Descripción del proyecto
Una asociación entre la Unión Europea y África para el suministro responsable de materias primas
Es importante que la Unión Europea (UE) establezca asociaciones estratégicas con terceros países, sobre todo africanos. Por ejemplo, es importante asegurar su cadena de suministro de materias primas esenciales para la transición energética y digital. El equipo del proyecto AfricaMaVal, financiado con fondos europeos, desarrollará una asociación responsable y sostenible entre la UE y África para abastecer de recursos minerales a la industria europea. Se centrará en la creación de un entorno beneficioso para ambas partes que priorice las normas medioambientales, sociales y de gobernanza, además de generar oportunidades de negocio a largo plazo tanto para las empresas europeas como para las africanas. En el proyecto se estudiarán los aspectos minerales, financieros, medioambientales, sociales, institucionales y económicos de todas las cadenas de valor, incluidas las actividades del sector minero artesanal y a pequeña escala. Se realizarán diez estudios de casos en países africanos y se evaluarán cien oportunidades de inversión para garantizar un desarrollo conjunto sostenible.
Objetivo
Secure the access to raw materials represents a critical issue for European ambition to deliver the Green Deal and perform the energy and digital twin transition. As future demand of primary critical raw materials will continue to be largely met by importations, EU needs to diversify its supply chain and engage strategic partnerships with resources-rich third countries covering extraction, processing and refining such as African countries. In this framework, AfricaMaVal project aims to develop EU-Africa partnership ensuring a responsible sourcing of mineral resources for the European industry while granting a sustainable local co-development in the best Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) conditions and leading to a long-terms business environment for European and African companies.
The consortium, created with partners coming both from Africa and Europe, is based on experienced organizations and networks deeply anchored and involved in the raw material domain with a specific expertise and knowledge of the African culture, organisations, difficulties and resources.
The mineral, financial, environmental, social, institutional and economical aspects will be studied along with all the value chains, including the ASSM activities, to the project completion to reach its operational targets:
- Building an EU and Africa business networking on the whole CRM value chains.
- Developing a strategy on the integration of identified and emerging EU and African raw materials value chains for the energy and digital transition.
- Assessing responsible investment opportunities.
The AfricaMaVal project will conduct ten case studies in African countries and an evaluation of 100 investment opportunities, a wide dissemination within Europe and Africa to promote responsible sourcing and will implement a sustainable organisation after the completion of the project.
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Convocatoria de propuestas
HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01
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