Infrastructure and Natural Resources Management

Infrastructure and Natural Resources development/management are intrinsically linked when it comes to focussing on Regional Integration issues. Africa's possession of diverse and abundant natural resources, unconfined to national boundaries - can be seen to justify the need to substantially invest in trans-national resource utilisation, both financially and in human resources so as to facilitate Development Corridor infrastructure. ECA acknowledges the existence of efforts made towards this utilisation as in the case of the NEPAD Spatial Development Initiative. Other ECA highlights of this service line include co-operation between governments within trans-national Development Corridors, the re-visiting and harmonisation of national policies in natural resources' exploitation and the co-operation between all tiers of governments, their agencies as well as development partners in the context of infrastructure and natural resources management.

International Study Group (ISG) to Review Africa's Mining Codes — by Mkhululi Ncube — last modified 2008-07-07 16:10

The overall objectives of the ISG are to review the extent to which Africa’s current mining regimes promote sustainable development of the mining sector, including artisanal and small-scale mining as well as the broad national and regional economy, and to propose key elements for future change in the form of templates, toolkits and guidelines to formulate the next generation of Africa’s mining regimes.

SEAMIC - Southern and Eastern African Mineral Centre — by Mkhululi Ncube — last modified 2009-07-06 10:47