EnglishDue to overwhelming demand, the Mining for Development Conference has moved venues and will now accomodate up to 500 participants. The Conference will now be held at the SMC Conference and Function Centre at 66 Goulburn Street, Sydney. The Conference dinner will still be held at Doltone House, Darling Habour.
More than 300 delegates have now registered for the 2013 Mining for Development Conference on 20 and 21 May 2013 in Sydney, Australia.
The annual conference is hosted by the International Mining for Development Centre (IM4DC).
Focused on how to maximise net benefits from mining to national, subnational and community stakeholders, the Conference will provide an opportunity for representatives of developing country governments, civil society, the private sector and the international donor community to discuss the challenges and opportunities that developing countries face as they develop their resources sectors.
The Conference will explore approaches to a range of economic, social and policy issues that underpin the realisation of long term, sustainable benefit arsing from mining for communities across the developing world.
Sessions will tackle the critical issues of inclusive development, with a focus on gender in resources development, and ensuring that the benefits of mining are captured for women in communities as well as for men. The Conference will also include sessions on effective agreement making, building sustainable local enterprises, building good governance at national and subnational levels, and developing human capacity and leadership to generate positive change.
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the global standard for transparency of revenues from natural resources, will hold its 2013 Global Conference in Sydney on 23 and 24 May, directly after the Mining for Development Conference. The EITI Conference will be another milestone in the evolution of EITI and its steps toward ensuring that natural resource wealth leads to development. More information on the EITI Conference can be found at .
The Mining for Development Conference 2013 is funded by the Australian Government through AusAID and delegate participation is complimentary.
To attend, please register your interest through the IM4DC website at im4dc.org/m4d-conference-2013/.