{"id":41099,"date":"2025-12-19T14:13:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/?p=41099"},"modified":"2025-12-19T14:25:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:25:47","slug":"workshops-to-present-the-results-of-the-mapping-of-artisanal-mining-sites-carried-out-in-ituri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/nl\/workshops-to-present-the-results-of-the-mapping-of-artisanal-mining-sites-carried-out-in-ituri\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshops to present the results of the mapping of artisanal mining sites carried out in Ituri\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Patient Birindwa, IPIS Focal Point for the DRC<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Established in 2019, the “Madini Kwa Amani Na Maendeleo<\/a> “<\/em> (Minerals for Peace and Development) is an initiative of the consortium comprising International Alert<\/a>, the Observatoire Gouvernance et Paix<\/a> (OGP), the Bureau d\u2019\u00c9tudes Scientifiques et Techniques (BEST), Justice Plus<\/a> (JP) and IPIS, with financial support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project collaborates with local communities, government institutions, the private sector and civil society to improve security, reduce conflict, strengthen governance and promote human rights in the mining areas of South Kivu and Ituri provinces, in eastern DRC. It also encourages cooperation to ensure compliance with international standards for responsible mineral sourcing. In this context, the project supports local and provincial multi-stakeholder structures1<\/a><\/sup> responsible for supervising mining activities, who contribute to the implementation of the project’s activities and the achievement of its objectives.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project entered its second phase on August 1st<\/sup>, 2024, with the aim of consolidating the achievements of the first phase. It is in this context that IPIS, in charge of qualitative and quantitative research, mapped 75 mining sites in Ituri, in the territories of Djugu, Irumu and Mambasa, between February and April 2025. At each site, the IPIS research team collected qualitative and quantitative data through observations and interviews with various actors, including artisanal miners, site and pit managers, members of mining cooperatives, representatives of state services, traders, as well as local authorities and members of civil society. In total, IPIS interviewed 343 people, including 75 women.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following this research, the results were presented in workshops in the above-mentioned territories to mining monitoring committees and project stakeholders in August 2025, facilitated by the IPIS focal point, Justice Plus staff and the IPIS research team. The aim of these feedback sessions was to share the results of our research with local actors in order to make them more accessible, enable them to contribute to the exchanges and discussions, enrich them if necessary, and take ownership of and validate the results of the reports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Workshop proceedings<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Once in the field, with the support of Justice Plus and the IPIS research teams, the list of participants for the feedback workshops was adjusted according to the schedule of activities and updated in Mambasa and Irumu, based on the availability of the targeted individuals and the relevance of the selected actors. The first workshop was held on August 19th<\/sup> 2025 in Mambasa Centre, while the second was organised on August 27th<\/sup> 2025 in the village of Olongba, in the territory of Irumu. Due to the security situation, the feedback workshop planned in Djugu could not be organised.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants included artisanal miners, site managers, members of mining cooperatives, representatives of security and state services, local authorities, and members of civil society. It should be noted that some of them are members of local committees monitoring mining activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The feedback workshops were structured around several key stages, including: <\/p>\n\n\n\n