Second Global Forum on mercury use in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining

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Tuesday 3 September 2013

The ASGM challenge globally (Natural Resource Defence Council (NRDC), Susan Keane and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Ludovic Bernadaut)

Outcome of the Intergovernmental Negotiation Process: Minamata Convention (David Piper, UNEP)

Session 1: Experiences in developing national action plans

• An introduction to National Action Plan Development (Juan Caicedo, UNEP)
• Plan estratégico nacional de reducción del mercurio en la minería aurífera artesanal y de pequeña escala en Colombia(William Batista Jinete, Government of Colombia)
• National strategic plan: for the phase-out of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the Philippines (Geri Geronimo Sanez, Government of Philippines)
• Minería aurífera artesanal y en pequeña escala, y minería ilegal en el Perú (Ernesto Raez Luna, Government of Peru) 

Session 2: Importance of inventory development 

• Introduction (David Piper, UNEP)
• ASGM inventory development (Anthony Persaud, Artisanal Gold Council)

Wednesday 4 September 2013

Session 3: Technical approaches to reducing mercury use

• Sustainable Mercury Reduction Practices: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward (Yves Bertran Alvarez, Alliance for Responsible Mining)
• Artisanal gold mining mercury phase-out: Philippine Experience (Richard Gutierrez, Ban Toxics!)
• Mercury Reduction in Mongolia ASGM (Patience Singo, Sustainable Artisanal Mining)
• Reducing/replacing mercury in ASGM operations (Ludovic Bernadaut, UNIDO)

Session 4: Legal And Social Issues

• Actividad minera en El perú (Victor Vargas Vargas, Government of Peru)
• Asgm formalization: case study of ethiopia (Tamrat Mojo Beyene, Government of Ethiopia)
• Mineria en pequena escala en Peru: Desafios Y propuesta (Olinda Orozco Zevallos, Red Social) 
• Key lessons learned in formalization approaches based on experiences in Latin America, Africa and Asia (Lina Villa Córdoba, Alliance for Responsible Mining)
• Indigenous People and ASGM (Yuyun Ismawati, BaliFokus)

Session 5: Health Issues Related To Asgm

• Practical approaches to public health in ASGM communities, (Myrianne Richard, AGC)
• Human Health Risk Assessment by Mercury Exposure in SSGM: a Study Case in Brazil (Zuleica.C.Castilhos CETEM, Brazil)
• Health conditions and services in artisanal small-scale gold mining settlements and public health strategy (Ana Boischio, Pan American Health Organization)
• Health issues in Artisanal and Small-Scale gold mining (Ludovic Bernadaut, UNIDO)

Thursday 5 September 2013

Session 6: Financing The Transition Away From Mercury

• How to Access the GEF Trust Fund (Anil Sookdeo, GEF)
• How to finance mercury-reducing projects in ASGM? (Ludovic Bernadaut, UNIDO)
• Bilateral funding of ASGM projects (Jane Dennison, Government of United States)

Session 7: Creation of new platforms for coordination cooperation and reporting

• Mercury Surveillance themes in the Amazon Region (Antonio Restrepo/ Francisco Sánchez, Amazon cooperation treaty organization)
• Plataformas de Colaboración para el Control de la Minería Ilegal y para una MAPE (ASGM) Sostenible (Ernesto Ráez Luna, Government of Peru)
• Platforms for coordination cooperation and reporting (Salvador Mondlane, CASM)
• Report on ASM in Asia Pacific Region Conference, 2013 in Mongolia (Patience Singo, SAM Project Manager)