Project

Global MIA in 5 Countries (Bangladesh, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, Mozambique and Samoa)

Lead country

New York - GEF

Participating countries

Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Mozambique, Bangladesh, Samoa

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From July 7, 2015 to June 30, 2019

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 12.4 Achieve environmentally sound chemical, waste management
  2. 15.9 Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
  3. 12.6 Encourage companies to adopt sustainable practices, reporting

Project ID: 5410

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Technical team

  • Chemicals and Waste Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Heavy metals

Sub-area(s)

  • Mercury
  • Source from ASGM

Landscape(s)

  • Human altered areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Mining 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
  • Finance economy
  • Capacity building

Sub-strategy

  • Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
  • Transition to safer alternatives
  • Impact assessment
  • Fiscal planning
  • Awareness raising
  • Institutional capacity building

Social inclusion

  • Artisanal miners

Gender equality

N/A

Gender result effectiveness scale

N/A

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway
  • Sci-tech pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation
  • Reduce exposure

SDG target(s)

  • 12.4 Achieve environmentally sound chemical, waste management
  • 15.9 Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
  • 12.6 Encourage companies to adopt sustainable practices, reporting

Conventions and protocols

  • Minamata Convention on Mercury

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Structural/system transformation

USD $1,000,000

Grant amount

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($1,000,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • UN Institute for Training and Research

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