
“The Kimberley Process and the DDII are important initiatives. They affect our trade with Africa and are linked to development aspects within trade, security and the environment, in line with Swedish policy for global development.”
Ewa Björling, Minister for Foreign Trade, Sweden
The DDII has planned a number of activities which aim to introduce change to the alluvial diamond mining sector in Africa. These include:
Development Diamond Standards will set minimum performance standards in regards to social, economic, environmental, labour, trading and/or governance issues for operations in the developing countries. For more information about this project please click here.
DDII’s Tukudimuna Project seeks to prevent and remove children from working in the diamond mines in the Mbuji-Mayi region of DRC; to understand the dynamics and the political economy of child labour in artisanal diamond mining; and to find sustainable and replicable methodologies to end this practice. For more information about this project please click here.
Two land reclamations in Sierra Leone at the Bandefayie and Kainsey sites. These reclamations are a component of ONE SKY’s Life After Diamonds project. For more information about this project please click here.
A youth driven study that seeks to find out the ambitions of and opportunities available to youth who work in the mining sector in Sierra Leone, and determine the present gaps which prevent them from reaching their goals. For more information about this project please click here.
Economic Diversification and Community Development in Artisanal Diamond Mining Communities in Sierra Leone. For more information about this project please click here.
The production of a teaching film on the USAID-funded project entitled Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development (PRADD) in Central Africa Republic and Guinea. For more information about this project please click here.