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    Vision

Mining contributes to the generation of improved levels of well being and to the sustainable and equitable development of mining regions in Latin America and the Caribbean because:

• governments have better access to information and improved capacity and political will to assess the trade-offs inherent in different development options, as well as growing freedom to choose the most sustainable ones;
• mining companies are environmentally and socially responsible and respect diversity;
• Civil Society Organisations, and particularly the most vulnerable groups, effectively influence the development and the impacts of mining projects, from prior consultation to post-closure.

Mission

• To contribute towards the development of research capacity in the region and to promote the participation of research groups in giving social use to existing knowledge about mining, well being and sustainable development.
• To promote and facilitate communication among diverse stakeholders involved in mining through the development of networks of suppliers and users of relevant knowledge and information, in order that they can identify and implement more sustainable policies and practices.
• To promote more inclusive and equitable decision-making processes, by strengthening the capacities of the more vulnerable stakeholders and by increasing their access to information and to capacity building opportunities for the co-management of mining impacts.

Contact information:

IDRC - International Development Research Centre
http://www.idrc.ca

Latin American Regional Office - LACRO
http://www.idrc.ca/lacro

Avenida Brasil 2655
11300 Montevideo, Uruguay
Tel: (598-2) 709 00 42 Fax: (598-2) 708 67 76