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MINERAL
WEALTH AND HUMAN CAPITAL:
AN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE-BASED DEVELOPMENT
Monterrey
(Mexico), 27-30 March 2001
Introduction
I Programme I Documents
READINGS
 Day
1 [ Morning / Afternoon
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Day
2 [ Morning ]
Day
3 [ Morning / Afternoon
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TUESDAY, 27 MARCH
Morning
General Perspectives on
Information Technology and Human Capacity Building for Sustainable
Mineral-Based Development
Information
and communication technologies for networking and learning
(José
Escamilla,
Javier Gómez-Tagle, Armando Céspedes)
Information Technology and
the Challenge of Economic Development in Africa (T.W. Oshikoya
and M. Nureldin Hussain)
United
Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD).
Presentation of the agency.
Mining
and ecological degradation in Zambia: who bears the brunt when privatization
clashes with Rio 1992? (Tom Draisma)
[Readings]
[Links]
Afternoon
Workgroups session
Mineral
Resources Forum/Environment.
Administration
of the Website
Pioneering
distance education in Africa
(David A. Light)
Intangible Economy
and Financial Markets (Charles
Goldfinger)
National
Information Technology Forum (Republic of South Africa)
[Readings]
[Links]
WEDNESDAY, 28 MARCH
Morning
Theme - Eco-efficiency and the mineral life cycle
EU
legislation to ban or control exports of secondary materials to certain
non-OECD countries. Impact of the Basel Convention and trade ban on the
supply of secondary raw materials (Bureau
of International Recycling - BIR)
Cleaning
up our mining act : a North-South dialogue (Béatrice Labonne)
Materials
science. Three material witnesses (James D. Livingston)
INNOVA
Center for Sustainable
Development:
Beyond
Eco-Efficiency: Sustainability as a Driver for Innovation (Robert M.
Day)
Financing
for Biodiversity
Projects (International
FInance Corporation - IFC)
Biodiversity
compatible enterprises
(Daniele Giovannucci)
World
Heritage and Mining (World Conservation Union)
The
Foam Age
Molecular
Models
[Readings]
[Links]
THURSDAY, 29 MARCH
Morning
capital and sustainable
livelihoods
(i)
Development policy in
mineral economies
The mining cluster in Antofagasta
(Malaika Culverwell)
Partnership
to promote sustainable development for local and indigenous communities
Child
labour in small-scale mining: Examples from Niger, Peru & Philippines
(Norman S. Jennings)
La llamada
pequeña minería: un renovado enfoque empresarial (Eduardo
Chaparro Ávila)
Mineral
resources and sustainable development
(UNCTAD
secretariat)
A social space for mining
(Brian Chambers)
Regional
Planning in Mineral Dependent Areas: The Case of Namaqualand
(Olle Ostensson & Mike Solomon)
[Readings]
[Links]
(ii) Government policies for
mineral revenues
The
Rise of the Community (Gary McMahon & John Strongman)
CMA
Strategic Plan for Stakeholder Consultation and Engagement (Social
Capital Group - SCG)
[Readings]
[Links]
Afternoon
(iii)
Planning for closure
Águas
Claras mine closure liability assessment
(H. M. Lima, P. Wathern, P. R. Franca)
[Presentations]
[Discussions] [Readings]
[Links]
(iv)
Mining company perspectives on
social capital
The
private Sector and Development: Five Case Studies (Lawrence
Bouton)
Antamina
Project update
[Readings]
[Links]
Introduction
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