Events

This flagship event will bring together many of the world’s leading actors, thinkers and practitioners to share lessons, unpack important issues, and examine progress being made toward advancing mercury-free, responsible artisanal and small-scale gold mining around the globe

The planetGOLD programme and the World Bank’s Africa Environmental Health and Pollution Management Programme hosted an engaging Knowledge Lab at the Minamata Convention on Mercury COP-6 meeting focused on gender-responsive approaches in artisanal and small-scale gold mining

The planetGOLD programme was featured in an in-person special event at the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-6) to share observations and lessons learned from an analysis of the first phase of the programme

planetGOLD Mongolia Project Closing Event Date: May 20, 2025 Location: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia The closing event of the planetGOLD Mongolia project will take place on May 20, 2025, in Ulaanbaatar. This event will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders—including miner representatives, government officials, international organizations, technical experts, and private sector actors—to celebrate the project’s achievements and reflect on key lessons learned. Opening remarks will be delivered by representatives from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Mongolia (MECC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the NRDC. The agenda will feature presentations...

These financial inclusion information exchange workshops were held virtually by The Impact Facility on August 27, 2024, on October 15, 2024, and on November 21, 2024.

This webinar presented the results of our recent study on efforts to improve market access for artisanal and small-scale gold miners in planetGOLD Phase 1 countries.

This flagship event brought together some of the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners to discuss the most important issues facing planetGOLD projects and the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector globally

The planetGOLD Uganda project will be hosting the Annual Stakeholders Meeting on November 24, 2023 in Kampala. The meeting will be held under the theme, Building Uganda’s Mercury-Free Artisanal Gold Sector.

Este jueves 16 de febrero de 2023 se realizará en Medellín, Colombia, la entrega de créditos a comunidades mineras, que sumados completan un valor de 830 millones de pesos. Esta estrategia hace parte del componente de inclusión financiera del proyecto planetGOLD Colombia: "Gestión integrada para la eliminación del uso del mercurio en la pequeña minería y minería de subsistencia en Colombia” en alianza con CFA Cooperativa Financiera.