Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. It commissioned GIZ's project Integrated Economic Development in the Mining Sector (DISM, 2019–2022), one of whose components worked with artisanal cobalt cooperatives on standards, and it funds, with the European Union, BGR's programme on responsible supply chains in the mining sector (phase II, July 2024 to June 2027), which covers artisanal copper-cobalt.
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Listed with the European Union as a contributor to the programme, which runs from July 2024 to June 2027; the EU's navigator page, the single source, publishes no amount.
evaluates risks for supply chain due diligence in both the conflict minerals sector (tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold) and the copper-cobalt sector
BMZ commissioned GIZ project 2018.2050.5 (DISM), which ran from 1 January 2019 to 5 April 2022 with a financial commitment of €12.87 million, according to GIZ's project page.
The project supports mining cooperatives with implementing and providing evidence of standards in artisanal cobalt mining.