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Don Binyina Bwesigye
Africa Centre for Energy and Mineral Policy (ACEMP)
Executive Director
Description
Don is a seasoned Great Lakes Region mineral and energy policy analyst with over 15 years of working experience. He has represented Uganda at the ICGLR-Regional Initiative Against the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources (RINR) and served as Chairman of the ICGLR-RINR the Mineral Audit Committee overseeing the implementation of the Regional Certification Mechanism in the 12 member states of the ICGLR.
This experience has enabled him to create networks with mineral sector Government institutions, mining industry, 3TGs regional mineral exporters and refiners, civil society and mineral host communities. He specializes in government advisory on policy, fiscal and regulatory frameworks, building sustainable tripartite relations between mineral rich ICGLR member states, mining industry, state mining sector regulatory agencies, regional and international civil society and mineral rich host communities in the region.
He is an active participant in the ICGLR-RINR regional initiatives, programs and activities promoting responsible mineral supply chains and other regional mineral sector policy, fiscal and regulatory reforms to shape regional policy on the responsible mineral supply chains, ICGLR ASM Gold Strategy, review of the Regional Certification Mechanism and reduction of third party mineral audits costs for mineral exporters, the ICGLR Regional Mineral Value Addition and Cross-Border Trade Forum, Regional Mineral Exporters Forum among others.
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