MeetingPoints Mining – trade, not aid

MeetingPoints Mining is a Partner Driven Cooperation-project, see below, facilitating sustainable partnerships between the Swedish mining sector and its counterparts in southern Africa. On a long-term, the aim is to contribute to poverty reduction and equitable and sustainable global development.

MeetingPoints Mining is open to all collaboration between private enterprises, public authorities, universities and other organizations within the Swedish mining sector and their equivalents in the participating countries.

The projects should be based on mutual interests and needs and include at least one actor from Sweden and one from any of the participating countries. The cost should be shared by both parties. MeetingPoints Mining is happy to help out with seed money, fur further external funding possibilities, there are several possibilities. Read more here.

Win-win-win

Sweden has a long tradition and extensive experience in the mining sector, and has good prospects of contributing to fair and sustainable management of mineral resources. By establishing networks, creating meeting places and initiating education and training programmes, the project is a win-win-win for everyone involved. A Win-win for collaborating partners. And a win for society as a whole, in terms of enhancing a sustainable socio-economic development.

Countries involved – today – in Meeting Points Mining are Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, i.e. countries in southern Africa where the Swedish traditional development cooperation is changing. It is being replaced with more selective cooperation strategies. In all three countries, the mineral sector provides an important part of the economy.

Meeting Points Mining is hosted by SGU (The Geological Survey of Sweden) and funded by SIDA (the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency).

Partner Driven Cooperation

The Swedish government has decided to promote Partner Driven Cooperation (PDC) in seven selected countries, three in Africa (Botswana, Namibia and South Africa) and four in Asia (China, Vietnam, Indonesia and India). The primary aim of PDC is to stimulate and strengthen the emergence of self-supporting relationships of mutual interest between Swedish partners and partners in low and medium income countries.

In PDC, partners are expected to initiate and pursue the cooperation by themselves. The basic PDC principles of mutual interest, shared ownership and division of responsibility are of central importance for the relationship to become self-supporting in the long term. PDC aims at bridging traditional development cooperation to stimulate reciprocal relationships between partners in Sweden and the selected countries.

SIDA has several Partner Driven Cooperation –projects within different sectors.

The international consulting engineering company Sweco, in charge of PDC-projects within the Energy and Environment sector.

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