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9 Rwanda Democratic Republic of the Congo and ICGLR The BGR currently supports two programs in the mineral sector in the African Great Lakes Region on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development one in the Democra tic Republic of the Congo the other in support of the ICGLR These programs are based on experiences gained in the implementation of a pilot project in Rwanda In both countries the Certified Trading Chains CTC projects are designed to develop the concept of mine ral certification with partners on the ground and adapt it to local conditions creating a practical certi fication framework capable of being implemented in the artisanal mining sector Implementation is done in a progressive way starting at selected pilot mine sites to demonstrate feasibility with subsequent broadening across the mining sec tor of the respective countries by member state authorities supported by BGR To this end CTC stan dards are incorporated into national regulations Lessons learned from the pilot projects also provide input for the design and implementation of the ICGLR regional mineral certification mechanism The CTC pilot project in Rwanda has been carried out in cooperation with the Rwanda Geology and Mines Authority OGMR today Rwanda Natural Resources Authority RNRA The project in the DRC has been developed in cooperation with the DRC Ministry of Mines and the Service d Assistance et d Encadre ment du Small Scale Mining SAESSCAM the DRC agency in charge of formalizing and assisting arti sanal miners International Support for Certification and CTC In 2005 the United Nations Group of Experts on the DRC recommend ed in their annual report that a traceability and certification system should be developed for high value minerals in the Great Lakes Region The Group called for a pilot study to begin the process In 2006 the 11 African heads of state from the International Confer ence on the Great Lakes Region ICGLR adopted the Protocol Against the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources which calls on member states to establish a regional mechanism with accredited standards as regards natural resource exploitation and provisions on certification of origin to serve as a tool for combating the illegal exploitation of natural resources In 2007 the final communiqué of the G8 summit in Heiligendamm Germany expressed support for a pilot study concerning the feasibility of a designed certification system for selected raw materials which was realized from 2008 to 2011 through the CTC pilot project in Rwanda 8 2012 BGR Hannover 2012 BGR Hannover