From mid-2014 to December 2015, DDI designed and delivered a program of miner registration in three provinces in the DRC, with funding from PROMINES-World Bank. Teams composed of government, civil society and private sector representatives of both genders registered 108,169 artisanal miners of gold, diamond, tin, tantalum and tungsten using iPads. The program engaged 48 registration agents who travelled 12,000 km by motorcycle and 3,000 km by foot to reach the most remote sites, some of which were previously unknown to authorities.
Alex Shishlo, Editor of the Rough&Polished European Bureau in Brussels