
• Supporting the Natural Resource Charter (NRC) from 2012-14 to
benchmark resource-rich countries against good practice in
extractives management.
• Supporting the International Growth Centre (IGC), an independent
source of technical expertise to partner governments, eg. Ghana,
Uganda
5. What are DFID country programmes supporting already?
• Building capacity of energy and mining ministries (eg. Afghanistan, Sierra Leone);
• Addressing overall sector governance (eg. DRC, Nigeria);
• Supporting development of legal/regulatory frameworks (eg. Mozambique,
Afghanistan, Sierra Leone) and civil society/parliamentarians to scrutinise them
(eg. Uganda, Afghanistan);
• Assisting with in-country EITI implementation (eg Nigeria, DRC, Afghanistan)
• Building the skills base of the workforce to generate local jobs (eg. Uganda).
• Looking at the footprint of emerging economy companies (eg, India in Africa);
6. Private sector
Tendering,
operations: Spending and
geodata contracting, revenues
infrastructure saving
licensing etc
supply chains
Considering our future work:
- all along the resource chain – key areas of demand
- high quality, responsive, evidence-based support
9. DFID’s Mining Programme in the DRC - Overview
Assumption: Improving governance of the DRC’s mineral resources and
reducing corruption associated with their exploitation are prerequisites for
peace and sustainable development in the DRC.
PROMINES 2011-16 World Bank, Ministry of Mines
Support to Civil Society in Mining 2011-15 Sweden, The Netherlands
Sector
EITI Ongoing World Bank, Germany, Belgium,
Min of Plan, Min of Mines, Intl.
EITI Sec.
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in In design Government of Katanga, mining
Katanga companies, USAID, NGOs
10. DFID’s Mining Programme in the DRC –
Risks and Early Achievements
• Uneven political commitment to reform
• Volatile operating environment in the DRC
• Unpredictable international community commitment to the DRC
• Reputation
• EITI process remains on track
• Publication of some previously secret contracts
• Web-based map of all mineral concessions in the DRC
• Preparation of first public tendering of three mining concessions
11. Discussion
• Any questions for clarification?
• Does the logic for DFID/donor engagement make sense?
• Are there specific areas where more donor engagement
would be a good (or a bad) thing?
