Governance, transparency, State control and access to information are among the main issues examined by civil society organizations gathered in Lubumbashi on September 10 and 11, 2026. The objective: to formulate proposals likely to feed into the process of revising the Mining Code initiated in Parliament.
A reflection based on field experience
Gathered at the initiative of the Carter Center, civil society representatives from Kamina, Kolwezi, Lubumbashi and Kinshasa in particular are exchanging views on the provisions of the Mining Code to be improved in light of several years of implementation.
This meeting takes place in a context marked by the drafting, by a national elected official, of a bill to revise the Mining Code. For the participants, this initiative constitutes an opportunity to bring back to the institutional level the difficulties and concerns observed in the field since the entry into force of the Code revised in 2018.
“For a few months now, a national elected official has drafted a bill to revise the Mining Code. This proposal provides for a few provisions that need to be modified in the Code and, at the level of civil society, we thought it was important that we reflect and propose amendments in light of the reality on the ground,” explains Fabien Mayani of the Carter Center.
Governance and control at the center of the discussions
The discussions focus in particular on the governance of the mining sector and on the State’s capacity to ensure better control of its resources. The management of the mining domain, surveillance mechanisms as well as the responsibilities of the various stakeholders are among the subjects examined.
Transparency also constitutes a major focus of the work. The participants are interested in the provisions making it possible to guarantee better access to information and greater readability in the management of the extractive sector.
For civil society, the challenge consists in determining to what extent the current legal framework responds to the realities of the sector and makes it possible to ensure efficient, responsible and transparent management of mining resources.
Proposals to feed into the parliamentary process
At the end of this reflection, the participating organizations intend to formulate proposals and amendments to be integrated into the discussions on the reform of the Mining Code.
The Carter Center thus presents the workshop as a space allowing civil society to capitalize on its experience of monitoring the sector since 2018 and to contribute to the legislative debate.
As the DRC seeks to strengthen the governance of its mining resources, the conclusions of this work could feed into parliamentary discussions around the evolution of the legal framework governing one of the strategic sectors of the Congolese economy.
Héritier Maila
Keywords: DRC, Mining Code, revision of the Mining Code, civil society, Carter Center, mining governance, transparency, mining sector, access to information, Parliament.
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