SEAMIC is involved in regional initiatives that are aimed at promoting sustainable development of the mineral sector in Africa. SEAMIC's contribution to regional initiatives can particularly be considered in terms of capacity building; promotion of regional-information networks; development of capacity for the management of mineral wealth, promotion of small scale mining projects specially industrial minerals for poverty alleviation in the rural communities and promotion of mineral resource cluster development.

Some of the regional initiatives SEAMIC is actively involved are:

• African Mining Network (AMN)
• Communities and Small-Scale Mining (CASM) Africa
• Africen-European Georesources Observation System- (AEGOS)



• African-European Georesources Observation System (AEGOS)

  As a continuation to the GIS Africa project objectives, SEAMIC in collaboration with African-European Union (EU) institutions and EU financing is now involved in executing the African European Georesources Observation System (AEGOS) Project that was launched in Cape Town, South Africa on February 9, 2009. Read more »»

• African Mining Partnership (AMP)

  The establishment of AMP was proposed by UNECA as a tool to facilitate the implementation of the mining chapter of the NEPAD. The African Mining Ministers during a meeting, which was held in Cape Town, South Africa Town in February 2003, established the Africa Mining Partnership (AMP). The AMP is intended to achieve sustainable development through :

  • Strengthening the contribution of mining to poverty eradication and sustainable natural resource management;
    

  • Enhancing international and regional co-operation to improve access to reliable, affordable, economically viable, socially acceptable and environmentally sound mineral services, as an integral part of poverty reduction programmes; and

  • Enhancing the contribution of the industrial sector, in particular mining, minerals and metals, to the sustainable development of Africa by supporting the development of effective and transparent regulatory and management frameworks and value addition, fair pricing, broad-based participation, social and environmental responsibility, in order to create an attractive and conducive environment for investment.

  Its planned activities include the establishment of formal and informal regional networks, including an African Mining Network, to assist the implementation of the project's objectives. Other activities will be concerned with capacity building and policy networking.

  SEAMIC will be an active player in AMP as potential implementing agency of the AMP projects.