DFID is interested in extractives in Africa because 15 focus countries are resource-rich with potential for inclusive growth. DFID supports global transparency standards like EITI, the Natural Resource Charter for benchmarking, and the International Growth Centre for technical expertise. At the country level, DFID supports building capacity in energy and mining ministries, addressing sector governance, developing legal frameworks, EITI implementation, and workforce skills. Future work may focus on the entire resource chain and being evidence-based. In the DRC, DFID supports PROMINES for governance and a civil society program, while achieving initial results with EITI and publishing contracts and concessions data.

1. DFID, Extractives and Development;
focus on Africa
Holger Grundel (Senior Africa Regional Adviser)
Justine Davila (Governance Adviser, Policy Division)
University of Dundee, 16 May 2012

2. Why are extractives of interest to DFID?
• 15 DFID focus countries are resource-rich
• Transformational potential for inclusive growth and graduation
• Building on the platform of work on transparency and
accountability eg. EITI

3. The Department for International Development
• The Department for International Development (DFID) is the part of
the UK government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and
works to get rid of extreme poverty.
• We are working to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),
the international targets agreed by the United Nations (UN) to halve
world poverty by 2015.
• We work with governments of developing countries as well as
charities, businesses and international bodies, including the World
Bank, the UN agencies and the European Commission.
• In 2008/09 we provided £5.5 billion of aid to poorer countries. Our
budget will increase to £7.8 billion by 2010/11.

4. What are DFID programmes supporting internationally?
• Higher global standards of extractives transparency – EITI, EU.
• Supporting the Natural Resource Charter (NRC) from 2012-14 to
benchmark resource-rich countries against good practice in
extractives management.
• Supporting the International Growth Centre (IGC), an independent
source of technical expertise to partner governments, eg. Ghana,
Uganda

5. What are DFID country programmes supporting already?
• Building capacity of energy and mining ministries (eg. Afghanistan, Sierra Leone);
• Addressing overall sector governance (eg. DRC, Nigeria);
• Supporting development of legal/regulatory frameworks (eg. Mozambique,
Afghanistan, Sierra Leone) and civil society/parliamentarians to scrutinise them
(eg. Uganda, Afghanistan);
• Assisting with in-country EITI implementation (eg Nigeria, DRC, Afghanistan)
• Building the skills base of the workforce to generate local jobs (eg. Uganda).
• Looking at the footprint of emerging economy companies (eg, India in Africa);

6. Private sector
Tendering,
operations: Spending and
geodata contracting, revenues
infrastructure saving
licensing etc
supply chains
Considering our future work:
- all along the resource chain – key areas of demand
- high quality, responsive, evidence-based support

7. Ressources
Naturelles

9. DFID’s Mining Programme in the DRC - Overview
Assumption: Improving governance of the DRC’s mineral resources and
reducing corruption associated with their exploitation are prerequisites for
peace and sustainable development in the DRC.
PROMINES 2011-16 World Bank, Ministry of Mines
Support to Civil Society in Mining 2011-15 Sweden, The Netherlands
Sector
EITI Ongoing World Bank, Germany, Belgium,
Min of Plan, Min of Mines, Intl.
EITI Sec.
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in In design Government of Katanga, mining
Katanga companies, USAID, NGOs

10. DFID’s Mining Programme in the DRC –
Risks and Early Achievements
• Uneven political commitment to reform
• Volatile operating environment in the DRC
• Unpredictable international community commitment to the DRC
• Reputation
• EITI process remains on track
• Publication of some previously secret contracts
• Web-based map of all mineral concessions in the DRC
• Preparation of first public tendering of three mining concessions

11. Discussion
• Any questions for clarification?
• Does the logic for DFID/donor engagement make sense?
• Are there specific areas where more donor engagement
would be a good (or a bad) thing?