Mining Licensing, Contracts and Revenue Management in Amman

Programme Overview

The governance of extractive industries requires public institutions to balance economic development with environmental stewardship and fiscal rigour. This five-day executive programme in Amman provides public sector officials with the administrative and regulatory tools required to manage mining rights, negotiate equitable extractive contracts, and monitor compliance across project life cycles. Participants explore international legal practices, mineral cadastre management systems, and transparent institutional arrangements that protect sovereign interests while enabling sustainable foreign direct investment.

Effective mineral revenue management is central to macroeconomic stability and domestic resource mobilisation. The curriculum addresses royalty regimes, resource rent taxes, ring-fencing rules, and international taxation principles to counteract transfer pricing and base erosion. Special emphasis is placed on extractive revenue reconciliation, international reporting benchmarks, and sovereign wealth fund governance. Officials gain practical exposure to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Standard, enhancing public accountability, licence allocation transparency, and state-owned enterprise fiscal reporting.

Sustainable mining governance requires robust environmental and social impact management alongside technical compliance. The course analyses international environmental standards, mine closure liabilities, and community consultation frameworks, including Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). Participants evaluate financial assurance mechanisms, rehabilitation bonds, and social performance agreements designed to mitigate social conflict and ecological degradation. Delivered through applied case studies and administrative exercises, this training strengthens public sector capability to oversee extractive operations transparently and equitably.

Public ministries, regulatory agencies, and donor-financed project execution units face growing pressure to manage mineral resources with high standards of integrity and transparency. Multilateral development finance institutions, including the World Bank, the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the European Union, consistently require beneficiary states to modernise mineral cadastre systems, curb illicit financial flows, and implement strict environmental, social, and governance safeguards. Sound administrative capacity in licensing, fiscal oversight, and environmental risk mitigation is essential for institutions responsible for delivering resource-corridor reforms and sustainable extractive sector investments.

Delivered by Risalat Consultants International in Amman, Jordan, it combines expert-led sessions, real cases and group work, so that participants can apply what they learn in their own institution.

The Programme Strengthens Institutional Capability

• Sovereign mineral rights, ownership models, and primary national mining legislation
• Role of the state as regulator, owner, and commercial participant
• Mineral cadastre administration: first-come-first-served versus competitive bidding
• Digital cadastre systems, GIS integration, and licence registry transparency
• Institutional coordination between central ministries, subnational bodies, and line agencies
• Anatomy of mining concessions, development agreements, and joint ventures
• Balancing investor protections, stability clauses, and state sovereignty to regulate
• Local content requirements, procurement linkages, and beneficiation provisions
• Budget preparation and execution
• Financial reporting and accounting standards
• Cash and treasury management
• Internal control over payments and assets

It is designed for officials from ministries of mines, petroleum, and natural resources, geological survey managers and mining cadastre administrators, tax auditors and policy analysts from state revenue authorities and others who want practical, current skills in public financial management and finance.

The Growing Importance of Mining Licensing, Contracts and Revenue Management in Amman

Sound financial management is the basis for credible budgets, timely payments and clean audits. Governments and financiers expect accurate reporting, disciplined budget execution and transparent use of funds.

Changes in reporting standards, digital payment systems and financier requirements mean finance teams must keep their skills current. Strong financial management also frees time and money for the services that matter.

Organisations increasingly require professionals capable of:

• Prepare and execute budgets in line with plans
• Produce accurate, timely financial reports
• Apply controls over payments and assets
• Meet financier financial management requirements
• Use financial information to support decisions

Strong public financial management and finance systems help organisations:

• Improve budget credibility and execution
• Produce reliable reports and clean audits
• Reduce payment delays and errors
• Build trust with financiers and oversight bodies

This Mining Licensing, Contracts and Revenue Management in Amman programme brings these elements together in a practical format, so that participants understand not only what good practice looks like but also how to introduce it in their own setting, with the people and resources they have.

Who Should Attend This Mining Licensing, Contracts and Revenue Management in Amman Training?

This programme is designed for:

• Officials from ministries of mines, petroleum, and natural resources
• Geological survey managers and mining cadastre administrators
• Tax auditors and policy analysts from state revenue authorities
• Legal advisers from ministries of justice and state attorney offices
• Environmental and social compliance inspectors from environmental protection agencies
• Staff from sovereign wealth funds and natural resource holding companies
• Project coordinators from World Bank, AfDB, ADB, and UN project implementation units
• National Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) secretariat members
• Parliamentary committee researchers specialising in natural resources and public finance
• Finance managers and accountants
• Budget officers and analysts
• Treasury and cash management staff

The programme suits experienced professionals as well as those moving into new responsibilities. Groups that mix institutions and countries are encouraged, because participants learn a great deal from each other’s experience.

Mining Licensing, Contracts and Revenue Management in Amman Training Objectives

Upon successful completion of this Mining Licensing, Contracts and Revenue Management in Amman Training, participants will be able to:

• Evaluate legal and regulatory frameworks governing exploration, exploitation, and mineral title administration
• Design competitive and transparent licensing systems using modern mineral cadastre principles
• Appraise mineral investment contracts, fiscal stabilisations, and state participation clauses
• Calculate extractive revenues, royalties, and resource rent taxes while addressing transfer pricing risks
• Apply the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Standard to national revenue reporting
• Implement environmental and social impact assessments, mitigation hierarchies, and closure financial assurances
• Formulate institutional compliance monitoring mechanisms for occupational health, safety, and community agreements
• Explain the budget cycle and the role of each actor
• Prepare and monitor budgets linked to plans
• Apply the main principles of the relevant reporting standards

Each objective is practised during the programme through exercises, cases or group work, so that participants leave able to do it, not only to describe it.

Programme Contents and Structure

Mining Licensing, Contracts and Revenue Management in Amman Training Methodology

The training combines technical lectures, comparative case analysis, and hands-on administrative exercises. Participants examine real-world statutory provisions, sample mining concession agreements, and fiscal audit models. Facilitated breakout sessions challenge attendees to evaluate licensing applications, audit mineral revenue reconciliations, and review mine closure cost calculations against recognised international standards.

The programme combines:

• Expert-led sessions on current practice
• Regional and international case studies
• Group work and practical exercises
• Simulations and role plays where relevant
• Discussion of participants' own challenges
• Peer learning across institutions and countries
• Practical tools and templates to take back to work
• Daily reflection and action planning

Before the programme, a short pre-assessment helps the facilitators understand each participant’s role and priorities, so that examples and exercises can be adjusted to the group. Each day ends with a short reflection in which participants note what they will apply at work.

Expected Outcomes

Upon completion of this Mining Licensing, Contracts and Revenue Management in Amman Training, participants will be able to:

• Administer transparent, non-discretionary mineral licensing and title management systems
• Critique complex mining contracts to protect public revenues and domestic legal rights
• Audit extractive sector tax assessments, mineral valuations, and royalty payments effectively
• Align national extractive transparency practices with the updated EITI Standard requirements
• Enforce environmental compliance and secure appropriate financial guarantees for mine closure
• Formulate institutional policies that align public mineral sector oversight with donor-funded reform targets
• Prepare and monitor budgets linked to plans
• Produce accurate financial reports

Participants leave with a personal action plan and practical tools they can use in their institution from the first week back. Institutions that send several participants can use the programme to agree shared methods and templates across teams, which makes improvements easier to sustain.

Institutional Application of Mining Licensing, Contracts and Revenue Management in Amman Training

This programme supports organisations in strengthening:

• Budget preparation and execution
• Financial reporting
• Payment and cash controls
• Donor financial management
• Audit readiness

Participants return with practical tools to improve:

• Budget monitoring
• Interim financial reports
• Reconciliations
• Asset management
• Audit follow-up

The programme is built so that learning moves from the classroom into the institution. Participants work on their own processes and documents where possible, and leave with an action plan that their managers can review and support.

Regional Relevance & Application

Europe

European institutions apply public financial management and finance within detailed regulatory frameworks and reform agendas. Participants from Europe can compare their practice with colleagues from other regions and test how established methods work under different conditions.

Africa

Across Africa, ministries, agencies and project teams working in public financial management and finance increasingly operate alongside donor-financed programmes that expect clear systems and evidence. The programme helps participants adapt good practice to the institutions and resources they work with.

Middle East

In the Middle East, national development strategies and diversification plans place growing demands on public financial management and finance. Participants explore how to build the capability these plans need inside public bodies and companies.

Asia

Institutions across Asia combine rapid growth with ambitious modernisation programmes. Participants from Asia can share their experience of scaling systems quickly and learn from approaches used elsewhere.

Pacific

Small island and Pacific states face particular constraints of size, distance and capacity. The programme highlights practical, proportionate approaches to public financial management and finance that suit smaller institutions.

Holding the programme in Amman, Jordan brings participants together away from their daily pressures, so they can compare how public financial management and finance is handled in different settings. The same programme can also be delivered in-house for one institution, in its own country or online, with cases taken from its current work.

Host Country Profile – Jordan

Programmes, Workshops, Exposures, Training Courses in Amman, Jordan by Risalat Consultants International

Studying away from their own country gives participants time to focus, a fresh view of their own institution and the chance to build a network with colleagues from other countries.

Mining Licensing, Contracts and Revenue Management in Amman Training Deliverables

Participants receive support before, during and after the programme, so that preparation, learning and follow-up form one continuous experience.

Before the Programme

• Participant Pre-Assessment
• Mining Licensing, Contracts and Revenue Management in Amman Readiness Assessment
• Mining Licensing, Contracts and Revenue Management in Amman Resource Pack
• Preparatory Reading Materials
• Complimentary Visa Support & Advisory

During the Programme

• Airport Pickup & Welcome Assistance
• Accommodation with breakfast: 6 nights, check-in Sunday 2 May 2027, check-out Saturday 8 May 2027 (one night before and one night after the programme)
• Welcome Networking Dinner
• Risalat Training Kit (Bag, Bottle, Mug, T-Shirt, Cap, Passport Cover, Pens, Notebook, Magnet & Keychain)
• Comprehensive Mining Licensing, Contracts and Revenue Management in Amman Training Manual
• Budget Monitoring Template
• Interim Financial Report Template
• Reconciliation Checklist
• Audit Preparation Checklist
• Practical Workshops & Simulations
• Group Discussions & Peer Learning
• Daily Lunch and Refreshments
• Full Access to Training Venue Facilities
• Mini Pad / Tablet with Digital Learning Materials
• Field Visit (where applicable)
• Entertaining City Tour

After the Programme

• Certificate of Completion
• Risalat Programme Participation Recognition Award
• Post-Training Reference Materials
• Financial Management Self-Assessment
• Payment Control Checklist
• Post-Training Support & Follow-Up Guidance
• Programme Report

Institutions can also request a tailored in-house version of this programme, delivered at their premises or online. Request a proposal.

Common Challenges in Mining Licensing, Contracts and Revenue Management in Amman, And How This Training Helps

How can institutions prepare and execute budgets in line with plans?

The programme addresses this directly on the first day (Mining Legal Frameworks, Policy, and Cadastre Management), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions produce accurate, timely financial reports?

The programme addresses this directly on the second day (Negotiating and Structuring Extractive Contracts), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions apply controls over payments and assets?

The programme addresses this directly on the third day (Mineral Fiscal Regimes and Revenue Mobilisation), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions meet financier financial management requirements?

The programme addresses this directly on the fourth day (Extractive Revenue Transparency and the EITI Standard), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions use financial information to support decisions?

The programme addresses this directly on the fifth day (Environmental, Social, and Mine Closure Governance), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

When and where does the Mining Licensing, Contracts and Revenue Management in Amman programme take place?

It runs from 3 May 2027 to 7 May 2027, in Amman, Jordan. The registration deadline is shown at the top of this page.

Who should attend?

The programme is designed for officials from ministries of mines, petroleum, and natural resources, geological survey managers and mining cadastre administrators, tax auditors and policy analysts from state revenue authorities, legal advisers from ministries of justice and state attorney offices, and others who want practical skills in public financial management and finance.

Will I receive a certificate?

Yes. Participants who complete the programme receive a Certificate of Completion from Risalat Consultants International.

Can this programme be delivered for our institution only?

Yes. We can deliver a tailored in-house version at your premises, in another city or online, built around your own cases. Use the proposal request on this page.

Do I need prior experience in public financial management and finance?

No specialist background is required beyond experience in a related role. A short pre-assessment helps the facilitators adapt the sessions to the group.

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