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81309411 - Digital Mineral Traceability in Sierra Leone and Liberia

Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Published
19 August 2024
Submission deadline
17 September 2024, 12:00
Place of performance
Free Town
Procedure
Open procedure
Lots
1
Documents
1
Notice number
00495827-2024
Reference
ab69bb17-bd0f-49d0-a012-70e84f5591a6
Official source
Official source

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Description

GIZ has been working in Sierra Leone on behalf of the BMZ since 1963 and in Liberia since 1974. The mandate was suspended during the 1990s because of the civil wars. During the 2000s cooperation was resumed and since 2010 GIZ has once again been represented through a regional office for Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia based in Freetown. The four Mano River Union (MRU) countries are some of the least developed in the world. The mining sector is of varying importance for their respective economies. According to the International Monetary Fund, Sierra Leone and Liberia are considered resource dependent, as the sector is crucial for their exports, Gross Domestic Products (GDP) and state revenues. In the MRU countries, the mining sector is often fraught with social conflict, environmentally harmful extraction methods, human rights violations, inadequate civil society participation, a lack of transparency in revenue management and systemic corruption. In the past, revenue generated from minerals extraction and trading has also been used to finance armed conflict in the MRU countries. The negative legacy of these conflicts can still be felt today. From a regional standpoint, overseeing…

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