On the 10-11 of May 2018, the Mid-Term meeting of the PanAfGeo project was held in Dakar, Senegal, jointly organised by the French Geological Survey (BRGM) and the Organisation of African Geological Survey (OAGS). The meeting gathered a range of professionals and leaders from Africa and Europe. Advisory board members, European Consortium partners, African Co-leaders, Expert chair and Executive Committee members discussed the results and the impact of the PanAfGeo project on the African continent. The meeting also had discussions about the future activities and potential second phase of the project. The first day of the meeting was started with [&hellip

Work-Package 5 Geohazards Session WP5-2: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 11 to 18 March 2018   Brief description of the course content and visited places Over 70 applications were received and examined before the course and 31 were approved. The final list of trainees included 31 persons from 12 African countries. Noteworthy, 7 specialists from AMGC attended the course as well. The training was performed by 9 trainers from Geological Surveys of European countries and South Africa. The welcoming address at the opening ceremony was given by Mr Ibrahim Shaddad, Director General of AMGC, followed by an introductory  lecture by Dr [&hellip

Work-Package 5 Geohazards Session WP5 -1: Pretoria, South Africa 20 to 26 November 2017   Brief description of the course content and visited places Over 70 applications were received and examined before the course and 34 were approved. However 2 trainees withdraw just before the course and 2 trainees did not arrive (due to problems of visa and health). Final list of trainees was 30 persons from 20 African countries (see attached list). The training was performed by 9 trainers from European countries and two from Council for Geoscience, South Africa. Field instructors were: Souleymane Diop (Council for Geoscience), Mariette [&hellip

This Tuesday was the first day of the course “Environmental management of mines” in Mwanza, Tanzania. 24 participants from 10 countries in Africa will have two weeks of training composed of field visits, lectures and exercises. SGU is leading the training within the project PanAfGeo, which is a collaboration between the European geological surveys and the African geological surveys to increase the knowledge about mining. The project is co-funded by the European Union and IGF (Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development). For this training SGU is also collaborating with AMGC, which is hosting the training in Tanzania. [&hellip

The pan-African geoscience (PanAfGeo) training project for geological services personnel from Africa is scheduled between January 15 to January 26, 2018, in Dakar. The training workshop is focused on geological modelling in multilayered 3D with geo-scientific software and it received a few crucial media coverage: – Le Petit Journal – Lactuacho

“Environmental Management of Mines”, a 12 day training programme in the PanAfGeo project was held in Dakar, Senegal, 3-14 July, 2017. 21 professionals from Burkina-Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger and Senegal took part in the training. The training was jointly organised by the Geological Survey of Sweden and the “Direction de la Prospection et de la Promotion Minière (Senegal). The training received more than 50 applications from staff at geological services in the region. The applicants selected for the training represented several different organisational units at the surveys and had a varied background comprising environmental [&hellip

First training in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining is over with a significant international media coverage: – Ghanaian Times – Daily Graphic:  – Ghana News Agency: article 1 / article 2 -National radio: Citi radio: – Africa Newsroom.com: – IGF (Canada): – Denmark in Ghana (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark): – EuroGeoSurveys NEWS: 

On Friday 22nd of September, WP3 team leader Dr John Tychsen and the project assistant Mrs Ulla Holm have been invited to report on the results from the workshop to: Hon. Benito Owusu Bio deputy minister of land and Natural Resources. Hon. Barbara Oteng-Gyasi deputy minister of Land and Natural Resources. The two Hon. Deputy Minister were very happy with the result of the workshops and the assistance provided by PanAfGeo. Please find below some pictures from the meeting

PanAfGeo Work Package 3 is delivering a training to African governments on managing artisanal and small-scale mining. PanAfGeo plays an important role in increasing the geological knowledge of African countries and is focused on helping governments improve estimates of their national mineral reserves in order to have a clearer view of potential revenues and increase bargaining power with mining firms. It is a collaboration between IGF (Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development), the EuroGeoSurveys (EGS) and its counterpart in Africa, the Organisation of African Geological Surveys (OAGS). The European Commission has also provided financial support for PanAfGeo’s WP3 program, which aims to deliver seven [&hellip

Call for application TRAINING: WP6 – Geoheritage   PanAfGeo WP6 will organize altogether five (5) training sessions on Geoheritage across Africa during 2017-2019. Three (3) sessions will be run in English, one (1) in French, and one (1) in Portuguese (depending on the number of Portuguese speaking applicants). The WP6 trainings will take place in Morocco in late October-early November, and after this there will be four (4) more sessions to come in 2018 and 2019. This first training of WP6 – Geoheritage will provide or increase the basic background knowledge and skills of African staff regarding the tasks of [&hellip