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Just Transition and Responsible Business Conduct in Africa

Overview

The overall objective of the project is to support the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa's Just Transition, with a particular focus on the role of transition minerals.

This project explores the role of responsible business conduct in contributing to a just transition through activities on relevant policy frameworks, documentation and access to remedy, as well as multi-stakeholder dialogue and cooperation. The project works in six workstreams which are implemented at country as well as regional level:

Country level (in Tanzania and Zimbabwe):

  1. Documenting human rights impacts associated with transition minerals business activities and policy analysis
  2. Supporting access to remedy for impacts associated with transition minerals business activities
  3. Building stakeholder capacity and conducting multi-stakeholder policy dialogues on responsible business conduct and the Just Transition

Regional level:

  1. Integrating human rights and responsible business conduct in a zonal case study, namely on the border region between DRC and Zambia
  2. Carrying out regional-level policy analysis, dialogues and advocacy on responsible business conduct and the Just Transition
  3. Integrating human rights and responsible business conduct in investment and value chains for the Just Transition

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Key information

Start date

October 2024

End date

December 2027

Target group(s)

Civil society organisations; Government institutions; Companies; Smallholders and cooperatives; Business associations; Local communities; Multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSI)

Sector(s)

Energy and extractives

Type of initiative

Country level

Countries of intervention

Democratic Republic of the Congo; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Type(s) of support

Information & guidance on due diligence; International policy dialogue; Capacity building & training; Promotion of transparency & advocacy

Type(s) of contributor

EU Member State

Contributor(s)

Swedish International Development Agency (Sida)

Implementing organisation(s)

Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR); HakiRasilimali in Tanzania; Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) in Zimbabwe; African Resources Watch (AFREWATCH) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); Centre for Environment Justice (CEJ) in Zambia