Advocacy for the signing of an interministerial decree approving Manual procedures and the allocation of 0.3% of mining companies – DRC
Civil society through “The Congo is not for sale” and “Makuta ya Maendeleo” call, in a joint statement released on Monday, June 14, the Ministers of Mines and Social Affairs to sign an interministerial decree approving the Manual of procedures and management of the 0.3% endowment as a contribution to community development, in accordance with the revised mining code and the Consensus reached among all stakeholders.
These non-governmental organizations indicate that this decree aims to define the modalities of management of this endowment by the representatives of the right holder and of the affected communities as well as the governmental control mechanisms, in accordance with the spirit and the letter of articles 258 bis and 285 of this code.
In addition, however, they deplore the slowness of its signature, three years after the entry into force of the revised Mining Code of March 2018, of which certain public services are trying to establish centralized management of this allocation to the detriment of the beneficiary communities.
The signatory organizations recall that the stakeholders have already reached a consensus on the content of the manual of procedures and management of this allocation.
