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“First Meeting of the Network of Mining Regions”

LINKING EUROPEAN AND REGIONAL MINERAL POLICIES IN ANDALUCIA

(SPAIN)

Manuel Vázquez Mora

Dirección General de Industria, Energía y Minas Junta de Andalucía (Gobierno Regional)

MINING IN ANDALUCÍA

8,4 M inhabitants 87.000 km² Historical mining tradition:

Prehistory XIX c. and beginning of XX c. Second half XX c and actually

Current Data: N.º Active Mines: 585 N.º Mining Rights: 1.000 N.º Exploration Permits: 211 N.º Employs: 7.700/40.000

EUROPEAN MINERAL POLICY

2008

• European Commission drafted the Raw Materials Initiative

2011

• European Parliament accept Raw Materials Initiative

2013 • EIP Raw Materials was born

2014 • Horizon 2020 stars to run

EIP RAW MATERIALS

Main Objective: 20 % European GDP from the

Industry

Fair and sustainable supply of raw

materials from global markets

Sustainable supply of raw materials within

the EU

Resource efficiency and supply of

"secondary raw materials"

Strategic Implementation

Plan

Governance: High Level

Steering Group (OECD), and Operational

Group

https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/eip-raw-materials/en/content/strategic-implementation-plan-part-ii

STRATEGIC ORIENTATION TO THE FUTURE

• A long-term vision for the EU economy must have a solid strategy on raw materials supply

• Create synergies with other sectors and stakeholders to reflect the interconnectedness of raw materials in the economy

• The EIP should play an active role in shaping the EU's future raw materials policy framework

• Adjust the Operational Groups to ensure the full pursuit of the SIP. New members, new stakeholders represented, new expertise

• EMA 2020. Implementation, Evaluation, planning new period

• New network of regional stakeholders, Governace principles. MIREU

• Mineral potential, exploration, innovation, R&D funding. INFACT& GEO_FPI projects

• Member of the EIP Operational Groups

HOW IS EUROPEAN POLICY INCOMING AT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL MINERAL POLICIES?

Modernizing national mine laws (Examples: Portugal, Sweden,

Ireland, Poland, etc)

Creating or updating the instruments of mining planning

in the Member States and regions (Examples: Finland, Austria, Portugal, Sweden, Germany, Andalucía, etc)

Promoting stakeholders presence in networking and

cluster projects regarding all the relevant issues around Europe

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ANDALUCIA?

ANDALUSIAN INDUSTRY STRATEGY 2020

ANDALUSIAN INNOVATION STRATEGY

(RIS 3)

HOW IS ANDALUCIA IMPLEMENTING THE EUROPEAN AND REGIONAL POLICIES?

Active and pro-active participation of regional government

Project related to Governance and learning of past mistakes:

MIREU

MINELAND

Projects related to innovation, mineral exploration, mineral potential:

INFACT

GEO_FPI

HOW IS ANDALUCIA IMPLEMENTING THE EUROPEAN AND REGIONAL POLICIES? (I)

Main started actions

Spreading and improving the geo-mineral knowledge by the Portal Andaluz de la Mineria web page:

Works and reports on need of modification of mining basic regulation

Coordination of Mining, Environmental and land use planing authorities

The dissemination of mining potential through various actions such as the holding of international fairs and symposium:

Metallic Mining Hall in Seville: 17-19 oct 2017.

www.juntadeandalucia.es/economiainnovacioncienciayempleo/pam

www.mmhseville.com

HOW IS ANDALUCIA IMPLEMENTING THE EUROPEAN AND REGIONAL POLICIES? (II)

Main started actions

International Congress on Energy and Mineral Resources. 10-13 apr 2018.

Public tenders for mining rights in process: 83 MR 71.000 Ha (Se, Co y Ma Provinces)

H2020 projects

Mining projects (creation, modification, internationalization, etc) funding

Task force skilling on safety works and Action Plan for High Accident Rate Companies

www.congresomineriasevilla2018.org

CONCLUSIONS

The change from and old or inexistent mining policy at

European and Regional level to a new one have switched on the stakeholders lights to work in the same direction.

National and Regional

Governments have started to act

addressing the EIP Targets

A new networking culture has been born and every stakeholder knows the opportunities to grow,

to improve their objectives, to extent their influence, to innovate,

to push to achieve the socio economic growth of society

The evaluation of the measures implementation is quite satisfactory and it's

getting favourable results in term of participants, investment, funding, framework conditions, innovations

(including R+D+i proposals), dissemination, and clustering.

The future actions must follow the same philosophy of thinking

objectives for ensure the raw materials supply

“First Meeting of the Network of Mining Regions”

Thank you very much for your attention

General Directorate of Industry, Energy and Mines

• Avda. Albert Einstein, 4. Isla de la Cartuja, 41092 – Seville (Spain).

• Phone number: +34 955 063 910.

• E-mail: dgiem.ceec@juntadeandalucia.es

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