Community Development Networking Reception at Mining INDABA

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and co-sponsors hosted an event for networking and knowledge sharing with mining community development practitioners following the CSR Forum at Mining INDABA. The event took place on February 9,2009 at the Marimba Restaurant in Cape Town, South Africa. Somit Varma, director of The Oil, Gas, and Mining Department at the IFC highlighted the importance of local community development in the extractive industry context.

This event was sponsored by: International Finance Corporation, CommDev, International Council on Mining & Metals, Gold Fields and Joint Aid Management   

EVENT PRESENTATIONS:

• Click here to view presentation by Dafna Tapiero, Manager of CommDev. 
• Click here to view Complete Community Development Assistance Through Extractive Industry Platforms by Joint Aid Management. 
• Click here to view Planning & Financial Valuation Tool for Sustainability Investments, a pilot initiative launched by CommDev/IFC, Rio Tinto Alcan, and Deloitte.
• Click here to view Mining's Contribution by International Council on Mining & Metals.

 
Attendees include:

• Africo Resources
• Anglo American
• Anglo Platinum
• Antofagasta Minerals
• Baobab Resources Plc
• Barrick Gold 
• Communities and Small-Scale Mining
• Discovery Metals
• Erinys
• Environmental Resources Management
• Helio Resource Corp
• International Council on Mining & Metals
• Jubilee Platinum
• Kiwara
• Metals Exploration
• Mwana Africa Plc
• Newmont
• Rio Tinto Alcan
• Salamanca Risk Management

For more information please contact Veronica Nyhan Jones vnyhanjones@ifc.org