On January 20, IPIECA members and Secretariat participated in the first session of the United Nations (UN) Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, held in Geneva. The UN Working Group invited all stakeholders to share their views in order to help establish its work programme, both in advance of this session and during the informal exchange. The business input was limited, so it was valuable for IPIECA to contribute.Pursuant to…See More

An important agreement was reached to avoid duplication and build useful content links between two websites which both take the full gamut of the Extractive Industries as their hinterland and both focus on the Extractive Industries Value Chain as a map through its varied terrain.The objective of the Extractive Industries Source Book, http://www.eisourcebook.org/,  is to provide developing nations with technical understanding and practical options…See More