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Workshop Proposals 2011

 

Workshop Number: 132 Jump to report

Title: Conflict minerals: Bringing accountability and governance to ICT production. What are the challenges?

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Status:
PENDING

Concise Description:
The issue of the ethical procurement of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas has received global attention over time, but less public attention has been given to how so-called ‘conflict minerals’ feed into the information and communications technology manufacturing supply chain.
Recognised as a crisis, some countries have responded, such as the USA, which signed the Dodd-Frank Act on conflict minerals in 2010 – an act which has direct bearing on the ICT industry. The issue has been raised by the ITU and OECD, a few ICT manufacturers, and multi-stakeholder groups. However, the issue has been virtually invisible on the majority of civil society, corporate and governance agendas and in the mainstream media.
APC aims to raise the profile of conflict-minerals in the production of ICTs, on the public policy agenda by hosting a multi-stakeholder awareness-raising workshop at the IGF which will:
* encourage deeper understanding of the challenges
* raise awareness of guidelines and legislation that address issues of traceability, accountability and responsibility in the mineral procurement chain
* highlight existing initiatives that aim to prevent the use of conflict minerals
* propose ways to end the use of conflict minerals in the production of ICTS

Which of the five broad IGF Themes or the Cross-Cutting Priorities does your workshop fall under?
Emerging Issues

Have you organized an IGF workshop before? Yes
If so, please provide the link to the report:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NEJMUPcx8THoStRuak0jpguq4R-X_akp7dzRvSoh4eE/edit?hl=en&authkey=CNuw6vcH

Provide the names and affiliations of the panellists you are planning to invite:
We are currently in discussion with various potential participants, and would aim to have no more than 6 panelists, with representation from as many stakeholder groups as possible.

Civil Society: Arid Lands Information Network (Kenya); KICTANeT (Kenya); Computer Aid (Kenya)
Consumer group: Ethical Consumer
International NGO: Greenpeace International; Enough Project
Intergovernmental: OECD, UNEP
Private sector: Nokia, Hewlett Parkard
Multi-stakeholder coalition: GeSI

Moderator: Alan Finlay, Association For Progressive Communications

Biographies:
There are no panelists biographies associated to this workshop at the moment.

Provide the name of the organizer(s) of the workshop and their affiliation to various stakeholder groups:
Civil Society: James Nguo, (Ashoka Fellow) Arid Lands Information Network (Kenya)
Multi-stakeholder coalition: Helena Tapper, Programme Manager African Leadership in ICT (ALICT), Global e-School and Communities Initiative (GeSCI)
Intergovernmental: OECD: Lahra Liberti, Investment Division
Private sector: Peter Helmonds, Nokia-Siemens, Hewlett Parkard
Consumer group: Ethical Consumer (tbc)
International NGO: Greenpeace International; Enough Project (tbc)
Moderator: Alan Finlay, Association For Progressive Communications



Association for Progressive Communications. We are in discussion with potential co-sponsors.

APC has long term relationships with most of the proposed panelists. Some re APC members, some partners. Most APC has been working with in the IGF process for the past 5 years, or in other public policy processes.

Background documents and texts for the workshop would include:

1.OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, OECD 2010
2.Global Information Society Watch 2010: Focus on ICTs and environmental sustainability. APC, Hivos 2010. http://www.giswatch.org/en/2010
3.Enough.org. The project to end genocide and crimes against humanity. http://www.enoughproject.org/
4.KPMG, Dodd-Frank ActConflict Minerals (Section 1502). KPMG, 2011. http://www.kpmg.com/US/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Pages/dodd-frank-conflict-minerals.aspx
5.Social and Environmental Responsibility in Metals Supply to the Electronics Industry. GeSI, 2008.

Organization:Association For Progressive Communications

Contact Person: Alan Finlay



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