Development Coordination Division is one of the five divisions of Mineral Resources Authority. Its core functions are;

• Improve stakeholder consultation
• Project facilitation
• management of mining benefit streams including small scale mining, from exploration to mining phases of development, by formation of a project facilitation function .

In the division there are four branches;

• Exploration Coordination,
• Mining Project Coordination,
• Sustainable Development, and
• Small Scale Mining.

The Sustainable Development Branch houses the Gender Coordination Unit that deals with gender participation/issues, for all three branches.

The MRA Corporate Plan outlines the following key areas that guide the Development Coordination division and it functions;.

• strengthen relations with other relevant state agencies through the sharing of information on mining projects;
• provide logistical and incidental assistance to agencies whose employees are members of state teams for the mining projects;
• encourage gender equality and participation through the Gender Coordinator;
• establish dialogue with district administrations and Local Level Governments.
• provision of technical advise on project related socio-economic and evolutionary mining issues to DMPGM to assist in policy formulation. 
• adopt and ensure adherence to appropriate and relevant policies and agreements;
• standardize project Memorandums of Understanding and Agreements;
• provide internal competency training on prevailing policies and Acts;
• maintain a compliance database for small scale mining sector.
• optimum utilization of the small scale mining training centers;
• develop and maintain appropriate training programs and staff to provide viable extension programs for small scale mining; 

The division is headed by a Executive Manager (EM) and Managers for each branches.

For more information contact the Executive Manager on jsambiok@mra.gov.pg.