STRADE: Strategic Dialogue on Sustainable Raw Materials for Europe

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1 STRADE: Strategic Dialogue on Sustainable Raw Materials for Europe Overview of STRADE tasks, goals and partners Project duration: December 2015 November 2018 Dr. Doris Schüler, STRADE Workshop June 2017, Brussels

2 Our scope Dialogue-based policy recommendations for an extended Raw Material Strategy 2

3 Project team and their expertise for STRADE Project coordination Environmental assessment of products and processes Life cycle perspective from mining, downstream industry to recycling Consultancy for mining companies, financial institutions and governments Data, reports and analysis of global exploration & mining production, mine costs Experience in development cooperation and artisinal mining support Implementation of responsible mining schemes 3

4 Project team and their expertise for STRADE Expertise in Mineral Law and Policy (Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy) Consultancy experience in the mining and metal sector in Africa Technical and economic expertise Dialogue between industry and communities Economic contribution from mining African mineral policy 4

5 Advisory board Gudrun Franken Jan Kosmol Bonnie Campbell Ousmane Cisse Anthony Hodge Ousmane Kane Yusheng Li Dennis Morrison Tom Niemi Antonio Pedro Frank Zhong Eduardo Chaparro Federal Institute for Geosciences & Natural Resources, Germany Federal Environmental Agency (UBA), Germany Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada Mining Ministry Senegal, Senegal prev. ICMM, Professor. at Queen s University Kingston, Canda prev. SNIM, African Development Bank, IMIC, Mauretania China Non-ferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA), China Jamaica Bauxite Institute, Jamaica prev. member EIP High level steering committee, Finland UNECA, Rwanda World Steel Association, China Asociación Nacional de Empresarios de Colombia 5

6 Current status of STRADE Research phase Dialogue phase Finalization phase Background research Interviews & Networking Workshops Interviews & Networking Elaborating draft policy recommendations Interviews & Networking Elaborating final policy recommendations Final STRADE reports Dissemination Project start (Dec. 2015) Workshop (June 2017) Final STRADE conference (October 2018)

7 STRADE publications up to now 15 Policy Briefs* and 2 Reports* 4 Newsletters STRADE website stradeproject.eu * 3 PB and 2 reports waiting for final EC approval 7

8 STRADE status on the issue Cooperation strategy (I) Main topics: More economic contribution from mining for developing and emerging countries SLO and responsible mining practices as basis for supply security Practical implementation of EU principles (e.g. of RMI and Trade for All strategy) EU engagement for solution-oriented resource governance dialogues 8

9 STRADE status on the issue Cooperation strategy (II) 3 policy briefs and 1 report on EU and non-eu engagement with resource-rich countries and Africa s perspective Today s workshop on the need of new platforms for dialogue between resource producers and consumers (A1) Tomorrow s workshop on EU mineral resource cooperation with developing countries (B1) Upcoming workshop in China Upcoming workshop in South-Africa Upcoming workshop in Latin-America Further background analysis 9

10 STRADE status on the issue Strengthening the EU Raw-Materials Sector Main topics: EU support for EU mining industry and mining technology suppliers acting globally and within the EU How to support CSR of EU companies How to attract investment in European mining 5 policy briefs and 1 report submitted Today in Brussels: workshop on SLO in Europe (A2) Small workshop in London in 2016 on European Mining Competitiveness In 2017: Further background analysis 10

11 STRADE status on the issue Sustainable raw materials Sustainability with the three pillars is a cross-cutting area Responsible mining and sourcing and related EU engagement will be an integral part in all upcoming workshops and recommendations Tomorrow s workshop on EU knowledge platform on responsible mineral supply chains and related socio-economic and environmental issues (B2) 7 policy briefs on socio-economic and environmental challenges, due diligence initiatives, certification schemes, voluntary initiatives and EU responsibility and draft concepts on an EU knowledge platform 11

12 Contact Join the final conference in October 2018! STRADE website: Quarterly newsletter: register at 12