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Brochure of the Environmental Governance Programme (EGP) for Sustainable Natural Resource Management. The EGP is a joint initiative of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the United Nations Development Programme. The EGP supports countries to integrate environment and human rights into the governance of the mining sector.
Brochure of the Environmental Governance Programme (EGP) for Sustainable Natural Resource Management. The EGP is a joint initiative of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the United Nations Development Programme. The EGP supports countries to integrate environment and human rights into the governance of the mining sector.
Brochure of the Environmental Governance Programme (EGP) for Sustainable Natural Resource Management. The EGP is a joint initiative of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the United Nations Development Programme. The EGP supports countries to integrate environment and human rights into the governance of the mining sector.
GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENTAL Integrating Environment and Human Rights into the Governance of the Mining Sector
Web: egp-undp.org Email: egp@undp.org
A JOINT SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL
Swedish Environmental UNDP Bureau for Policy and PROTECTION AGENCY - UNITED NATIONS Protection Agency Programme Support DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME INITIATIVE Valhallavägen 195 304 East 45th Street SE-106 48 Stockholm New York, NY 10017 EXAMPLES OF OUR WORK In Mongolia, two landmark studies on the rule-of-law and legality in the governance of mining were conducted, which have informed the drafting of stronger mining laws and regulations: the Law of Offences, the Mineral Law, and the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulation.
In Colombia, an assessment of the degree to which government
institutions adhere to procedural rights related to the environment has been conducted. It will be used to inform the country’s future strategy for the Environmental Management of the Colombian Mining Energy Sector and an early warning system.
In Mozambique, a compendium of Good Practices for Women
and Mining in Mozambique was developed with UN Women. In collaboration with OXFAM, a training on Free Prior and Informed Consent was conducted for civil society members from across four regional provinces. WHO WE ARE WHAT WE DO In Kenya, for the first time, a Strategic Environmental and Social The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Swedish • Connect countries to the expertise needed to tackle complex Assessment (SESA) of the mining sector has been conducted. A EPA) and the United Nations Development Programme challenges and leverage new opportunities in the cross-sector coordination mechanism with representatives from (UNDP) launched the Environmental Governance environmental governance of the mining sector. the ministries of mining and environment, civil society Programme (EGP) for Sustainable Natural Resource • Facilitate global, regional, and country knowledge exchange organizations, and the national human rights commission was Management, focusing on the mining sector, in 2014. through: created to oversee this work. - peer-to-peer learning events between the Swedish EPA and The programme draws upon the combined governance, national government partners; environmental and extractive sector expertise of the two - the GOXI.org on-line Community of Practice platform; and agencies and their partners. - webinars and other South-South and triangular learning opportunities. Using the nexus between the environment and human rights • Conduct diagnostics that inform policy reforms and help to as a lens, the EGP takes an integrated approach to integrate environment, gender, human rights, and rule-of-law sustainable natural resource management, that focuses on in mining governance. addressing drivers of conflict, environmental degradation, • Strengthen inter-ministerial and cross-sectoral coordination inequality, exclusion, and poverty simultaneously. mechanisms that recognize the roles of different authorities involved in governing the mining sector. The EGP provides targeted support to four countries: • Facilitate and strengthen in-country platforms for multi- Colombia, Kenya, Mongolia, and Mozambique. The stakeholder dialogue and engagement. programme also works at the global and regional level to • Synthesize and share country experiences and global support the exchange of innovative policy approaches expertise through technical studies and guidance notes on within and across countries and regions. cutting-edge issues of environmental governance of the mining sector. The EGP is fully funded by the Swedish International • Advance the global dialogue on the nexus between human Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). rights, environmental sustainability, and conflict prevention.