In light of EIB limited capacity to monitor mining projects and to deal with associated risks in Africa, the Bank could invest invest in creating multistakeholder (including civil society, private sector & community members) forums to monitor mining contracts and report to the Bank, like those being established by the World Bank. This could prove to be the most effective and efficient approach of monitoring the impacts of mining and other projects where the Banks are constrained.

The writer is the Executive Director of Water Governance Institute (WGI) and Chairperson of the Civil Society Coalition on Oil & Gas (CSCO), Uganda