Mentions a special meeting today with mining sector representatives. Also mentions Nov 2 reps discussing with Khan:

Mining conflict in Bolivar recorded positive developments
Written by Yasmin Sanguino - Photos: Elke Door
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Those affected Caura Plan will also be taken into account when developing projects controlled and sustainable exploitation and ecosystem protection
Ciudad Bolívar .- As of November 2 this year, the Bolivar State mining sector, would be discussing with Minister Jose Khan and representatives of the Development Committee of the National Assembly, matters relating not only to pay humanitarian aid, but also the implementation of social programs to the affected people in various parts of the body, following the implementation of the Plan Caura.

Such information was provided yesterday by Alfredo Villanueva, on his return from Caracas, where he moved up in order to deliver to the board of the Social Development Committee of the National Assembly, the refined data mining the entity that were excluded from humanitarian aid payments made in November 2008 which emphasized would be talking about 2509 and 2552 tickets classmates without them.

As said, for now only have to wait the return of the Minister of Basic Industries and Mining, José Khan the country, so that once and for all is the installation of concrete benches, in which he said will address the problem of mining sector entity in an integrated manner, ie both the needs arising in connection with the conversion, and the Caura Plan, which stated they were concerned about 8000 people in total.

Receiving proposals

Alfredo Villanueva likewise referred to the results of the meeting held on Thursday in Ciudad Guayana with the Commissioner of Mines Laura Paredes and representatives of the Bank of Economic and Social Development of Venezuela, as well as the various mining sectors of entity, where the official spokesmen were making them a detailed briefing on the way from now on will address the issues of reactivation of the Plan Caura, controlled mining and especially environmental protection.

In this sense meant the respondent to the desirability of these proposals to promote sustainable mining, incorporation into other production systems linked to the area, as well as financial assistance and guidance for the implementation of socio-productive projects, mainly revolve around small and medium workers of this activity, by virtue of which have been most affected by the control schemes implemented so far by national authorities.

Recommendations

This observation according to the statement by Villanueva, would not only relax the processing and approval process of socio-productive loans, but also the establishment of some measures of control and monitoring, in order to prevent possible diversion of such benefits people outside the sector, but also to ensure payment thereof.

Thus ended the interview by announcing that as part of the ongoing negotiations with government bodies established with the aim of ending the problems that exist in the mining sector entity, during the coming weeks would be scheduling a series of tours for areas such as Icabarú, butterflies, butter, Km 88, El Callao and Tumeremo, in order to report on these agreements, as well as he works through the processing of such benefits.

Looking for unification

The spokesman also called on all mining sector representatives in the state, to participate actively in a Special Meeting to be held on the 30th of this month in the town of El Dorado, which will be discussed among other topics it refers to the unification of the struggle in a united front to make the necessary representation in working groups to settle soon.

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