Events

The Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) Partnership area held a virtual meeting on 4 February 2020.

Development of National Action Plans (NAPs) for artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is an obligation under Article 7 of the Minamata Convention for each Party that determines that mercury use in ASGM in its territory is “more than insignificant”. Recognizing that the sector is closely linked to complex economic, social and environmental issues, the Convention allows flexible, country-specific solutions through the development of NAP to reduce and where feasible eliminate mercury use in the ASGM sector.

The Global Opportunities for Long-term Development in Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Programme (GEF GOLD) held its implementation launch on 18-19 February 2019 at the Goldsmiths' Centre in London. 

The UN Environment Global Mercury Partnership is undertaking activities to enhance national information exchange, capacity building and knowledge generation to facilitate the development of the UN Environment implemented National Action Plans(NAPs) for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) . This is referred to as the NAP Global Component. As part of these activities, the regional workshop on “Developing a national overview of the Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining sector for NAP project” took place for the Asian countries working with UN Environment on their NAPs.

As part of UN Environment Global Mercury Partnership support to the countries developing National Action Plans (NAPs) to reduce mercury use in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining (ASGM); a regional African workshop on “Developing Baseline Estimates for the Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining sector: Introduction to the UN Environment toolkit” took place on 22 May 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop introduced a comprehensive and scalable methodology on how to generate ASGM baseline estimates for NAPs.

The Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Forum on Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining and the Minamata Convention on Mercury was held on April 14-16 2015, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The governments of Peru and the United States partnered to host a South American Forum on National Action Plans to Reduce Mercury from ASGM. The workshop provided space for officials from Peru, Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador to share experiences and best practices, as each country seeks to develop national action plans to reduce mercury use in the small-scale mining sector.

Relevant meeting documents and presentations: 

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Final meeting report

Relevant meeting documents and presentations: 

Agenda

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Regional multi-stakeholder workshop: Anglophone West Africa sub-regional action planning on mercury use in artisanal and small scale gold mining, from 8-10 June 2011 in Nigeria.

Purpose of the meeting

To enhance regional collaboration and coordination through exchange of experiences and lessons learned on a regional level To raise the awareness of governments and stakeholders To build momentum for regional and national action plan