Traceability in Artisanal Gold Supply Chains in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Lessons - Learned from the Kampene Gold Pilot Project
Since 2009, as part of a German-Congolese technical cooperation project funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation, the Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) has supported project partners in the DRC in improving the working conditions, environmental and social standards as well as supply chain due diligence in the national mining sector. As part of its efforts, the technical cooperation project initiated a pilot project to establish and incentivize an electronic gold traceability mechanism for artisanal gold mines in Kampene, Maniema Province, running from 2016-2017. The present report illustrates key features of the artisanal gold sector in DRC and lessons learned with regards to this pilot project.
Additional Info
- Author(s)
- M Neumann, B Barume, B Ducellier, A Ombeni, U Näher, P Schütte, U von Baggehufwudt, D Ruppen, Y Weyns
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Language
- English
- Publishing Institution Webpage
- https://www.bgr.bund.de/
- Data Source Classification
- Program Report
- Research Type
- Primary
- Research Methodology
- Primary - OBSERVATION
- Thematic Tags
- Political, Conflict, Due Diligence, Traceability, and Transparency, Formalization, Governance, Social, Community, Employment, Gender, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Labor and Working Conditions, Livelihoods
- Minerals
- Cobalt, Diamond, Gold, Tantalum, Tin, Tungsten
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Country
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Last Updated
- November 2, 2020