The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF)
Since 2015, IISD has hosted the Secretariat to the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) with more than 75 member nations committed to leveraging mining for sustainable development to ensure that negative impacts are limited and financial benefits are shared.
The IGF supports more than 75 nations committed to leveraging mining for sustainable development to ensure that negative impacts are limited and financial benefits are shared. It is devoted to optimizing the benefits of mining to achieve poverty reduction, inclusive growth, social development, and environmental stewardship. The Secretariat's cornerstone Mining Policy Framework outlines best practices underpins the IGF's work on six focus areas:
- Legal and Policy Environment
- Financial Benefit Optimization
- Socioeconomic Benefit Optimization
- Environmental Management
- Post-Mining Transition
- Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
Project team
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Greg Radford
Director, IGF
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Isabelle Ramdoo
Deputy Director, IGF
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Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Vice-President, Global Strategies and Managing Director, Europe
![Aaron Cosbey](https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/styles/profile_picture_mobile/public/2023-12/aaron-cosbey-2023.jpg?h=b597944e&itok=zmT6-638)
Aaron Cosbey
Senior Associate
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Thomas Lassourd
Senior Policy Advisor and Technical Assistance Coordinator
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Clémence Naré
Senior Law Advisor, IGF
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Suzy H. Nikièma
Director, Investment
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Carlos Alberto Ortega
Environmental Advisor
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Grégoire Bellois
Senior Policy Advisor
![Thelma Halim, IISD Policy Advisor](https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/styles/profile_picture_mobile/public/2023-01/thelma-halim-2023.jpg?h=b597944e&itok=Vq0hNhZU)
Thelma Halim
Policy Advisor
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Murtiani Hendriwardani
Policy Advisor
![Andrea Lemus Mesa is a Senior Policy Advisor with the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) within IISD’s Economic Law and Policy program.](https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/styles/profile_picture_mobile/public/2023-11/andrea-lemus-mesa-2023.jpg?h=b597944e&itok=x3A8veHX)
Andrea Lemus Mesa
Senior Policy Advisor
![Ekpen Omonbude is a Senior Policy Advisor with IISD’s Economic Law and Policy Program, working with the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF).](https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/styles/profile_picture_mobile/public/2023-11/ekpen-omonbude-2023.jpg?h=b597944e&itok=iuiW4m-x)
Ekpen Omonbude
Senior Policy Advisor
![Portrait of David Perri](https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/styles/profile_picture_mobile/public/2022-08/david-perri-2022_0.jpg?h=b597944e&itok=C1sNhL2S)
David Perri
Senior Communications Officer, Economic Law and Policy
![Alexandra Readhead is Lead, Tax and Extractives with IISD’s Economic Law and Policy Program.](https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/styles/profile_picture_mobile/public/2023-11/alexandra-readhead-2023.jpg?h=b597944e&itok=TyKXb4Z8)
Alexandra Readhead
Lead, Tax and Extractives
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Marina Ruete
Associate
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Patricia Sanchez
Project Manager
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Susan Sekirime
Senior Policy Advisor
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Lionel Simeon
Project Manager
![Jaqueline is a policy advisor II in tax law and the extractive industries supporting the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, and Sustainable Development's (IGF) program.](https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/styles/profile_picture_mobile/public/2023-11/jaqueline-taquiri-2023.jpg?h=b597944e&itok=oZzMHI2h)
Jaqueline Taquiri
Policy Advisor II, Tax and Extractives
![Viola Tarus is a Policy Advisor, Tax and Extractives, with IISD's ELP program.](https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/styles/profile_picture_mobile/public/2023-11/viola-tarus-2023.jpg?h=b597944e&itok=gAQHkipu)
Viola Tarus
Policy Advisor, Tax and Extractives
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Ege Tekinbas
Senior Policy Advisor, Gender Equity
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