This report aims to map issues related to responsible business conduct in the production and trade of gold in Venezuela, in order to support companies implementing the recommendations of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas to exercise their due diligence.
Cette note d'information passe en revue les expériences passées en matière de prestation de services financiers et connexes au secteur de l'exploitation aurifère artisanale et à petite échelle et examine les obstacles existants pour attirer des financements et des investissements formels dans le secteur. Elle se conclut par des interventions recommandées aux gouvernements, aux donateurs et aux autres alliés pour aider à améliorer l'accès de l'EMAPE au financement formel à l'avenir.
Este documento de síntesis revisa las experiencias pasadas en la prestación de servicios financieros y afines al sector de la minería del oro artesanal y de pequeña escala (MAPE) y examina los obstáculos existentes para atraer la financiación formal y la inversión en el sector. Concluye con las intervenciones recomendadas para que los gobiernos, los donantes y otros socios ayuden a mejorar el acceso de la MAPE a la financiación formal en el futuro.
The content in this blog is the result of the research paper authored by Natalia Uribe Martinez, Standards and Certification manager, as part of her master’s in Development Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) at Erasmus Rotterdam University, The Hague, The Netherlands. This research article is being submitted for publication in the Journal Extractive Industries and Society.
The purpose of this analysis is to compare what was planned for in the CMEP with what was achieved and what could have been done differently to serve as a learning for other Projects.
The CARING Gold Mining Project’s overall goal is to increase to address child labour and working conditions issues in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) globally and in Ghana and the Philippines, its pilot countries. It does so by pursuing four outcomes, the first three to be carried out in the pilot countries and the fourth one on a global scale.
The planetGOLD Mongolia project published this article in the March 2021 issue of the Mongolian Mining Journal, touching on some key points on opportunities to invest in artisanal gold and on steps the Government of Mongolia has taken to promote responsible artisanal and small-scale gold mining.
Oscar Katho, Joanne Lebert, Jean Paul Lonema, Patience Singo, and Gerard van der Burg
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Read IMPACT's latest report based on its experiences implementing the Just Gold project in DRC from 2012 to 2020 which sought to test whether and how artisanal gold could be traced from mine site to market. The report promotes transparency to assist others committed to supporting security, development, and equality for women and men miners and ASM communities.
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