Resource Matters

Resource Matters is a non-profit organisation that seeks to help mitigate the natural resource paradox, namely pervasive poverty in resource-rich countries. It researches its root causes and advocates better resource governance. The organisation carries out the following activities- Research, documentation and critical analysis of politics, laws, norms and practices in natural resource governance - Promotion of transparency in the natural resource sector and accountability of decision-makers that are able to influence resource management - Facilitation of knowledge-sharing amongst actors working in different natural resource sectors - Skill strengthening of actors that help promote better resource governance The organisation takes an interest in all types of natural resources: non-renewable materials sur as mining, oil and gas, as well as renewable materials such as solar, wind, arable land and forests. Resource Matters currently focuses on industrial mining and hydropower. Its geographical focus is the Democratic Republic of Congo, the countries of origin of investments in the DRC, as well as the countries its exports are shipped to. Resource Matters is headquartered in Brussels.