Seven Congolese civil society coalitions set up the GATT-RN coalinion in Goma in March to act as a watchdog to industry and government minerals tracing initiatives.
Going forward, the Obama administration should support an independent monitoring system for the regional tracing initiatives; gold and jewelry companies should partner with the region to invest in tracing and monitoring initiatives at gold mines in the Kivus; and the SEC should issue regulations as soon as possible, without a phase-in, which would act as a disincentive to progress on the ground.
Governments and industry are starting a minerals tracing and validation initiative, Motorola Solutions is pioneering a pipeline of conflict-free minerals, and army commanders are being arrested for their role in this trade.
Regional governments and industry are launching a minerals tracing and certification initiative through the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, or ICGLR, and tin industry iTSCi, whereby 95percentt of Rwanda's minerals and 75percentt of Katanga's minerals are to be tagged by year's end.
Maria S Muñoz, co-founder and director of the anti-sexual assault initiative Tahrir Bodyguard, traces the advent and use of organized mob sexual assaults to the days of Mubarak, pointing to the 2005 assault of journalist Nawal Ali by hired "thugs" during a demonstration.
The initiative of tracing lost cases through house visits using peer educators requires special support and monitoring.
Amidi traces the partnership initiatives back to 2011, when Plug And Play began working with Volkswagen to introduce the German conglomerate to startups focused on auto-related technologies.
The Hub's beginnings can be traced to an economic growth initiative six years ago called the Road to Renaissance, which looked at potential solutions for many of Detroit's problems, including its negative press image.
The origins of this initiative can be traced back to discussions about waste disposal.
Its history can be traced back to a citizen initiative called 'Parents for a nuclear free future' (1986).
