Data Products Policy documents and diagnostic tools Multi-stakeholder dialogue platforms Standard Initiative NRGI Resource Governance Index Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Natural Resource Charter and Benchmarking Africa Mining Vision and African IGF Mining Policy Framework World Bank MinGov OECD Policy Dialogue for Natural-Resource World Economic Forum EITI Standard Mining and Exploration Framework Minerals Governance Framework and Country Assessments Based Development (OECD Policy Responsible Mineral Development Dialogue) Initiative Background RGI assesses the quality of natural The Fraser Institute Survey on Mining & The NRC Benchmarking Framework supplements The African Minerals Governance The IGF devised the Mining Policy MinGov is a tool that comprehensively The OECD Policy Dialogue offers an Launched in 2010, the World The EITI Standard is focused on promoting "greater resource governance in 81 countries that Exploration is an attempt to assess how the NRC by providing a strategic framework for Framework was designed as "a monitoring Framework (MPF) to establish analyzes a country’s mining sector and its intergovernmental platform for peer learning Economic Forum’s Responsible transparency and accountability to all aspects of together produce, among other mineral endowments and public policy achieving the Charter's normative goals. Marketed and accountability tool" for implementing concrete objectives and processes context, and identifies sector governance and knowledge sharing where OECD and non- Mineral Development Initiative natural resource management, including tax commodities, 72 percent of all copper. The factors such as taxation and regulatory as the "170 questions you and your government the Africa Mining Vision. Designed by the for good EI governance. strengths and weaknesses. It pinpoints in OECD producing countries, in consultation (RMDI) offer strategic tools for transparency, commodity trading and licensing. RGI is ranks countries based on country uncertainty affect exploration investment. should be asking about natural resource African Minerals Development Centre, the Governments can partner with IGF detail where the sector is not functioning with extractive industries, civil society facilitating multi-stakeholder It includes ground-breaking disclosure requirements assessments on extractive industries governance," the NRGI Benchmarking Framework African Mineral Governance Framework to evaluate compliance with the as it should. Once a MinGov diagnostic has organisations, and think tanks, can craft conversations surrounding on beneficial ownership, ensuring that the identity of governance policies. is a tool for assessing and driving natural resource includes specific assessment tools for MPF through country assessments, been produced, it can form the basis for innovative and collaborative solutions for development in the mining sector. the real owners of the oil, gas and mining companies strategy. It has been used by actors in Sierra evaluating and guiding countries in the and design capacity building sector reforms. resource-based development. Countries The initiative, divided into four operating in EITI countries will from now on be public." Leone, Tanzania, and Nigeria implementation process. programming around weaknesses participating in the Policy Dialogue meet distinct phases to identify major identified. twice a year. roadblocks in the mining industry and facilitate educated & effective dialogue techniques. Substantive (1) Value Realization (the governance of This survey assesses how mineral Precept 1: strategy, legal framework, and (1) Legal and institutional framework; (1) Legal and Policy Environment; (1) Mining Sector Importance analyzes the For the past 3 years the following have been (1) Revenues (1) Contracts and licenses Scope allocating extraction rights, exploration, endowments and public policy factors institutions (2) Geological and mineral information (2) Financial Benefit Optimization; importance of the mining sector to the the streams of work: (2) Employment and Skills (2) Production production, environmental protection, such as taxation and regulatory Precept 2: transparency and accountability system; (3) Socio-Economic Benefit country’s growth and economic (3) Environment and Biodiversity (3) Revenue collection revenue collection and state-owned uncertainty impact exploration Precept 3: exploration, licensing, and monitoring (3) Fiscal regime and revenue management; Optimization; development. 1. Shared Value Creation and Local (4) Social and Cultural (4) Revenue allocation enterprises ); investment. The survey includes the operations (4) Linkages, investment and diversification; (4) Environmental Management; (2) Mining Sector Management examines Development (5) Supply Industry (5) Social and economic contribution (2) Revenue Management (national following: Investment Attractiveness Precept 4: taxation and other company payments (5) Artisanal and small-scale mining; (5) Post-mining transition; the structural organization of the sector 2. Revenue Management and Spending (6) Downstream Industry budgeting, subnational resource revenue Index, Best Practices Mineral Potential Precept 5: local impacts (6) Environmental and social issues. (6) Artisanal and small scale and the key governmental actors involved. 3. Getting Better Deals (7) Infrastructure sharing and sovereign wealth funds); and Index, and Policy Perception Index. Precept 6: state-owned enterprises mining. (3) Mining Sector Value Chain measures 4. Domestic Resource Mobilisation (tackling (8) Governance (3) Enabling Environment (open data, Precept 7: revenue distribution the mining sector rules and their BEPS and corruption) political stability and absence of violence, Precept 8: revenue volatility Country assessments focus on implementation along the five Extractive control of corruption, rule of law, voice Precept 9: public spending improving mining legal, policy, and Industries (EI) Value Chain stages – and accountability, government Precept 10: private sector development regulatory frameworks that relate Contracts, Licenses and Exploration; effectiveness, regulatory quality). to the 6 broad policy goals. Operations; Taxation and State (precept 11 and 12 left out as not relevant for Participation; Revenue Distribution and government audience) Management; and Local Impact. (4) Stakeholder Priorities identify the importance in terms of improving sector performance that different stakeholders attach to the topics examined in the diagnostic. Participants Civil society researchers conduct country Companies complete survey; Fraser Government; civil society Government; civil society Independent experts Independent experts Relies on contributions from OECD and non- N/A Multi-stakeholder group involved in level assessments; NRGI collates, assesses, Institute collates and presents data OECD producing countries, extractive generating and analyzes the data to generate the companies, civil society organisations, and benchmarks index think tanks. Target Governments, journalists, civil society Government, Investors Government; civil society Government; civil society Government Government, industry; CSOs The outputs of the OECD Policy Dialogue are Multi-stakeholder Multi-stakeholder Audience actors and companies usually focused on governments and industry Nature of the Index; no committment Index; no committment Benchmarking - the government can use tool to AMV widely adopted by AU States; requires Voluntary Guidelines - government Diagnostic - The MInGov reports are Participation is voluntary and open to both Open resource for framing and Voluntary Commitment to the EITI - Mandatory Commitment evaluate extractives policies. Requires government government committment to implement can engage with country country specific report cards with country members and non-members of the OECD. guiding stakeholder meetings. implementation of the EITI Standards. Requires & committment to implement. assessment process to evaluate tailored policy recommendations. Requires Requires government committment to Requires government committment to government committment to implement. Implementatio sector against MPF. Requires government committment to implement implement tools produced. implement. n government committment to implement Theory of By measuring and ranking the quality of The Fraser Institute Survey is leveraging The Natural Resource Charter provides policy The AMV provides policy guidance on how By identifying weaknesses in the Providing a platform for peer learning and Strengthen the mining sector’s Promoting transparency and accountability in the change and resource governance in resource rich the desire for EI growth to promote strong guidance on how to maximize the benefits of to develop mineral based development sector, and supplying experts to knowledge sharing allows stakeholders to co- governance, investment environment extractives industry in order to improve management intended countries, the Resource Governance Index governance policies; the survey is natural resource extraction and the benchmarking strategies in order to maximize the benefits build capacity in the areas of develop good practice, operational by providing sector diagnostics and of the sector purpose provides information on the strengths and designed to incentivize governments framework measures progress toward of natural resource extraction and the weakness identified, areas of frameworks, and guidance. Designed to policy recommendations weaknesses in extractives governance - toward improved policy environments in implementing standards toward this goal African Minerals Governance Framework weakness in extractives governance facilitate the sharing of information, case what is working, and what is not working - order to attract investment. measures progress toward implementing the are strengthened. studies, and best practices - intended to spark in order to provide a basis for governance AMV regional or international discussion. reform efforts and advocacy around the same. Data sources The NRGI Index is the product of data A survey ranking the attractiveness of a The framework is a series of 170 questions The African Minerals Governance Desk research, mine site visits, and Primary data (the country’s documented Multi-stakeholder dialogue forums Multi-stakeholder dialogue forums Report; systematic disclosure collected from surveys completed by particular investment location is government actors can independently answer to Framework is a series of questions that a interviews with government, civil laws, rules and regulations), and, data leading civil society researchers in the circulated to over 2,700 individuals, self-evaluate. government researcher can use to evaluate a society, industry gathered through in-country interviews countries included in the assessment. In primarily mid to upper level employees of country's progress toward implementation with government, industry, and civil 2017 the survey consisted of 149 mining corporations. of the AMV. society. They also use 314 question surveys questions. The responses are collated and provided to in-country experts and analyzed by NRGI. stakeholders. Timeframe for The NRGI index is released annually in the Index is conducted annually. No The framework can be engaged with at different The African Minerals Governance Requires governments to engaging While the survey is lengthy and provided to N/A Survey completion; meeting planning Continuous data collection early summer of the subject year. Because government involvement levels, thus the time needed to complete the Framework is new this year and as such the in capacity building activities after a broad range of in-country actors, primary and attendance; action plan and how labor the survey is primarily conducted by civil framework depends on the scope and depth of timeframes for involvement are unclear. It the country assessment process source requests and interviews may vary in implementation intensive is society actors, there is minimal assessment. is anticipated the framework would require intensity and frequency. the data government involvement. substantial government committment provision because of the depth of the questions process for Governments?