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2020 Annual Report

Joint Swedish Environmental Protection Agency - UNDP Environmental Governance Programme on Mining (EGP-Mining)

By Environmental Governance Programme (EGP)

In 2020, the EGP-Mining continued to support countries to integrate environmental and human rights protection into the governance of the mining sector.

Country level work supported local communities affected by mining, including women, youth, and indigenous peoples. Programme activities enabled stakeholders to participate in decision-making processes as well as accessing information, justice and redress. EGP-Mining’s support to government partners contributed to develop and implement rights-based, inclusive, responsive and coherent legal and policy frameworks, as well as strategies, guidance and tools in support of multi-stakeholder dialogues and processes.

On the global level, the EGP continued to influence and inform major mining governance fora and policy debates. The programme facilitated learning and knowledge sharing platforms, and developed tools, courses and guidance materials to strengthen the capacities of government stakeholders, women and communities impacted by mining. These stakeholders includes the youth, civil society organizations as well as mining companies and associations.

2020 country highlights

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Global level highlights

1,400 people participated in the four-week massive open online course (MOOC) on gender equality in mining management.
100 young journalists and young environmental defenders from 27 countries were trained in writing and investigating human rights and environmental issues in the mining sector.
2,030 people from 60 countries took part in the online training course about environmental and human heights protection in the mining sector, developed with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).
EGP continued to support implementation of the Secretary General’s Call to Action on Human Rights - Rights of Future Generations, including by working with National Human Rights Institutions to develop guidance on protection the Right to a Healthy Environment.

In the media

Liberia’s Daily Observer Reports on the Development of a Handbook for the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Sector

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2020 Annual Report

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Cover photo credits: © iStock.com/Gregory_DUBUS

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