The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity of policy makers, technical specialists and national institutions in the Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS) countries to enhance domestic production linkages from the mineral resources sector.The ten ECCAS countries are endowed with large reserves of mineral resources (fuel and solid minerals). Exploitation of these exhaustible minerals could be a major source of employment, income and sustainable development. Yet, mining regimes in these countries often remain narrowly focused on exporting strategic minerals to industrialized countries to earn valuable foreign exchange. This comes at the expense of national development. Building sustainable linkages between mineral production and domestic economies has, therefore, become more critical and urgent. This project aims to develop beneficiary countries' capacities to design and implement participatory strategies for creating and strengthening lasting domestic economic linkages to mineral-exploitation-related activities. This would consist of, inter alia, stimulating dialogue between political leaders, and local business organizations and professional associations, as well as foreign investors on ways and means to ensure investment in mineral activities that facilitate the creation of new activities, jobs, and sub-contracting opportunities between foreign companies and local enterprises.