Mining & Mineral Development Act needed at ECOWAS

The Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS, a regional grouping with 15 Member States in West Africa three landlocked and one island with a population of about 300million with an annual economic growth rate of 6%. The ECO WAS Commission is one of the eight Regional Economic Communities RECs supporting the African Union to coordinate the implementation of continental and regional integration and development programmes in West Africa.

Job Title: Individual Consultant for the Formulation of ECOWAS Mining & Minerals Development Act EMMDA

Job Field
Consultancy

Background
As part of the mandated activities towards the realization of the main objective of ECOWAS, the Commission is soliciting the services of a reputable and highly competent person(s) to assist the Directorate of Mining & Geo-extractives Development draft a comprehensive Technical Feasibility Report/implementation Strategy for an ECOWAS Geo-extractives Observatory & Cadastre System which aligns with the Community’s vision of – “create a borderless, peaceful, prosperous and cohesive region, built on good governance and where people have the capacity to access and harness its enormous resources through the creation of opportunities for sustainable development and environmental preservation”
For this purpose, The Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS seeks to engage the Services of an Individual Consultant for the formulation of ECOWAS Mining & Minerals Development Act EMMDA 1st Benchmark Result – Complete Draft EMMDA/Implementation Strategy
The general objective of the study is to assist the Community develop and adopt a comprehensive and useful, internationally acceptable ECOWAS Mining & Minerals Development Act (Code) for the realization of the Community’s vision.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Consultant 
Draft an ECOWAS Mining & Minerals Development Act (Code) as described above and its Implementation Strategy, then submit It through the Commissioner, Energy & Mines within a specified number of days
Assist the Directorate of Mining as the commission’s Resource Persons in the review and statutory validation
process of this document at intervals as required
Assist the Directorate of Mining as a Resource Person in the internal ECOWAS Commission Technical Retreats on this
draft document.

Qualifications
Demonstrated academic competence from a related fields within the geo-extractives sector,
Demonstrated appreciation of the developmental policy-orientation for the sector.
Demonstrated practical experience in multi-sector policy conceptualization and programme development within an international best practice context.
Proven ability to write reports in clear and concise legal and technical context, communicate effectively, present concept with limited slides ad meet operational deadlines.
Proven ability to maintain excellent interpersonal skills and to establish and maintain effective working relationships within a multi-lingual and cultural environment of an international development organization.

Requirement
The interested Consultants must provide all information supporting their qualification to perform the services Kindly attach detailed Curriculum Vitae that highlights the following:
Curriculum and Certificates;
Past Experiences of similar jobs over the past 10 years;
Computer knowledge; knowledge of the area; language and any other information useful for the accomplishment of this project.

Interested Persons shoild send CV and Application sealed and stating the Position applying for to the address below

The ECOWAS Tender Box
The Office of the Commissioner,
General Administration & Conference,
5th Floor ECOWAS Commission,
101 Yakubu Gowon Crescent,
Asokoro District,
P. M. B. 401,
Abuja,
Nigeria.

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Mining & Mineral Development Act needed at ECOWAS