With the support of the Capacity Building for Responsible Minerals Trade, IPIS developed and implemented a methodology aimed at assessing the responsible sourcing potential of gold mining areas in South-Kivu. IPIS conducted field missions in seven gold trading hubs and their surrounding mines in South-Kivu: Shabunda centre (Shabunda territory), Katchungu (Shabunda territory), Mapimo (Shabunda territory), […]
In January 2018, IPIS and its partner CEGEMI (a Bukavu-based research institute) launched a two-year project founded by EPRM to advance incident reporting and community participation in responsible sourcing through cooperative and CSO capacity enhancement in Eastern DR Congo gold sector. “First field visit to identify potential cooperative to be part of project activities.” Copyright: […]
Appuyé par la Public Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade (PPA), IPIS a mis en place son projet pilote de monitoring de l’or artisanal à Mambasa (Province d’Ituri, RDC) entre avril 2016 et juillet 2017. Cela a impliqué le développement d’une méthodologie à faible coût pour produire un flux continu de données sur un large […]
With the support of the Public Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade (PPA), IPIS set up its Artisanal Gold Monitoring Pilot in Mambasa (Ituri Province, DRC) between April 2016 and July 2017. This involved developing a low-cost methodology to produce a continuous data flow on a wide range of indicators related to the operational, security […]
With the support of the Public Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade (PPA), IPIS set up its Artisanal Gold Monitoring Pilot in Mambasa (Ituri Province, DRC) between April 2016 and July 2017. The findings of the research are summarized in three progress reports, which can be found below, and a final monitoring report, which can […]
Guillaume de Brier is an international development professional with more than seven years experience, including five years of field work in the Great Lakes Region. In Rwanda, he was the Human Rights Programme Officer for UNAIDS. He previously worked with the Belgian Cooperation in Burundi on the implementation of public health reforms. Guillaume is also […]
