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EPA 2016 Annual Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 5 Information Day
7 October 2016, Dublin
Blažena Hamadová, MinPol Agency for International Minerals Policy
MINATURA2020
Developing a Concept for
A European Minerals Deposit
Framework

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Content
Introduction
Overview
◦ Key figures
Project
◦ Objectives
◦ Work Packages
◦ Deliverables
◦ MDoPI concept
Pan-European approach
◦ Partners
◦ Meetings/workshops in 2016
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Key Figures (1)
MINATURA 2020 is a project:
 funded by the H2020 Framework programme of the European Commission.
 part of the thematic area: "H2020-SC5-2014: Growing a Low Carbon, Resource
Efficient Economy with a Sustainable Supply of Raw Materials”;
 The project answered to the call for proposals SC5-13a-2014.
“Mineral deposits of public importance”.
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Key Figures (2)
Project Acronym: MINATURA 2020
Project full title: Developing a concept for a European
minerals deposit framework
Start Date: 01 February 2015
End Date: 31 January, 2018
Duration: 36 months
Status: Month 21
Project Cost/Funding: 2,092,689.00 €
Coverage: non-energy minerals
Status in the value chain: Prospection/Mining to Extraction
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MINATURA2020 - Three key aspects
a) Bottom-up approach
The need for multi stakeholder involvement (including the public itself) + development of
corresponding dialogue precede all other priorities.
◦ National stakeholder consultations in each partner country
b) Harmonisation
Based on existing protocols and standards, so that a best possible compromise can be
developed and adopted on Member State level.
c) Real-life demonstration
Validation of developed concepts by real-life demonstration (case studies).
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Overall objective
Developing a concept and methodology
◦ i.e. a harmonised European regulatory/guidance/policy framework
for definition + subsequent protection
of “Mineral Deposits of Public Importance”
in order to protect them for their “best use” in the future,
resulting in improved conditions for sustainable access and supply of
raw materials in EU.
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Specific Objectives (1)
1. Formulation + definition of concept “mineral deposits of public importance”
(MDoPI)
2. Explore land use competition challenges between mining + other land uses:
analysis and interpretation on different levels and in different future scenarios
3. Establishment of appropriate mapping framework based on detailed qualifying
conditions for classifying “mineral deposits of public importance”
4. Explore and define regional, national and EU-level regulatory measures for
safeguarding of MDoPI.
5. Develop the concept and present some recommendations with a view to a potential
future MDoPI Mineral Deposits Directive
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Specific objectives (2)
5. Incorporate concept of “mineral deposits of public importance” into
national/regional/EU policies - minerals policies + land use policies
6. Promote establishment of a Council of Stakeholders with a mission to safeguard
implementation of a EU-initiative on Mineral Deposits of Public Importance
7. Validate/demonstrate developed methodology on several areas + scales (local,
regional, national and EU) - taking into account different policy scenarios + impacts.
8. Open up dialogue with all relevant stakeholders across EU from local, regional,
national to EU levels, including
◦ (A) civil society and the public,
◦ (B) relevant representatives of public administration and
◦ (C) experts of science and industry
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Project Deliverables
 MDoPI concept prepared + agreed with stakeholders.
 Set of Qualifying Conditions of Harmonised Mapping Framework (HMF) for each type of
mineral.
 National/Regional Guidance on incorporating MDOPI concept into mineral and land use
policies for all participating countries.
 Harmonised Mapping Framework (HMF) prepared + tested.
 Report on testing results in selected case-study countries.
 Council of Stakeholders created as informal consolatory body on
MDoPI at the EU/national level
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26 Deliverables
20 Reports,
2 Maps of conflict / conflict
free zones in case studies
4 Website/Brochures

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MDoPI concept
MDoPI- working definition agreed in January 2016:
"A mineral deposit is of public importance where information demonstrates that its
sustainable exploitation could provide economic, social or other benefit to the EU (or
the member states or a specific region/municipality)„
 short, broad, inclusive and flexible enough to build the base for further discussions with
stakeholders and other experts.
it is a multi-criteria definition - indicates that socio-economic but also environmental aspects need
to be considered when classifying a mineral deposit as of 'public importance'.
(Source: Deliverable 2.1)
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Case-study areas
onshore: Hungary, Italy, Poland,
Portugal, Slovenia,
Sweden;
offshore: Ireland, UK
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Pan-European Approach
MINATURA covers 24 organisations from 19 countries
Pan-European Approach
 Advisory board members (i.a.):
◦ Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Czech Republic
◦ are supporting Pan-European Approach
◦ Covering missing partners
 association with new „partners“ during project
◦ e.g. NGO from South-East-Ost-Europe („ MiningWatchSEE“) has been associated
 questionaire still open: http://minatura2020.eu/survey-minatura/
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PROJECT PARTNERS 24 organisations from 19 countries
PARTICIPANT ORGANISATION NAME PART. SHORT NAME COUNTRY
MinPol MINPOL Austria
Pan-European Reserves and Resources Reporting Committee PERC Belgium
Industrial Minerals Association – Europe IMA Belgium
European Federation of Geologists EFG Belgium
Geological Survey of Montenegro ZGI Montenegro
Regione Emilia Romagna, Geological, Seismic and Soil Survey GSER Italy
Ministry of Economic Affairs of Herzeg-Bosnian Canton MGHBZ Bosnia and Herzegovina
Polish Academy of Sciences MEERI PAS Poland
University College London UCL UK
La Palma Research Centre for Future Studies S.L. CentroFuturo Spain
University College Cork UCC Ireland
Wageningen University & Research Centre ALTERRA Netherlands
Iskriva, Institute for Development of Local Potentials ISKRIVA Slovenia
Geological and Geophysical Institute of Hungary MFGI Hungary
University of Bucharest UBU Romania
Geological Survey of Slovenia GeoZS Slovenia
Universidade de Lisboa UdL Portugal
Koprivničko-križevačka County KKZ Croatia
Geological Survey of Slovakia GSSK Slovakia
Luleå University of Technology LTU Sweden
Slovenian Surface Mining Association DTV PO Slovenia
Geological Survey of Bucharest GSBU Romania
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology UoB Serbia
Mineral & Resource Planning Associates Ltd. MRPA UK
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Pan-European workshops
 In 11 countries a first round of stakeholder meetings has already been organised
 In WP5 a first evaluation was done. The partners came to the following conclusions:
1. Lack of awareness of the mining sector's importance at the national level
2. Lack of sufficient data and meta-data on minerals and areas in several countries;
3. A firm stand of strategic values at a national level is the key to put the process of legislation
upgrading in motion;
4. Good examples are existing in every country but they are not skillfully used to promote
sustainable mining in socio-economic terms;
5. The partners stated a need of Communication and trainings with and for key players in the
policy cycle of land use/spatial planning for a better understanding of the mining sector's specifics
and to increase their competence for transferring these specifics into legislation."
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Expected impact (1)
 Resource-efficient Europe that supports
the shift towards a resource efficient and
low-carbon economy emphasising that a new
strategy on raw materials will need to be
presented “to create the right framework
conditions for sustainable supply and
management of domestic primary raw
materials”
 Smart growth - Innovation Union that
will "revolutionize the way public and private
sectors work together„
Industrial Policy for Green Growth that
helps the EU's industrial base to be „competitive
in the post- crisis world, promoting
entrepreneurship and developing new skills”
and thus creating new employment
opportunities.
The Digital Agenda for Europe that
defines the key role of ICT for Europe to
succeed in its ambitions for 2020. The objective
of this Agenda is to chart a course to "maximise
the social and economic potential of ICT" in
further enhancing public access to
information
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Expected impact (2)
 Support to the implementation of RMI emphasizing the concept of the “added value
chain”, sustainable supply approach
Integrated approach – protection of MDoPI, raw materials planning, state-of-the-art
Recommendations towards a concept for a Minerals Deposit Directive
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Thank you for your attention!
www.minatura2020.eu
blazena.hamadova@minpol.com
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MINATURA - Workflow
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HORIZON 2020
Land Use Call
MinPol Opportunities:
 Land use planning authorities - county council active in the extractive industry
 Industry partners, e.g. working in exploration
 Potentional Irish partners working with stakeholder involvement issues
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