{"id":5387,"date":"2018-07-30T08:30:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T13:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/?p=5387"},"modified":"2024-08-09T18:28:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T16:28:42","slug":"igf-guidance-for-governments-local-content-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2018\/07\/30\/igf-guidance-for-governments-local-content-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF Guidance for Governments: Local content policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>By Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF), Published by <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips32'>IISD<\/span>, July 2018<\/h3>\n<p>The guidance focuses on mining sector local content policies\u2014a suite of policies aimed at leveraging mining investment to, for example, increase local employment, boost mining companies\u2019 local purchases and foster entrepreneurs in non-mining sectors. It aims to help resource-rich countries move away from commodity dependency and diversify their economic base. Local content policies are being increasingly used, particularly as governments review or revise their mining and investment codes and contracts. The guidance document also covers three cross-cutting themes: ensuring goals are achieved in a gender-equitable way, exploring the relationship between local content policies and countries\u2019 obligations under trade and investment law, and exploring the implications of technological advances on the success of local content policies. Available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/library\/igf-guidance-governments-local-content-policies\">https:\/\/www.<span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips33'>IISD<\/span>.org\/library\/igf-guidance-governments-local-content-policies<\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips32','International Institute for Sustainable Development<!--more-->'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips33','Institut international du d\u00e9veloppement durable'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips34','Instituto Internacional para el Desarrollo Sostenible'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips67','Energy Charter Treaty'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips76','multilateral investment court'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips116','European Commission'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips117','European Union'); <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The guidance focuses on mining sector local content policies\u2014a suite of policies aimed at leveraging mining investment to, for example, increase local employment, boost mining companies\u2019 local purchases and foster entrepreneurs in non-mining sectors.<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips67','Energy Charter Treaty'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips116','European Commission'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips117','European Union'); <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[417],"tags":[1910],"class_list":["post-5387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resources","tag-mining"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}