OECD Watch members meet on gold mining
17/07/2005
On July 6th and 7th, 2006, over 40 participants from 20 different countries gathered in Accra, Ghana for the OECD Watch Inter-regional Training and Strategy Seminar. The seminar, which was organised by OECD Watch member organisations IRENE and WACAM, focused on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and other international instruments that can be used to hold mining companies accountable for their activities in Africa.
Following the 2-day conference, participants
embarked on 3 days of fact-finding trips to the Wassa area in the Central and
Western regions of Ghana.
Participants observed the devastating social and environmental effects of gold
mining by multinational companies and met with community members to hear their
stories of life in and around the mining sites.
see also the conference resolution
