Events

The two focus countries with developed national strategies have highlighted their experiences and a regional action plan with recommendations has been prepared as an outcome of the meeting. The conclusion meeting will continue to strengthen regional collaboration and capacity by inviting representatives from all ASGM countries in the region.

Agenda

UNEP and its partners in the Global Mercury Partnership convened a global forum on artisanal and small scale gold mining (ASGM) to discuss and formulate pragmatic options for policy and decision makers to consider for the development of the UNEP mercury treaty.

Agenda

UNEP Global Mercury Partnership Workshop on Approaches to Reduce the Use of Mercury in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining

15 October 2010 - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

The Social and Financial Challenges of Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining meeting was organized for the international community and stakeholders to highlight changing global policies on mercury in light of the future global mercury treaty. Participants were invited to consider their possible role in developing and supporting an effective global solution in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector.

Meeting Report

Purpose of the meeting: To update partners on developments since last call

Meeting Minutes

Presentations focussing on mercury given at the meeting of the United Nation Commission on Sustainable Development.

The workshop was conceived to set the impetus for the development of national artisanal and small-scale gold mining strategic plans for Philippines and Cambodia which will supplement regional efforts to protect health and the environment from mercury in the sector.

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Sur invitation de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour le Développement Industriel (ONUDI), s’est tenu, du 08 au 10 décembre 2009 au Grand Hôtel de Bamako (Mali), l’Atelier sous- régional d’information des pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest francophone sur les problèmes liés à l’orpaillage. Cet atelier a été organisé dans le cadre du Programme Mondial pour le Mercure du Programme des Nations Unies pour l’Environnement.

This workshop on mercury management in artisanal and small scale gold mining (ASGM) was an initiative of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership and was organized as a pre-conference event of the 8th Annual Communities and Artisanal & Small Scale Mining (CASM) Conference.

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24 October 2007 - Washington, D.C., USA