1 1 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

2 Experiences in developing national 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 & Bolivia Colombia Africa: Cote dIvoire, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Gambia, Nigeria and Guinea. Asian and the Pacific: Cambodia & Philippines Indonesia

3 A travel from……to……. Minamata Convention on Mercury: ASGM National action plans (Annex C) Global Mercury Partnerships Experience: Developing a national strategic plan to reduce mercury use in ASGM (July 2011)

4 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: ASGM National action plans Planes nacionales de acción Plans daction nationaux 1. What the national action plan shall include 2. What the national action plan may include

Global Mercury Partnership Executive summary Introduction and background National overview Priority goal and objectives Implementation strategy Evaluation 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. Geographic 3. 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) Strategies 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)

7 In the way to… Global Mercury Partnership Minamata Convention on Mercury A travel of success! and a way to achieve the expected result !

8 In the way to… national action plans develop Step 1: Establishing a coordinating mechanism Step 2: Gathering baseline information and 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

9 9 THANK YOU! MUCHAS GRACIAS ! MERCI BEAUCOUP !