Between industry, government and communities.
GIZ implements C4D, funded by companies that neither mine nor buy the cobalt; C4D’s paper states that the project pursues no commercial interest. It works through Congolese institutions, with EGC and SAEMAPE at the centre.
Governance distinguishes Lead Partners, who shape strategy, from Contributing Partners, who advise.
Connections
Reported means the cited source describes the relationship at its evidence date. Historical relationships refer to an earlier period. Announced agreements may not have been implemented. None of these labels confirms that trade continues today.
Funders
BASFDownstream company
Founding funder from January 2019, named in every phase and among the partners that “remained” at the continuation approved in late 2024; C4D's homepage lists BASF among the current co-funders.
3 sources
- Cobalt Initiative – Cross-industry partnership to enhance sustainable cobalt mining ↗
In January 2019, the companies BASF, BMW, Samsung Electronics and Samsung SDI commissioned the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development (C4D) – Towards responsible artisanal cobalt mining in the DR Congo ↗
Implemented by GIZ and co-funded by BASF, BMW Group, the European Union, and Stihl, C4D supports the EGC and government partners
- Cobalt Initiative – Cross-industry partnership to enhance sustainable cobalt mining ↗
BMW GroupDownstream company
Founding funder from January 2019, named in every phase and among the partners that “remained” at the continuation approved in late 2024; C4D's homepage lists BMW Group among the current co-funders.
4 sources
- Cobalt Initiative – Cross-industry partnership to enhance sustainable cobalt mining ↗
In January 2019, the companies BASF, BMW, Samsung Electronics and Samsung SDI commissioned the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
- Project for responsible artisanal cobalt mining in Kolwezi, DR Congo: launching on-site activities ↗
GIZ collaborates with IMPACT, an international non-governmental organization that specializes in improving natural resource governance, and Good Shepherd International Foundation / Bon Pasteur
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development (C4D) – Towards responsible artisanal cobalt mining in the DR Congo ↗
Implemented by GIZ and co-funded by BASF, BMW Group, the European Union, and Stihl, C4D supports the EGC and government partners
- Cobalt Initiative – Cross-industry partnership to enhance sustainable cobalt mining ↗
European UnionPublic body
C4D's homepage names the European Union among its co-funders, and its paper says the EU formally committed to join the partnership in 2025. The EU announced European funding for C4D's pilot sites at DRC Mining Week in June 2025, and on 9 October 2025 the European Commission listed “€2 million for Cobalt4Development” among the Global Gateway initiatives it would announce; the €2 million is that announced figure.
4 sources
- EU and Democratic Republic of Congo solidify cooperation through Global Gateway investments and support for regional peace and integration ↗
Cooperation on Critical Raw Materials, including €2 million for Cobalt4Development and €11.8 million to strengthen the Ministry of Mines and promote sustainable value chains.
- DRC Mining Week 2025 : l'Union européenne annonce des avancées concrètes sur l'opérationnalisation de son partenariat stratégique avec la RDC ↗
l'annonce du financement européen du projet Cobalt for Development qui sera mis en œuvre, pour les sites pilotes, par la coopération allemande (GIZ), côté européen
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development (C4D) – Towards responsible artisanal cobalt mining in the DR Congo ↗
Implemented by GIZ and co-funded by BASF, BMW Group, the European Union, and Stihl, C4D supports the EGC and government partners
- EU and Democratic Republic of Congo solidify cooperation through Global Gateway investments and support for regional peace and integration ↗
GoogleDownstream company
Volkswagen's release of 19 November 2020 lists Google among the project's financers, and MINING.COM repeated it word for word; this is a single source. C4D's paper and BASF's account of the project never name Google.
2 sources
- Volkswagen joins cobalt group supporting artisanal DRC miners ↗
The project is being implemented by GIZ and financed by BASF, BMW Group, Google, Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI and Volkswagen.
- Volkswagen engages in improving working conditions in artisanal cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo ↗
The project is being implemented by GIZ and financed by BASF, BMW Group, Google, Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI and Volkswagen.
- Volkswagen joins cobalt group supporting artisanal DRC miners ↗
Renault GroupDownstream company
Joined at the continuation approved in late 2024, according to C4D's paper, the single source for this link: C4D's homepage lists BASF, BMW Group, the European Union and Stihl as co-funders, and the paper's acknowledgements name the other funders without Renault.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
Samsung ElectronicsDownstream company
Founding funder in 2019, named among the partners of the first phase (2019–2022) only; its absence from the second phase rests on C4D's paper alone.
3 sources
- Cobalt Initiative – Cross-industry partnership to enhance sustainable cobalt mining ↗
In January 2019, the companies BASF, BMW, Samsung Electronics and Samsung SDI commissioned the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Samsung Electronics and Partners Kick Off “Cobalt for Development” Project to Promote Responsible Artisanal Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo ↗
Together with the relevant authorities in the province of Lualaba, the project has selected a legal artisanal mine site near the town of Kolwezi
- Cobalt Initiative – Cross-industry partnership to enhance sustainable cobalt mining ↗
Samsung SDIDownstream company
Founding funder in 2019, named in the first and second phases, to 2025. Whether it continued is contested: C4D’s paper leaves it out of the partners that remained at the late-2024 continuation, while the same paper’s acknowledgements thank it, the modules of May 2025 list it among the mandating companies, and its own 2025 sustainability report says that through C4D “we have been actively working to improve working conditions”.
6 sources
- Cobalt Initiative – Cross-industry partnership to enhance sustainable cobalt mining ↗
In January 2019, the companies BASF, BMW, Samsung Electronics and Samsung SDI commissioned the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
- RDC : EGC annonce des résultats prometteurs du programme d'exploration des sites pilotes de Tombolo et Kanunka dans le Lualaba ↗
En collaboration avec Cobalt for Development (C4D), financé par BASF, BMW, Samsung SDI, STIHL et Volkswagen Group, EGC a lancé un programme d'exploration
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Module 1 : Administration et gestion de l’exploitation par la coopérative minière ↗
Constitué de cinq modules rédigés en français et accompagnés d’exemples concrets
- Samsung Electronics and Partners Kick Off “Cobalt for Development” Project to Promote Responsible Artisanal Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo ↗
Together with the relevant authorities in the province of Lualaba, the project has selected a legal artisanal mine site near the town of Kolwezi
- 2025 Samsung SDI Sustainability Report ↗
for cobalt, 23 out of 25 smelters have been verified as RMI-conformant.
- Cobalt Initiative – Cross-industry partnership to enhance sustainable cobalt mining ↗
STIHLDownstream company
New funding partner for the second phase in 2023, named among the partners that remained at the late-2024 continuation and among the current co-funders on C4D's homepage. Its 2023 entry rests on C4D's paper alone.
3 sources
- RDC : EGC annonce des résultats prometteurs du programme d'exploration des sites pilotes de Tombolo et Kanunka dans le Lualaba ↗
En collaboration avec Cobalt for Development (C4D), financé par BASF, BMW, Samsung SDI, STIHL et Volkswagen Group, EGC a lancé un programme d'exploration
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development (C4D) – Towards responsible artisanal cobalt mining in the DR Congo ↗
Implemented by GIZ and co-funded by BASF, BMW Group, the European Union, and Stihl, C4D supports the EGC and government partners
- RDC : EGC annonce des résultats prometteurs du programme d'exploration des sites pilotes de Tombolo et Kanunka dans le Lualaba ↗
Volkswagen GroupDownstream company
Joined in 2020 and funded the first and second phases, to 2025. It is absent from the partners that remained at the late-2024 continuation, and its Responsible Raw Materials Report 2025, published in March 2026, says it decided to withdraw after a thorough evaluation, having completed a five-year engagement. Its 2024 annual report still called it a project partner, “so far open-ended”; the paper’s acknowledgements still thank it, and a September 2024 report of EGC’s exploration named it among the funders.
6 sources
- Cobalt Initiative – Cross-industry partnership to enhance sustainable cobalt mining ↗
In January 2019, the companies BASF, BMW, Samsung Electronics and Samsung SDI commissioned the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
- RDC : EGC annonce des résultats prometteurs du programme d'exploration des sites pilotes de Tombolo et Kanunka dans le Lualaba ↗
En collaboration avec Cobalt for Development (C4D), financé par BASF, BMW, Samsung SDI, STIHL et Volkswagen Group, EGC a lancé un programme d'exploration
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Volkswagen engages in improving working conditions in artisanal cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo ↗
The project is being implemented by GIZ and financed by BASF, BMW Group, Google, Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI and Volkswagen.
- Annual Report 2024: Workers in the value chain ↗
a project partner of Cobalt for Development
- Responsible Raw Materials Report 2025 ↗
following thorough evaluation, the Volkswagen Group has decided to withdraw from C4D.
- Cobalt Initiative – Cross-industry partnership to enhance sustainable cobalt mining ↗
Implementers
ArtisanactNGO / civil society
Local NGO named by C4D's paper as the direct implementing partner of the mining component, after IMPACT, until 2024. The period rests on C4D's paper alone; Bon Pasteur Kolwezi's plan also names Artisanact among C4D's local partners.
2 sources
- Bon Pasteur Kolwezi Theory of Change – Strategic Plan 2024-2028 ↗
including Misean Cara, ERG, Mercedes Benz, GIZ, Missio Austria, Google, Begeca and Manos Unidas.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Bon Pasteur Kolwezi Theory of Change – Strategic Plan 2024-2028 ↗
Bon Pasteur KolweziNGO / civil society
Bon Pasteur Kolwezi was C4D's local implementing partner for community work in Kisote and neighbouring communities, beginning in 2019; the BMW consortium reported activity with Bon Pasteur/GSIF since September 2019. Bon Pasteur's 2024 plan dates the conclusion of its Kisote project to 2022, while C4D's paper dates the wider community component to early 2023. This is a community role, not work at the neighbouring mine that BMW said was under evaluation in 2020.
3 sources
- “Cobalt for Development” project started trainings for mining cooperatives in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo ↗
with its partner Bon Pasteur/Good Shepherd International Foundation since September 2019
- Bon Pasteur Kolwezi Theory of Change – Strategic Plan 2024-2028 ↗
including Misean Cara, ERG, Mercedes Benz, GIZ, Missio Austria, Google, Begeca and Manos Unidas.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- “Cobalt for Development” project started trainings for mining cooperatives in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo ↗
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)Public body
GIZ implements Cobalt for Development on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies, which commissioned it in January 2019; C4D's homepage still names it as implementer, and a 2023 vacancy places the project in GIZ's International Services department. A 2025 US Embassy release calls C4D “the GIZ-funded project”; C4D's paper and BASF describe GIZ as implementer and the companies as funders.
6 sources
- Cobalt Initiative – Cross-industry partnership to enhance sustainable cobalt mining ↗
In January 2019, the companies BASF, BMW, Samsung Electronics and Samsung SDI commissioned the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
- Project for responsible artisanal cobalt mining in Kolwezi, DR Congo: launching on-site activities ↗
GIZ collaborates with IMPACT, an international non-governmental organization that specializes in improving natural resource governance, and Good Shepherd International Foundation / Bon Pasteur
- Project Manager (m/f/d) Cobalt for Development and Extractives – GIZ International Services ↗
Cobalt for Development (C4D) is one of the projects we currently implement.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- U.S. Joins Partnership to Promote Responsibly Sourced Artisanal Cobalt ↗
the GIZ-funded project Cobalt 4 Development (C4D)
- Cobalt for Development (C4D) – Towards responsible artisanal cobalt mining in the DR Congo ↗
Implemented by GIZ and co-funded by BASF, BMW Group, the European Union, and Stihl, C4D supports the EGC and government partners
- Cobalt Initiative – Cross-industry partnership to enhance sustainable cobalt mining ↗
Entreprise Générale du CobaltTrader
The EU Delegation announced in June 2025 that the EU-funded work at C4D's pilot sites would be implemented by GIZ on the European side and by EGC on the Congolese side. Single source.
1 source
- DRC Mining Week 2025 : l'Union européenne annonce des avancées concrètes sur l'opérationnalisation de son partenariat stratégique avec la RDC ↗
l'annonce du financement européen du projet Cobalt for Development qui sera mis en œuvre, pour les sites pilotes, par la coopération allemande (GIZ), côté européen
- DRC Mining Week 2025 : l'Union européenne annonce des avancées concrètes sur l'opérationnalisation de son partenariat stratégique avec la RDC ↗
Good Shepherd International FoundationNGO / civil society
Direct implementation partner of the community component, covering community development and child protection in Kisote and neighbouring villages, from September 2019 until the component ended in early 2023; every source names it as the pair Good Shepherd International Foundation / Bon Pasteur. C4D's paper says Bon Pasteur remained present in the villages after 2023 through a mobile health clinic the project supported.
3 sources
- Project for responsible artisanal cobalt mining in Kolwezi, DR Congo: launching on-site activities ↗
GIZ collaborates with IMPACT, an international non-governmental organization that specializes in improving natural resource governance, and Good Shepherd International Foundation / Bon Pasteur
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- “Cobalt for Development” Project Started Trainings for Mining Cooperatives in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo ↗
carrying out impactful community activities in Kisote and neighboring villages with its partner Bon Pasteur/Good Shepherd International Foundation since September 2019
- Project for responsible artisanal cobalt mining in Kolwezi, DR Congo: launching on-site activities ↗
IMPACTNGO / civil society
IMPACT was GIZ's initial NGO partner on the mining component, named at the 2019 launch; C4D's paper says the local NGO Artisanact took over that component after it.
2 sources
- Project for responsible artisanal cobalt mining in Kolwezi, DR Congo: launching on-site activities ↗
GIZ collaborates with IMPACT, an international non-governmental organization that specializes in improving natural resource governance, and Good Shepherd International Foundation / Bon Pasteur
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Project for responsible artisanal cobalt mining in Kolwezi, DR Congo: launching on-site activities ↗
Partners
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)Public body
From 2019, in collaboration with BGR, C4D developed cobalt-specific training material for artisanal cooperatives and miners, and C4D's paper names BGR among the co-developers of its five modules. The same paper's stakeholder annex describes the tie as technical exchange for complementarity and avoiding overlap; both descriptions are given here.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
Entreprise Générale du CobaltTrader
EGC and C4D signed a collaboration agreement in 2024, and C4D paused its cooperative coaching to support EGC's pilot, which settled on Tombolo; EGC's 2024 exploration of Tombolo and Kanunka was announced as run in collaboration with C4D. C4D's paper says it supported EGC to the point of a final investment decision on Tombolo, with the decision pending.
2 sources
- RDC : EGC annonce des résultats prometteurs du programme d'exploration des sites pilotes de Tombolo et Kanunka dans le Lualaba ↗
En collaboration avec Cobalt for Development (C4D), financé par BASF, BMW, Samsung SDI, STIHL et Volkswagen Group, EGC a lancé un programme d'exploration
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- RDC : EGC annonce des résultats prometteurs du programme d'exploration des sites pilotes de Tombolo et Kanunka dans le Lualaba ↗
European UnionPublic body
The EU delegation co-organised C4D's 2023 workshop with key Congolese authorities, with USAID and other international partners, and C4D's paper says it kept regular exchanges with the EU Delegation in Kinshasa. The EU's funding of C4D is recorded separately.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
Fair Cobalt AllianceInitiative
C4D's paper records joint coordination at EGC's pilot sites, with weekly alignment meetings alongside EGC, between 2024 and early 2025, and says C4D supported the Fair Cobalt Alliance's successful funding application to USAID; the US Embassy described the resulting January 2025 activity as conducted with the alliance in collaboration with C4D.
2 sources
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- U.S. Joins Partnership to Promote Responsibly Sourced Artisanal Cobalt ↗
the GIZ-funded project Cobalt 4 Development (C4D)
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
From 2020 C4D trained cooperatives in close collaboration with SAEMAPE, and the two co-developed five practical training modules now integrated into SAEMAPE's curriculum; C4D reports training 17 SAEMAPE agents as trainers, and SAEMAPE publishes the modules in French, crediting the training programme prepared by C4D.
3 sources
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Modules de formation ↗
Ce module est développé dans le cadre du programme de formation préparé par le projet « Cobalt pour le Développement »
- “Cobalt for Development” Project Started Trainings for Mining Cooperatives in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo ↗
carrying out impactful community activities in Kisote and neighboring villages with its partner Bon Pasteur/Good Shepherd International Foundation since September 2019
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Public body
In 2023, in collaboration with USAID, the EU delegation and other international partners, C4D organised a workshop with key Congolese authorities on legal pathways for a pilot. USAID's 2025 no-funding decision concerned the Fair Cobalt Alliance's application, which C4D had supported, and C4D's paper says it left a gap in engagement; no source makes USAID a funder of C4D.
2 sources
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- U.S. Joins Partnership to Promote Responsibly Sourced Artisanal Cobalt ↗
the GIZ-funded project Cobalt 4 Development (C4D)
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
Exchanges with
AFREWATCHNGO / civil society
In C4D’s own words, an “exploratory / limited engagement via stakeholder events and advocacy platforms.”
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
Cadastre Minier (CAMI)Public body
C4D’s own paper says CAMI has "only an indirect role" and also records it registering the amodiation of C4D’s pilot sites to EGC.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
Cellule Technique de Coordination et de Planification Minière (CTCPM)Public body
Named among the DRC government and institutional stakeholders around the project, by C4D’s own paper.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
Named among the DRC government and institutional stakeholders around the project, by C4D’s own paper.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
DRC Ministry of MinesPublic body
Named among the DRC government stakeholders around the project; C4D’s own paper describes the engagement as indirect, through the Ministry’s technical agencies.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
EnabelPublic body
Technical exchange, by C4D’s stakeholder annex: “to identify synergies in vocational training and capacity-building around ASM pilot sites.”
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
GécaminesProducer
C4D’s own paper records strategic consultation and policy dialogue with Gécamines, alongside its shareholding in EGC, its early-2024 sublease of the pilot sites, and its funding of geochemical analysis and drilling there.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
Integrated Economic Development in the Mining Sector (DISM)Initiative
Technical exchange with GIZ’s bilateral projects, DISM and PROGERIM among them, “to align interventions and avoid duplication”, by C4D’s stakeholder annex. The hub carries no record for PROGERIM.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
Le Congo n’est pas à vendre (CNPV)NGO / civil society
In C4D’s own words, an “exploratory / limited engagement through transparency networks and stakeholder dialogues.” The coalition’s spokesperson also spoke at the 2024 OECD Forum session GIZ organised as C4D’s implementer.
2 sources
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Finding pathways for responsible artisanal and industrial cobalt mining: challenges, experiences and ways forward ↗
Organised by GIZ as implementer of C4D and Resource Matters
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)Public body
C4D takes part in OECD partner sessions; on 21 May 2024, at the OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains, GIZ as C4D’s implementer organised a session with EGC and Resource Matters.
2 sources
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Finding pathways for responsible artisanal and industrial cobalt mining: challenges, experiences and ways forward ↗
Organised by GIZ as implementer of C4D and Resource Matters
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
Touche pas mon CobaltNGO / civil society
In C4D’s own words, an “exploratory / limited engagement via stakeholder events and advocacy platforms.”
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)Public body
Technical and advisory support, by C4D’s stakeholder annex: “information exchange on child labor identification and potential program synergies.”
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
Active at
TomboloMining site
Since its 2024 collaboration agreement with EGC, C4D has supported EGC's pilot at Tombolo, from the geological work to a mine design finalised in 2025; its paper says the final investment decision was pending. EGC's 2024 exploration of Tombolo and Kanunka was announced as run in collaboration with C4D.
2 sources
- RDC : EGC annonce des résultats prometteurs du programme d'exploration des sites pilotes de Tombolo et Kanunka dans le Lualaba ↗
En collaboration avec Cobalt for Development (C4D), financé par BASF, BMW, Samsung SDI, STIHL et Volkswagen Group, EGC a lancé un programme d'exploration
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- RDC : EGC annonce des résultats prometteurs du programme d'exploration des sites pilotes de Tombolo et Kanunka dans le Lualaba ↗
ZEA 078 KisoteMining site
ZEA 078 Kisote was C4D's first candidate pilot site from 2019, dropped after drilling showed the deposits too deep for artisanal extraction (December 2019 by the paper's narrative, 2020 by its chronology), and C4D ran its community programme in Kisote village and neighbouring villages with Good Shepherd International Foundation / Bon Pasteur from September 2019 to early 2023.
4 sources
- “Cobalt for Development” project started trainings for mining cooperatives in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo ↗
with its partner Bon Pasteur/Good Shepherd International Foundation since September 2019
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Samsung Electronics and Partners Kick Off “Cobalt for Development” Project to Promote Responsible Artisanal Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo ↗
Together with the relevant authorities in the province of Lualaba, the project has selected a legal artisanal mine site near the town of Kolwezi
- “Cobalt for Development” Project Started Trainings for Mining Cooperatives in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo ↗
carrying out impactful community activities in Kisote and neighboring villages with its partner Bon Pasteur/Good Shepherd International Foundation since September 2019
- “Cobalt for Development” project started trainings for mining cooperatives in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo ↗
Sites evaluated
KamilombeMining site
Site assessment of Kamilombe in 2019, by C4D’s chronology; its paper says Kamilombe was later considered as an alternative site but lacked legal viability.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
KanunkaMining site
Geological assessment of Kanunka in 2024, by C4D’s chronology; the pilot went to Tombolo.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
KilamusemboMining site
C4D’s chronology says Kilamusembo was “visited” in 2023, the weaker of its two verbs.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
KiseleMining site
Site assessment of Kisele in 2023, by C4D’s chronology.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
MwiluMining site
Site assessment of Mwilu in 2019, by C4D’s chronology, alongside Kisote, Kamilombe, Shabara and Tilwezembe.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
TomboloMining site
Geological assessment of Tombolo in 2024, by C4D’s chronology, which ends in the decision for Tombolo as the pilot.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
TondoMining site
Site assessment of Tondo in 2023, by C4D’s chronology.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
ZEA 078 KisoteMining site
Site assessment of Kisote in 2019, by C4D’s chronology; Kisote then became its first pilot site, which it discontinued.
1 source
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of and with funding from the participating companies.
- Cobalt for Development – Lessons Learned Paper ↗
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