DRC natural resources press review of Thursday, November 7, 2013

The Agency Ecofin informs that the  Gécamines today announced the appointment of Jack Rosen as a member of its board of directors . His appointment brings to Gécamines " the qualities of a leader international companies who can advise the company and its direction in the pursuit and implementation of their Strategic Development Plan ," said the famous Congolese company. Mr. Rosen has long been special adviser to political leaders and heads of state, not only the United States but also in Africa , the Middle East and Asia. In addition to leading Rosen Partners LLC, Mr. Rosen also serves on the Advisory Board of Altimo , a leading investment firms in telecommunications in Russia. Mr. Rosen has served on the board of several listed companies . Among his philanthropic activities , he was president of the American Council for Judaism in the World and is now President of the American Jewish Congress.
 Delegates from civil society organizations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , working in the natural resource sector , met , on 4 and 5 November 2013 in the meeting room Chebeya Carter Center in Kinshasa , inform the Potentiel . It was on the occasion of the 10th Day Initiative evaluation process for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI ) in the DRC. Objective: To evaluate this process with particular focus on the publication of the DRC EITI Report 2011 to 31 December 2013 . Following this work, a statement following the analysis of the EITI process has been made and in which they have made appropriate recommendations to the government , the executive committee of the EITI and its technical secretariat.
 On this evaluation meeting of the EITI process , Tempêtes de Tropiques indicates that civil society increases the pressure on the government of the DRC. In one of its paragraphs , the paper wrote: " Another observation made by the participants of this workshop is to review the balance of U.S. $ 26 million of the 88 million DGRAD is still not traced by the General Inspectorate of Finance .

The head of MONUSCO called this Wednesday, November 6 Congolese to preserve the environment, especially in the territories affected by armed conflict , announces Radio Okapi reported that he made ​​the call on the occasion of the celebration of international day for the Preservation of the Environment in war and Armed Conflict . Martin Kobler said the environment during armed conflict is also suffering . The head of MONUSCO said that the preservation of the environment was a legacy for future generations.
In the same order, the World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF- DRC) and the Forestry Development Corporation ( SODEFOR ) have strengthened their collaboration. This was done through the signing of a partnership agreement. In this context , both parties can explore the options of carbon finance for better forest management, according to the principle of the FSC and other - certification scheme, indicates the Potentiel
 .As the state and SNEL dragging their feet to electrify the country, the Potentiel indicates that the population of Butembo , North Kivu important economic center employs more on solar energy instead of generators. This source of clean energy allows households to be self-sufficient and save money. And daily to make this description: " The night Butembo now sparkles everywhere bulbs illuminate homes at the same time that hundreds of twinkling lights in the main streets of the city this important commercial city of North Kivu n. . is yet connected to any official power grid. residents do what they can to access to electricity. " Before it was generators purchased by the consumer association that lit the city, but for a little more two years , everyone turns to solar energy , "said John Tchipenda , electrician specializing in renewable energy."
 With support from the World Bank , says the Prosperité, Regideso aims to ensure safe drinking water by 2015 for 70 million people.

In addition, the Congolese Press Agency (ACP ) announces that the Minister of Economy and Trade , Jean Paul Nemoyato conducted Wednesday at the opening of the first edition of the International Trade and Industry , organized by Athlantic Exhibition and its partners , which runs from November 6 to 9 in the grounds of the International Fair of Kinshasa. The Minister said that Nemoyato lounge is in trade and industrial policy in the DRC. He said that the economic reforms undertaken since 2001 in the DRC aimed at improving the economic situation , noting that the pacification of the country reinforces the joint efforts to revive economic activity and offer both domestic and international investors the opportunity invest freely and safely in the DRC