International Development Grant
Strengthening the Capacity of the Ministry of Mines in Senegal
Project Number: CA-3-D001709002
Status: Closed
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Maximum Contribution: $977,464.00
Start Date: October 20, 2017
End Date: March 31, 2022
Duration: 4.4 years
Project Description
This project aims to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Mines of Senegal. Project activies include: (1) strengthening the mining policy and providing advisory services for its implementation; (2) sharing best practices on mechanisms for redistributing mining royalties to local communities (and the government's capacity to manage these revenues); (3) engaging the mining communities on mining projects; (4) sharing experience and providing advisory services on the operation of social mining funds; (5) providing advisory support for the implementation of the Plan Émergent Sénégal flagship projects in the extractive sector; and (6) supporting the environmental management of mining activities and mining taxation. In addition to the Ministry of Mines the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-Institutional Coordination and Consultation Group (GICC) of the Senegalese Geomatics Plan mining communities and civil society are also direct beneficiaries of the project.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes of the project include: (1) the development and implementation of policies regulations and reforms related to the extractive sector in Senegal is strengthened; (2) access sharing and reliability of geoscientific data relevant to the extractive sector in Senegal is improved; and (3) the economic and social benefits derived from the exploitation of extractive resources are increased through a more sustained engagement of mining communities.
Progress & Results Achieved
The results achieved by this technical assistance project include: 1. The development of an information kit for a responsible mining sector in Senegal. Nearly 400 stakeholders including 29% women were met in five mining regions (Thiès Matam Louga Tambacounda Kédougou Dakar) to enable them to contribute to the development of the content of the tool and identify priority themes to be addressed in the kit. More than twenty regional focal points were then trained and equipped in November 2019 to help these stakeholders in the exercise of constant dialogue with the communities with a view to responsible mining development. Feedback workshops on the Information Kit have trained more than 500 people from the targeted regions on the themes they had identified as priorities. 2. The improvement of the National Geospatial Data Platform of the natural resources sector to the standard and the creation of a Geographic Information System (GIS) for the extraction of geospatial data. 1807 metadata have been integrated into the geodirectory a total of 4211 metadata are now available to provide public information on the shape and location of objects and events on the land surface in Senegal. The data can be viewed publicly and will lead to greater innovation and investment opportunities for all of Senegal. 3. 5 training sessions in geomatics were given in 5 regions of Senegal (Kédougou Thiès Matam Tambacounda Dakar). The training sessions enabled participants in the field of natural resources at the local level to strengthen their management capacities concerning the standardization of geospatial data on natural resources as well as on the management tools of the Global Information System (GIS) in particular (Geobase GeoSSB and GeoDirectory).
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Natural Resources Canada
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Other technical assistance
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Request for Proposals