Extractive Industries Technical Assistance Project Phase 2

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The objective of the Second phase of Extractive Industries Technical Assistance Project for Sierra Leone is to strengthen governance, knowledge, and sustainability of the extractives sector in Sierra Leone. There are five components to the project, the first component being improve mineral sector governance. This component is comprised of the following subcomponents: strengthening extractive sector governance, transparency, accountability, and administration; strengthening the legal and regulatory frameworks; supporting the implementation of the recently updated Minerals Policy and Artisanal Mining Policy; and conservation of resources, environmental monitoring, and public participation. The second component is to enhance geological knowledge. This component entails building Sierra Leone’s geological infrastructure by completing the coverage of geological maps and acquisition of airborne geophysical data. The expected outcome of this component is to provide basic and reliable geological information necessary to facilitate the promotion of private investments in the mining sector and to support the planning of the socio‐economic development of the country. The subcomponents include: (i) airborne geophysical survey; (ii) geological mapping and geodata integration; and (iii) supervising airborne geophysics campaign for quality control of flights and data. The third component is the artisanal mining. This component is aimed at developing measures to support and encourage formalization, regulation and improved standards of production of artisanal miners, including the following subcomponents: (1) strengthening governance in artisanal mining; (2) strengthening health, safety and environmental management of the artisanal mining sector; and (3) green gold pilot. The fourth component is the project management. Building on the lessons learned and capacity acquired during EITAP1, this component aims to support the Government of Sierra Leone to manage and coordinate the Project and build its procurement, financial management, safeguards management, monitoring and evaluation capacity through the provision of technical advisory services, training, acquisition of goods, and operating costs. The project also envisages an external support action to enhance and professionalize project management (certifications PMP, project server etc.), in addition to the traditional project administration and coordination roles. Finally, the fifth component is the contingency for disaster risk response. provision is being included to provide support to respond to an Eligible Emergency including: designing and carrying out the relevant sector investments; and providing supervision for carrying out said investments.