Argentina
Poder Ciudadano is part of Transparency International’s global network championing accountability in the mining sector.
On 29 April 2020 it launched its report analysing the corruption risks in the process of awarding mining concessions in Argentina.
This research identified the systemic, regulatory and institutional vulnerabilities in the process of granting exploration and exploitation concessions.
If these processes are not transparent and accountable, they are more vulnerable to corruption. This in turn threatens further economic, social and environmental consequences.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The report’s key recommendations include:
- Improve public integrity systems (conflict of interest, lobby and revolving door).
- Guarantee effective access to public information.
- Strengthen whistleblower protection and promote channels to report corruption.
- Strengthen the “Online Unified Mining Cadastre” and provincial mining cadastres.
- Strengthen the work between the national, state and provincial levels of government
- Regulate the Free, Prior and Informed Consent standards contained in ILO Convention 169.
- Generate regulations related to the right of citizen participation of non-Indigenous communities.
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