Task Groups

1. Information Gathering/Inventory
2. Community Involvement
3. Legislative and Institutional Barriers to Collaboration
4. Funding Approaches
5. Jurisdictional Legislative Review

Responsibilities of the Task Groups include:

1. To undertake specific activities, analyses and reviews as mandated by the Advisory Committee;
2. To synthesize documents, studies and activities of the Task Group into a series of status reports and recommendations for review and approval by the Advisory Committee, in preparation for the Mines Ministers’ Conference in the fall;
3. To ensure publications, documents and information generated by the Task Group undergo a peer review process by members of the Task Group and identified experts (as appropriate), and is acceptable to members of the Advisory Committee prior to release into the public domain;
4. To manage projects, with proper financial accountability, and to report to the Advisory Committee;
5. To oversee project completion, with assistance from the Advisory Committee and the Secretariat;
6. To request, evaluate and accept proposals for work and manage contracts, with assistance from the Secretariat.