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The German Development Cooperation BGR and GIZ and other partners are committed to supporting ICGLR in this challenging task in order to provide a basis for continuous responsible mineral sourcing from the Great Lakes Region General Outlook Initially the BGR developed CTC as a voluntary approach to certify supply chain due diligence and a conflict free origin of mineral products while also promoting sustainable development in the ASM sector Thus mineral certification goes beyond pure traceability by also introducing other benefits for the ASM sector e g transparency of payments basic so cial and human rights environmental provisions and community development The CTC approach is not limited to a conflict prone context Compliance with the CTC standards guarantees acceptable mining conditions in ASM while supplying end users with minerals produced responsibly and traded under good conditions With the enactment of the Dodd Frank legislation the issue of conflict minerals has received global attention End users listed in the United States of America are faced with the obligation to enquire the origin of the TTT ores and gold used in their products and to demonstrate due diligence in the minerals supply chain The uncertainty about the provisions of the law and reputational risks for companies sour cing from the region has led to a de facto embargo on minerals originating from the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa This is of major concern to the producer countries depending on mining revenues and for the liveli hoods of people depending on ASM and the minerals trade Certification and due diligence of the supply chain has become obligatory in the region as well as for several downstream industries Efforts undertaken by governments the private sec tor and civil society to enable mining activities to resume and for sourcing from the region to be accep table for end users need to be accelerated To this end ICGLR has developed a regional certification mechanism which is now to be implemented with the assistance of BGR and other international partners Scaling up and the expansion of CTC under the umbrella of the ICGLR s regional certification mecha nism will provide a tool for supply chain due diligence and assure a conflict free origin of minerals in compliance with Dodd Frank Section 1502 Furthermore CTC which is now part of ICGLR s regional certification mechanism as well as Rwandan and Congolese legislation takes into account a wider range of social human rights and environmental issues and thus promotes decent conditions in the ASM sector In conclusion the CTC approach lends itself to im plementation across different regions Adapted to the local context mineral certification contributes to the promotion of responsible and sustainable ASM in developing countries 2012 BGR Hannover