European Partnership for Responsible Minerals
Recent meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.
Mission & Goals
The EPRM is a multi-stakeholder initiative that promotes and supports the responsible production and sourcing of minerals with a focus on ASM in high-risk areas. The EPRM supports compliance with the OECD Guidance in line with due diligence legislation. Bringing together governments, supply chain actors, civil society organisations, and key institutional stakeholders, the EPRM works to address challenges and leverage opportunities in the ASM sector to ensure its integration into reliable and responsible mineral supply chains.
EU Legislative Interests
The EPRM is set up as an accompanying measure to the following EU legislation: EU regulation: 2017/821 Conflict Minerals as mandated by the joint communication to teh EP and the Council on responsible sourcing of minerals of 5 March 2014 JOIN(2014)8Final https://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/conflict-minerals-regulation/legal-texts-and-documents/ Main purpose of influencing is to ensure thatt EU legislation and policies give necesary attention to Artisanal and Small-scale mining due diligence as per the aforementionned joined communication also having regard to the impact of EU legislation in minerlas producing development countries.
Communication Activities
The EPRM regularly publishes information on its website, including reports such as the 2025 White Paper as well as on its LinkedIn page: https://europeanpartnership-responsibleminerals.eu/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/eprm-rvo/posts/?feedView=all In addition, the EPRM attends relevant international conference, such as the EU Raw Materials Week, the OECD Forum and IGF Annnual Meeting.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Not Applicable
Organisation Members
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) The Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires Etrangères (MEAE) Intel Corporation Philips B.V. RMI Valcambi sa Fairphone HP Inc. NXP B.V. Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center (T.I.C.) International Tin Association Ltd Samsung Electronics IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries® Inforlandia S.A. Cisco Systems Inc. Teknoservice S.L. HannStar Display Corporation Siemens Energy Solev LuNa Smelter SHIFT GmbH Fairever GmbH Thomas Swan & Co Ltd BMW-Group Diakonia Solidaridad Pactworld IPIS ARM IMPACT Global Communities Responsible Sourcing Network Terre des Hommes International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) RED Social Population and Development Initiative International Women in Mining (IWiM) The Impact Facility The Worldbank Gold by Gold srl MMR TPV Afrewatch Global Communities
Additional Information
EPRM is a MSI with funding of 3 national governments and EU. The funds cover a timeframe of 5 years up until 2025