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Learning Report: 2018 EGP Annual global workshop

By Environmental Governance Programme (EGP)

wORKSHOP REPORT

THE 2018 EGP ANNUAL GLOBAL WORKSHOP WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 17-19, 2018, AT THE JOHN KNOX INTERNATIONAL CENTRE IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND.

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The workshop brought together the four EGP programme countries, namely: Colombia, Mongolia, Mozambique and Kenya, to share updates, and reflect on results, good practices and lessons learned from both the EGP and partner initiatives, including validation of findings from the EGP external evaluation.

The workshop's facilitator was Gillian Martin Mehers, Director of Bright Green Learning.

The workshop was held back to back with the 14th Annual General Meeting of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals, and Sustainable Development (IGF-AGM).

Presentations

Overview of the Environmental Governance Programme (EGP), by Ann-Cathrin Pedersen and Sanna Due, EGP Programme Managers in New York
Discussion on the Participatory Environmental Monitoring Committees (PEMCs), by Andre Xavier, Canadian International Resources and Development Institute, and Sarah Daitch, UNDP
Overview of the External Evaluation of the Environmental Governance Programme (EGP), by Lina Lenefors and Arne Svensson, Professional Management
Overview of the Global Guide on Extracting Good Practices: A Guide for Governments and Partners to Integrate Environment and Human Rights into the Governance of the Mining Sector, by Margaret G. Wachenfeld, Themis Research

Learning Report: 2018 EGP Annual global workshop

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Participants of the 2018 EGP Annual Global Workshop

The EGP Worskhop was held back to back with the Annual General Meeting of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development.

Participants at the EGP interactive session at the Annual General Meeting Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF).

The EGP organized an interactive session focusing on Gender & Mining at the Annual General Meeting of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development, which was held at the Palais the Nations.

The EGP Workshop was held at the John Knox International Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.

The EGP currently provides targeted support to four countries: Colombia, Kenya, Mongolia, and Mozambique.

Participants from Mozambique attending the EGP Worskhop.

The EGP Workshop had a number of interactive and dynamic sessions aiming at assessing the impact of the programme and discussing good practices on how to integrate environment and human rights into the governance of the mining sector.

workshop objectives

Share updates, and reflect on results, good practices and lessons learned from both the Environmental Governance Programme (EGP) and partner initiatives, including validation of findings from the EGP evaluation.

Further shape the design of the next phase, including validation of scope, priority themes, main entry points, and partners.

Workshop participants

EGP Programme Countries

Colombia

Blanca Llorente, Institute for Human Rights and Business (CREER), Colombia
Diego Olarte, UNDP Colombia
Felipe Lesmes, Advocacy Specialist for Environmental Policy, UNDP Colombia

Kenya

Geoffey Omedo, Programme Officer, UNDP Kenya

Mongolia

Altangerel Choijoo, Director of Secretariat, National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia
B. Delgerjargal, Director, Department of Mining Policy, Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry, Mongolia
Barkhas Losolsuren, Programme Officer, UNDP Mongolia
Batbayar Nyamtseren, Director, Department of Environment, Geology and Mining, General Agency for Specialized Inspection, Mongolia
Javkhlanbold Dorjsuren, EGP Programme Coordinator, UNDP Mongolia
Nyamdavaa Gendenjav, Director, Department of Natural Resource Management, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Mongolia

Mozambique

Elsa Alfai, Head of Department, Mining National Institute (INAMI), Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME), Mozambique
Janeiro Avelino, Head of Crisis Prevention, Recovery, Environment and Poverty (CPREP) Unit, UNDP Mozambique
Josimar Biosse, Technician, Environmental Quality Agency (AQUA), Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development (MITADER), Mozambique
Rosalina Langa, Technician, National Directorate for the Environment (DINAB), Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development (MITADER), Mozambique

EGP Advisory Board

Flaviano Bianchini, Founder and Director, Source International
Jonathan Hobbs, Managing Director of Hobbs Tigon Ltd
Soo Young Hwang, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Zamira Djaborova, Independent Consultant

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Andreas Lindström, Senior Advisor
Anne-Marie Fällman, Senior Advisor
Lisa Björk, Environmental Economist
Maria Bang, Global Programme Manager
Mats Kullberg, Communications Advisor
Theresa Palmqvist, Project Coordinator
Tove Lundeberg, Senior Advisor
Viktor Andréen, Policy Advisor

Undp

Ann-Cathrin Pedersen, Policy Manager/EGP UNDP Programme Manager
Casper Sonesson, Policy Advisor – Extractive Industries
Francisco Filho, Communications Specialist
Sanna Due, UNDP/Swedish EPA Senior Advisor
Tim Scott, Policy Advisor – Environment
Uyanga Gankhuyag, Programme Specialist/ Economist, Extractive Industries, Bangkok Regional Hub

Partners and Consultants

Andre Xavier, Programme Manager, Canadian International Resources and Development Institute
Arne Svensson, Professional Management
Benjamin Schachter, Associate Human Rights Officer, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Gillian Martin Mehers, Founder and Director, Bright Green Learning, and Facilitator of the 2018 EGP Annual Global Workshop
Gunnar Köhlin, Gothenburg University
Jenny Iao-Jörgensen, Lund University
Lina Lenefors, Professional Management
Margaret Wachenfeld, Independent Consultant, Part-time director at the Institute for Human Rights and Business, part-time director at Themis Research
Mo Hanza, Professor of Risk Management and Societal Safet, Lund University
Sarah Daitch, Conflict Prevention Consultant & GOXI Community Facilitator, Extractive Industries
Susanna Olai, Gothenburg University

workshop facilitator

The facilitator of the 2018 EGP Annual Workshop was Gillian Martin Mehers

Gillian is a learning and capacity development practitioner, working within the global sustainability community for over 25 years. She has designed and run hundreds of workshops, courses and meetings globally from Armenia to Zambia.

She is currently Founding Director at Bright Green Learning. Previously she was Head of Learning and Leadership at IUCN and Director of Capacity Development at LEAD International (Leadership for Environment and Development).

Gillian’s expertise is in creating dynamic experiential learning environments, facilitating productive multi-stakeholder dialogue processes, interactive learning design, and innovative curriculum and training materials development.

Gillian won the IAF Gold Award for Facilitation Impact in 2015 and is co-author of the Climate Change Playbook (Chelsea Green, 2016).

agenda

DAY 1: Tuesday, October 16

Venue: UNCTAD, Palais des Nations, Geneva

10:00 - 19:30 EGP Group attendance at 14th IGF-AGM

16:45 - 18:30 EGP working session at the igf-agM ON “Towards a gender governance diagnostic in mining to make progress on the SDGs”

18:00 - 19:30 IGF-AGM Opening Reception HOSTED BY EGP AND SWEDISH EPA

DAY 2: Wednesday, October 17

Venue: Flory and Vienna Meeting Rooms, John Knox International Reformed Centre (27, chemin des Crêts de Pregny - Grand-Saconnex, Geneva)

Session 1: Welcome and Opening

9:00 - 9:30 Registration and coffee

9:30 - 10:00 Welcome, Opening and Introductions

Welcome, objectives and desired outcomes for this meeting, by Maria Bang, Global Programme Manager, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Swedish EPA)
Schedule and methodology, safety in the room, and mapping the group, by Gillian Martin Mehers, Facilitator, Bright Green Learning

Session 2: Updates, Reflections and Success Stories from Countries

10:00 - 10:15 Overview of the EGP: Objectives and where we are now

Ann Cathrin Pedersen and Sanna Due, EGP Programme Managers, New York

10:15 - 10:20 Comments, reflections and additions to the journey of the EGP

Gillian Martin Mehers

10:20 - 11:00 Capturing learning: Countries discussion/work

What practices in the country and sector have you been able to influence or change due to your participation in the EGP?
What helped enable this influence or change?
What priorities did you set for your interventions and influence?
What opportunities did you identify that you could build on?
What challenges did you encounter in this work?
What did you do to overcome the challenges and/or constraints you encountered?
What is left to be done if it were taken forward into the next phase?
What tips would you have for other countries to successfully conduct this type of work?

11:00 - 11:30 coffee-break

11:30 - 13:00 Updates, Reflections and Success Stories from Countries (Cont.)

Caroussel exchange
Plenary reflections and observations on the learning

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

Session 3: Global Guide - Information Hunt Contest

14:00 - 14:50 Brief Introduction to the Guide – purpose and target group, and group work

Margaret Wachenfeld, Thermis Research

Session 4: External Evaluation of EGP

14:50 - 14:55 About the evaluation – why it was conducted and what it aimed to learn and contribute to the EGP process

Maria Bang

14:55 - 15:20 Part I: Main findings of the external evaluation – high level findings and key conclusions

Arne Svensson and Lina Lenefors, Professional Management

15:20 - 15:30 Group work

15:30 - 15:45 Plenary exchange

15:45 - 16:15 Coffee-break

16:15 - 16:30 Part II: Lessons learned – suggestions from the Evaluators for the future

Arne Svensson and Lina Lenefors

16:30 - 16:50 Group work

16:50 - 17:05 Plenary exchange

Session 5: Wrap-up of the day

17:05 - 17:15 Key takeaways from Day 1 and Overview of day 2

Gillian Martin Mehers

17:15 - 17:30 Group photo

17:30 - 18:30 Voluntary Meeting on Gender Tool

Sanna Due and Ann-Cathrin Pedersen

18:30 - 20:00 Voluntary group dinner

DAY 3: Thursday, October 18

Venue: John Knox International Reformed Centre, Geneva

8:30 - 9:00 COFFEE

9:00 - 9:05 INTRODUCTION TO THE DAY, AGENDA OVERVIEW

Gillian Martin Mehers

9:05 - 9:10 THREE KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM DESIGNATED EGP MEMBERS

Session 6: A Brief Look at Participatory Environmental Monitoring Committees (PEMCs)

9:10 - 9:15 INTRODUCTION TO SESSION

Ann-Cathrin Pedersen

9:15 - 9:30 BRIEFING ON THE PEMCs, LATIN AMERICA EXPERIENCE, AND MOTIVATIONS FOR MOZAMBIQUE TO START A COMMITTEE

Sarah Daitch, UNDP
Andre Xavier, Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI)

9:30 - 9:40 GROUP DISCUSSION

Tove Lundeberg, Swedish EPA
Flavio Bianchini, Source International
Josimar Biosse, Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development, Mozambique

9:40 - 9:50 PLENARY EXCHANGE

Session 7 - Horizon Scan: Key Challenges and Opportunities Ahead

9:50 - 9:55 Activity Briefing: Crowdsourcing Key Challenges and Opportunities Ahead

Gillian Martin Mehers

9:55 - 10:15 Step I: Pairs Work

What are our main challenges on the horizon to improve environmental governance and human rights?
What key factors limit/hinder/disable progress at the individual and organizational levels?
What will contribute to progress towards our goals at the national, regional and global levels and what opportunities are on the horizon?
What do you think is most important to address in programming our future work?
What are some of the key issues related to partnerships that we should pay attention to in the next phase?
What are some of the formal and informal institutional constraints that can hinder our collective progress?

10:15 - 11:00 Step II: analyzING, clustERING and identifYING the key messages from the responses

11:00 - 11:30 COFFEE-BREAK

11:30 - 12:00 plenary exchange

12:00 - 12:20 Reflections on the reports and their views on Key Challenges and Opportunities Ahead

12:20 - 13:00 Plenary discussion and mind mapper

13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH

Session 8: Next Phase EGP: 2019 – 2024

14:00 - 14:05 Activity Brief

14:05 - 15:15 Group work around thematic areas and crosscutting issues

Thematic Areas:

Biodiversity through the lens of mining
Water through the lens of mining
Deforestation through the lens of mining
Climate change through the lens of mining
Human rights and conflict through the lens of mining

Cross Cutting Issues:

Human Rights and Gender Equality
Conflict Sensitive Natural Resource Management
Poverty Eradication and Climate Justice

15:15 - 15:45 cOFFEE-BREAK

Session 8: Next Phase EGP: 2019 – 2024 (Cont.)

15:45 - 17:00 Thematic discussions (cONT.)

17:00 End of the day

DAY 4: Friday, October 19

Venue: John Knox International Reformed Centre, Geneva

8:30 - 9:00 Coffee

9:00 - 9:05 INTRODUCTION TO THE DAY, AGENDA OVERVIEW

Gillian Martin Mehers, Facilitator

9:05 - 9:15 THREE KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM DAY 2

Session 8: Next Phase EGP: 2019-2024 (Cont.)

9:15 - 10:15 Night Thoughts - Thematic Groups follow-up

What implications does our discussion have for the next stage of the programme?

10:15 - 11:15 Gallery Walk and thematic exchange

11:15 - 11:30 final comments

11:30 - 12:00 Coffee-break

Session 9: Closing and Way Forward

12:00 - 12:10 Feedback from participants

What worked well about the workshop – what did you appreciate?
What could have been different about the workshop that would make it even more effective at achieving its goals and helping you achieve yours?

12:10 - 12:25 plenary exchange

12:35 - 12:45 Next steps for this initiative

Sanna Due and Ann-Cathrin Pedersen

12:45 - 13:00 Closing message

Tim Scott, UNDP
Maria Bang, Swedish EPA

13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH

Open cast mining in Austrian Alps. Credits: iStock photo by Satephoto.

egp global guide

Extracting Good Practices: A Guide for Governments and Partners to Integrate Environment and Human Rights into the Governance of the Mining Sector was co-launched by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and UNDP on June 12, 2018, in Stockholm.

This joint Global Guide seeks to support governments and other stakeholders to better manage the environmental, social and human rights aspects of mining in a way that rebalances relations in favour of more just and sustainable outcomes that benefit the country and local communities, including women and children, now and in the future.

This publication also supports government authorities to actively engage the affected public to participate in rulemaking, licensing, and monitoring of the mining sector.

DOWNLOAD THE GLOBAL GUIDE

environmental governance programme (egp)

Integrating environment and human rights into the Governance of the Mining Sector

The EGP is a joint initiative of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and UNDP.

The EGP currently provides targeted support to four countries: Colombia, Kenya, Mongolia, and Mozambique. The programme also works at the global and regional level to strengthen knowledge sharing and support the exchange of innovative policy approaches within and across countries and regions.