Current policy input opportunities: Share your expertise
IOM3 Policy & Influence calls all IOM3 members to share their expertise for ongoing policy consultations.
As part of our ongoing commitment to shaping effective policy in areas critical to our sectors, we inviting members to provide input on a series of key consultations and calls for evidence. Your insights are invaluable in ensuring that our industry’s needs and priorities are represented in future policy developments. Below, you’ll find details on each current opportunity, including submission timelines.
Industrial strategy consultation
Deadline: 4 November
This government consultation is seeking views to shape an industrial strategy that supports innovation, sustainability, and resilience across eight identified sectors. Your perspectives on people and skills, innovation, energy and infrastructure, the regulatory environment, crowding in investment, and international partnerships and trade are essential to inform the IOM3 response and help and shape this strategy.
Access to finance for advanced manufacturing scale-ups
The Department for Business and Trade is seeking information about the investment landscape in the advanced manufacturing sector. Evidence of particular interest includes:
- the number of UK advanced manufacturing scale-ups operating across different subsectors
- potential barriers to the provision and accessibility of long-term growth capital
- the effectiveness of existing government support
Responses to this call for evidence will inform the Industrial Strategy and help to identify priority subsectors within the sector plans.
Circular economy insights
Deadline: Ongoing
IOM3 is seeking insights into several key areas that will help drive the transition towards a more circular economy. Specifically, we are looking for views on data requirements, the commercial viability of secondary materials and alignment with the EU.
Your feedback will play a critical role in informing IOM3 policy and influencing ensuring circular economy policy addresses real industry challenges.
Curriculum reform and MMM in education
Deadline: 11 November
To better align educational pathways with the evolving needs of the materials, minerals, and mining sectors, we’re gathering member insights to shape our response to the call for evidence on curriculum reform. We invite perspectives on whether there are particular subjects where content is missing, where changes should be made to ensure the curriculum is more diverse and representative of society, and how changes could help to better support pupils to have the skills and knowledge they need.
Consolidated Mining Standard initiative consultation
Deadline: 2 December
This industry initiative aims to consolidate and simplify existing responsible mining standards into one global standard. Members are encouraged to contribute to the IOM3 response to this consultation and share views on the proposed standard and governance model.
Deep-sea mining: Call for experts
Ongoing
As the conversation around deep sea mining is rapidly evolving globally, we’re calling for experts to share insights on technological advances, regulations and economic and environmental impacts. This is an ongoing initiative, and your expertise will help guide our position and recommendations as the policy landscape around deep-sea mining develops.
How to participate
To contribute to any of these initiatives, please contact Head of Policy, Rachel Stonehouse or at [email protected] with your thoughts. IOM3 responses are built from member input and the more expert insight submitted, the stronger our contributions. Don’t let a lack of ‘policy experience’ hold you back, your professional insights are invaluable, and your perspective can help influence real change.
As members in this sector, your views matter. Our contributions carry weight because, as a charity governed by a Royal Charter, we provide informed and impartial advice. By sharing your input, you’re helping to shape policy that directly impacts our industry, and we greatly appreciate your active involvement.
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