2018 Forum on responsible mineral supply chains

17-20 April 2018 OECD Conference Centre, Paris

12th Forum on responsible mineral supply chains

17-19 April - The 2018 Forum provided the opportunity to review and discuss implementation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Minerals and other initiatives to enable responsible mineral production and sourcing. More than 700 stakeholders came together to discuss drivers for responsible sourcing across various minerals, alignment of industry programmes, the OECD portal for supply chain risk information, government monitoring of Guidance uptake and promotion, company risk mitigation and reporting, the role of commodity traders and country-level implementation progress in India, Europe and West Africa.

Draft agenda | Projet d'ordre du jour

OECD launches results of alignment assessment of industry minerals programmes

OECD work on due diligence in mineral supply chains

Introductory Remarks by Douglas Carpenter, European External Action Service

OECD-World Bank event on artisanal and small-scale mining

20 April - This event will take place at the OECD back-to-back with the 2018 Forum on responsible mineral supply chains.

Draft agenda | Project d'ordre du jour

OECD work on artisanal and small-scale mining

Minerals due diligence tools and materials

Due diligence guidance	Minerals alignment assessment	Sourcing ASM gold	Due diligence flyer
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Practical actions for worst forms of child labour in mineral supply chains	Due diligence in Colombia's gold supply chain	Mineral supply chain and conflict links in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo	Chinese due diligence guidelines for responsible mineral supply chains
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About the Forum

Launched in 2011, the Forum is jointly organised by the OECD, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region and UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo and is supported by the European Union through the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace.

Previous forums

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