The updated Regional Guidelines for the Formalization of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector builds on the original version developed by the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) in 2022.

Our special thanks to the team at IMPACT who supported this project, as well the staff of the ICGLR’s Technical Unit on Natural Resources who supported its progress with insight and guidance.

The ICGLR wishes to extend a sincere thanks to its Member States for participating in the research used to inform the guidelines, particularly the Technical Working Group on the Formalization of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector and the Technical Working Group on Gender in Mining, as well as to all the participants in relevant meetings—both during the development of the first and second editions—who participated in the review and validation of the guideline contents.

The ICGLR is grateful to the African Development Bank (AfDB) for its financial support in the development of the initial version of the guidelines, as well as the European Union in the updating and publication of the revised guidelines presented here. We thank all our implementing partners on this project.

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