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EGP Newsletter

News from the Environmental Governance Programme on environment, human rights and mining - a joint initiative by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and UNDP

By Environmental Governance Programme (EGP)

July 10^th, 2019

new publication

The new Users Guide on Assessing the Rule of Law in Public Administration: The Mining Sector is designed to help policymakers and civil servants identify specific strengths and challenges in the way that the public sector applies the rule of law in regulating the mining industry.

The guide introduces a self-assessment tool to assist government officials and civil society stakeholders evaluate the extent to which rule of law principles - and, by extension, procedural environmental rights to participate in decision making, and have access to information, justice and redress - are respected in the governance of the mining sector.

The guide has been developed through close collaboration between UNDP, the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.

Download the Users Guide

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insights from colombia

The methodology presented in our new Users Guide was piloted between 2015 and 2017 in Colombia, Mongolia and Mozambique with a focus on large-scale mining.

In Colombia’s resource-rich provinces of Choco and Antioquia, the National Authority of Environmental Licenses and the Regional Environmental Authority have used the guide to assess the degree to which procedural human rights are being protected in the governance of the mining sector. Learn more here.

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meet the young environmental journalists

71 young professionals and students are participating in the Young Environmental Journalist project, an EGP initiative organized in collaboration with the United Nations Volunteers' online volunteering service.

These journalists have participated in online trainings about environmental and human rights protection in the mining sector and are now working with the EGP to capture and produce interesting stories about changes in mining governance in the four EGP countries: Colombia, Kenya, Mozambique and Mongolia.

Check this story to learn more about Young Environmental Journalists and what motivated them to join this pilot project.

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wOMEN'S PARTICIPATION AND VOICE IN decision making for the mining sector

250 participants from over 40 countries joined the latest EGP webinar held on June 18 in English and Spanish. The webinar looked at how governments can strengthen gender-responsive mining policies, and offered various practical approaches for addressing gender gaps in the sector.

It also explored how strengthening the participation and voice of women and girls in mining-related decision making and governance can improve development outcomes for the sector, while contributing to several Sustainable Development Goals.

You can watch the webinar recordings in English and Spanish and download the presentations.

UPCOMING: INTERGOVERNMENTAL Forum on mining in geneva

The EGP is collaborating with the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) to organize a session on training materials that support governments and stakeholders to address gender gaps in the mining sector during the 15th Annual General Meeting of the IGFto be held from 7-11 October 2019 at UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

The IGF is a voluntary initiative supporting over 60 nations committed to leveraging mining for sustainable development to ensure that negative impacts from the sector are limited and financial benefits are shared.

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partner announcements

1st International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Venue: University of California, Irvine Dates: 23 October 2019 - 25 October 2019

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is organizing the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuildingat the University of California, Irvine, from October 23-25, 2019.

The EGP will be participating at the Conference with a session on Participatory Environmental Monitoring Committee workas a tool for socio-environmental conflict prevention. The EGP will share our new report on this topic based on research in Latin America.

Registration for speakers and the public is now open! Speakers should register using the link in their official acceptance emails. All other participants are invited to register here.

New research about large-scale and artisanal and small-scale mining

The Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining at the University of Queensland, Australiahas recently launched a new paper on the complexities of large-scale (LSM) and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operating within a shared physical environment.

The paper aims to show that by examining the LSM-ASM interface through the lens of large-scale resource development, we can achieve greater clarity about success factors for existing pro-ASM policy initiatives.

Download the paper

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Your suggestions are welcome!

The EGP was established in 2014 to support countries to integrate environment and human rights into the governance of the mining sector. The programme partners are currently discussing a potential new phase (EGP+), building on the successes and lessons learned from EGP's work in Colombia, Kenya, Mongolia, and Mozambique. We welcome your views and perspectives!

Submit your suggestions for EGP+ here.

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contact us

SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, STOCKHOLM

Focal point:

Maria Bang: Maria.Bang@Naturvardsverket.se

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, NEW YORK

Focal points:

Ann-Cathrin Pedersen: ann.pedersen@undp.org
Sanna Due: sanna.due@undp.org

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