Supporting the Ministry of Mines to Strengthen Governance and Management of the Mining Sector

Results achieved as of the end of the project (February 2023) include: (1) an integrated national cadaster and geoscience data system for Ethiopia`s Ministry of Mines developed and deployed allowing transparent online mineral licensing and registration from around the globe with accurate geological and administrative information ease of use and fast turn-around; (2) Government of Ethiopia personnel regional government officials and artisanal miners received equipment and capacity building to increase productivity and efficiency; (3) over 13 000 people trained on gender environment health and safety and surface mining best practices; (5) increases in capital invested in mineral exploration and exploitation through domestic foreign and joint-venture opportunities from 31 investments in 2016 to 956 investments cumulatively between 2017-2022; (6); 669 666 new formal and informal jobs created in this sector; (7) number of exploration license issued at the federal and regional levels increased from 21 at baseline to 88 at project close (federal) and from 16 at baseline to 342 at project close (regional); (8) average time to process exploration applications at the federal and regional levels decreased from 10.2 months at baseline to 6 months at project close (federal) and 12.2 months at baseline to 1.2 months at project close (regional); and (9) average amount of time to process mining license applications decreased at both the federal and regional levels from 12.3 months at baseline to 1 month at project close (federal) and 12.6 months at baseline to 2.6 months at project close (regional).