Project

GEF GOLD Colombia: Integrated Sound Management of Mercury in Colombia’s ASGM sector

Lead country

Colombia

Participating countries

Colombia

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From May 3, 2019 to May 3, 2024

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 12.2 Sustainably manage, efficiently use natural resources
  2. 12.a Build developing country capacity on sustainable consumption, production
  3. 12.4 Achieve environmentally sound chemical, waste management

Project ID: 5931

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Technical team

  • Chemicals and Waste Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Heavy metals
  • Waste management

Sub-area(s)

  • Mercury
  • Source_from_ASGM
  • Source_from_health_sector
  • Hazardous_chemical_waste

Landscape(s)

  • Human altered areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Mining sites
  • Contaminated sites

Transformed sector(s)

  • Materials and manufacturing
  • Metals and Mining
  • ASGM

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Institutional mechanism and system building

Strategy

  • Law regulation
  • Technology innovation
  • Capacity building

Sub-strategy

  • Institutional framework
  • Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
  • Transition to safer alternatives
  • Best available techniques & best environmental practices (BAT & BEP)
  • Awareness raising
  • Community capacity building
  • Technical capacity building

Social inclusion

  • Artisanal miners

Gender equality

  • Awareness raising (on gender)

Gender result effectiveness scale

N/A

Pathway(s)

  • Sci-tech pathway
  • People pathway
  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation
  • Reduce exposure

SDG target(s)

  • 12.2 Sustainably manage, efficiently use natural resources
  • 12.a Build developing country capacity on sustainable consumption, production
  • 12.4 Achieve environmentally sound chemical, waste management

Conventions and protocols

  • Minamata Convention on Mercury

Private sector(s)

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises
  • Individuals/Entrepreneurs

Hot topic

  • Structural/system transformation
  • Multi-stakeholder collaboration

USD $6,150,000

Grant amount

USD $23,444,511

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Source(s) of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($6,150,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME)

Joint agencies

  • UN Environment

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