Training Workshop for UEMOA Members' State Officials on Mining Economics, Bamako, Mali, July 2017
The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) held a training workshop on the subject of mining economics for government agency officials from the member states of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) in Bamako, Mali, in July 2017.
The workshop was attended by 32 officials from UEMOA member states’ government agencies in charge of mining, economy and finances. The training workshop was organized by the IGF in partnership with the UEMOA Commission, in the context of implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the UEMOA Commission and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
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