ASGM Financial Training Curriculum

ASGM is a largely informal entrepreneurial activity that has become vital to the economic structure and fabric of many countries. In most cases, this has happened spontaneously without formal business development assistance offered by governments, financial institutions and vocational centers. Many artisanal and small-scale gold miners are eager to establish successful enterprises that contribute to their family and community’s wellbeing. 

It is for this reason that business training is often one of the services most sought by ASGM practitioners. Business training can reinforce the ASGM sector in a number of ways. At a basic level it can help families who rely on ASGM as an income generating activity to plan, save and invest their earnings allowing the sector to better serve as a catalyst for rural development. Business skills are also essential for engaging with the formal economy and establishing the basic infrastructure necessary for investment. 

In order for artisanal and small-scale mining to transition away from being a predominantly informal activity linked to social and environmental problems, and towards a formal, professional and respected livelihood activity, miners will require the business infrastructure, financial literacy and planning skills necessary to secure loans and seek out new investors.

The teaching and learning materials listed below are designed to be “open source,” meaning that they are made available freely for use by programs, organizations and institutions of all kinds working in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector. 

These materials are meant to be used as basic materials that can be modified and adapted to suit the learning needs of artisanal miners in different contexts globally. We hope that organizations will use this curriculum to help build a more responsible, formal, and ultimately more professional ASGM sector worldwide.  

 

English version

• planetGOLD ASGM Finance Course - Instructor’s Guidebook
• Module 1
• Module 2
• Module 3
• Module 4
• Module 5
• Module 6
• Module 7
• Module 8

 

Version Française 

• Cours de finance sur l'exploitation aurifère artisanale et à petite échelle de planetGOLD - Guide de l'instructeur
• Module 1
• Module 2
• Module 3
• Module 4
• Module 5
• Module 6
• Module 7
• Module 8

  

Versión española

• planetGOLD Curso de finanzas de la minería de oro artesanal y de pequeña escala - Guía del instructor
• Módulo 1
• Módulo 2
• Módulo 3
• Módulo 4
• Módulo 5
• Módulo 6
• Módulo 7
• Módulo 8