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Mauritania: The Mauritanian national committee for transparency on extractive industries (CNITIE)

2014/05/22

The Mauritanian national committee for transparency on extractive industries (CNITIE) is preparing for a wide sensitization campaign to make the people know about the importance for a better management of natural resources for the profit of the people,

For the campaign planned for mid-June, the committee targets public administrations (ministries of Finance, Oil and Mines, Fishing, Environment and the Interior).

Set up since 2005 for the intensification of research on several minerals, with the beginning of oil production, the national CNITIE remains largely unknown even within the public administrations, said its president, Mr Sow Djibi.

The sensitization campaign as well targets parliamentarians, local authorities, civil society organizations and the press, recently constituted in a network called 'METEX' to contribute to the general action for transparency in extractive industries. It as well targets the communities residing in the extractive sites.

This wide sensitization campaign aims at 'providing better knowledge on extractive industries in view of quality support to the drafting of annual reports and to provide data on issues that concern the public'.

The objective for this is to contribute to lead national debate on extractive resources, whose exploitation sparks several controversies and encourages corruption in Africa.

Mauritania produces gold, iron, copper and oil.

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