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 will provide 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 will come 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.

OECD work on due diligence in mineral supply chains

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.

OECD work on artisanal and small-scale mining

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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