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It is the result of the combined efforts of the administration, mining
companies and the civil society, which worked within the steering and
supervisory committee of the EITI in Burkina Faso.
It is also the crowning achievement of an open, sincere and constructive
dialogue between these actors which, in understanding and solidarity, totally
committed themselves in the fight to make our country a model of
transparent management in the mining sector.
The Burkinabe Government has effectively succeeded in ensuring the
involvement of CSOs, which represent the grassroots populations and actors
of mining companies in addressing issues relating to transparency in the
mining sector.
Private actors of the mining sector and those of CSOs got strongly involved in
the action for achieving this result (EITI compliance), an indication that
Burkina Faso shows transparency and accountability in the management of
income from the extractive industry.
3.4. Promoting corporate social responsibility
The Government’s mission for the environment sector is to reduce the
environmental degradation trends and improve the contribution of the sector
to the national economy and welfare of the populations. This vision, which is
in line with the ideals of sustainable development, is also in harmony with
both the Accelerated Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy (AGSDS)
and the National Rural Sector Programme (PNSR) by 2015.
The 4.2 sub-programme of the PNSR: “Sanitation of the environment and
improvement of the quality of life” is closely linked to the environmental
issues and challenges of the AGSDS. It is integrated into Objective 4 of the
AGSDS entitled “Addressing cross-cutting priorities in development policies
and programmes”, particularly under sub-paragraph II.3.4.3 “Management
of the environment and optimal use of natural resources”.
In terms of environmental evaluations, the activities carried out in 2012
concerned consideration of five (5) terms of reference of environmental