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Second Global Forum on Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining (ASGM)Lima, Peru, 3 to 5 September 2013
AN INTRODUCTION TO NATIONAL ACTION PLAN DEVELOPMENT
Session 1: EXPERIENCES IN DEVELOPING NATIONAL ACTION PLANS
Juan Fernando CAICEDO, Programme Officer, UNEP
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Experiences in developingnational action plans
During this session we will discover common elements countries have developed and used while developing
national action plans
Latin America and the Caribean: Peru & BoliviaColombia
Africa: Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Gambia, Nigeria and Guinea.
Asian and the Pacific: Cambodia & PhilippinesIndonesia
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A travel from……to…….
MinamataConvention onMercury:
ASGMNational action plans(Annex C)
GlobalMercuryPartnership’sExperience:
Developing a nationalstrategic plan to reducemercury use in ASGM(July 2011)
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Global Mercury Partnership:
Suggested content for a national strategic plan
Executive summary Introduction and
background National overview Priority goal and
objectives Implementation
strategy Evaluation mechanism
Annexes
A travel from……to…….
Minamata Convention on Mercury:Reference to
ASGM national action plans
Article 7: ASGM
Para. 3:(a) Develop and
implement(b) Submit to the
Secretariat(c) Provide a
review every 3 years.
Annex C: ASGMNational action
plansPlanes nacionales
de acciónPlans d’action
nationaux
1. What the national action plan shall
include
2. What the national action plan may
include
Global Mercury Partnership
Executive summaryIntroduction and backgroundNational overviewPriority goal and objectivesImplementation strategyEvaluation mechanism (*)Annexes
A travel from……to…….Minamata Convention on Mercury
National objectives and reduction targets (a)
Actions to eliminate (b)
Steps to facilitate formalization or regulation (c)
Baseline estimates (d)
Strategies
Schedule for implementation (k)
Promote reduction emissions & releases of, exposure (e)
Manage trade & preventing diversion Hg & Hg compounds from both foreign and domestic sources (f)
Involve stakeholders implementation & continuing development of the national action plan (g)
Public health strategy on the exposure of ASGM miners and their communities (h)
Prevent exposure of vulnerable populations (i)
Provide information to ASGM miners and affected communities (j)
* Art. 7 para 3 (c)
Annex C para. 1
Annex C para. 2
Global Mercury Partnership
National overview (section 3)Baseline analysis:
1. Legal 2. Geographic3. Economics (earnings per capita, mercury supply, use and demand, gold trade and export)4. Mining (ore bodies, processed used, number of people directly/indirectly involved - gender and age).5. Environment ( environmental destruction, contaminated sites, mercury releases in soil, air and water).6. Health information (impacts, mercury exposure through various media).7. Leadership & organization (national & local levels)8. Innovative experiences
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Steps to facilitate formalization or regulation (c)Baseline estimates (d)StrategiesPromote reduction emissions & releases of, exposure (e)
Manage trade & preventing diversion Hg & Hg compounds from both foreign and domestic sources (f)
Involve stakeholders implementation & continuing development of the national action plan (g)
Public health strategy on the exposure of ASGM miners and their communities (h)
Prevent exposure of vulnerable populations (i)
Provide information to ASGM miners and affected communities (j)
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In the way to…
Global Mercury
Partnership
Minamata Convention on
Mercury
A travel of success! and a way to achieve the expected result !
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In the way to… national action plans develop
Step 1: Establishing a coordinatingmechanism
Step 2: Gathering baseline informationand developing the national overview
Step 3: Setting a goal and objectives
Step 4: Formulating the implementation strategy
Step 5: Evaluation mechanism
Step 6: Endorsing the national strategic plan
Global Mercury Partnership
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THANK YOU!
MUCHAS GRACIAS !
MERCI BEAUCOUP !