Organisation Concertée des Ecologistes et Amis de la Nature (OCEAN)

(partner NiZA)


OCEAN is an organisation working on grassroots level focused on environmental and ecological issues related to the mining industry. It assists its partner organisations in developing strategies to deal with mining companies and to demand benefits for the communities. OCEAN is active, amongst others, on research and information dissemination in relation to the extractive industries in the DRC.

OCEAN strives to lobby and advocate in order to influence and improve the socio-economic development. Furthermore the organisation tries to raise awareness and mobilise private parties in order to sensitise and mobilise them. OCEAN is also active in initiating certification for the private sector. Both nationally and internationally the organisation raises awareness on the situation in the DRC in relation to its natural resources, this has led to activities directed at Congolese civil society, the UN Expert Panel, the Worldbank, international civil society organisations and foreign parliamentary commissions.

Thematic issues concerning CSR:
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