The Revised ICGLR Regional Certification Mechanism Manual – Status update on 3TG Due Diligence in the Great Lakes Region
May 3, 2022 | 8:00 AM - 9:30 AMPartner Session
May 3, 2022 | 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Partner Session
Description
Organised by : International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)
Simultaneous interpretation in French and English will be provided.
During the past year, several major advancements have taken place across different ICGLR Member States regarding the implementation of the revised ICGLR Regional Certification Mechanism (RCM) Manual. During this session participants will discuss the challenges that existed and how those challenges were overcome to support the RCM implementation:
• The effective adoption of the ICGLR Third Party Audit system by the regional 3TG exporters and Member States: in 2021 and early 2022 more than twenty Third-Party Audits (TPA) were performed on regional 3T exporters across 4 countries (Burundi, DRC, Rwanda and Tanzania) in the region. Thanks to two RCM training sessions for regional auditors, which took place in Tanzania and Zambia in 2021, most of the TPAs were for the first time performed by in-region auditing firms.
• The introduction of the "blue status" by the DRC Ministerial Decree of 12 November 2021: This decree provides the legal basis for the inclusion of the uninspected mines in the formal supply chain and certification process in DRC. As of November mines that have not yet been inspected by the government in accordance with the ICGLR-RCM requirements, or have not been re-inspected within one year, can produce and sell minerals for certified export for a maximum period of 3 years after a risk assessment has been carried out by the local exporter.
• The successful implementation of the RCM in Tanzania: Tanzania officially started implementing the RCM from 22 February 2020. The Ministry of Minerals is implementing a national and government-controlled chain of custody system to ensure that all 3T minerals are fully traceable and conflict-free from the mine site to point of export.
Government representatives of ICGLR Member States that are currently implementing the RCM as well as private sector representatives from the same countries will share their experience.
