Engaging Stakeholders in Environmental Conservation Phase II (ESEC II)

Projekt abgeschlossen
environmental-conservation
Artisanal miners rehabilitate mined lands. © SDC © SDC

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a poverty-driven phenomena that contributes importantly to rural job creation, income generation and poverty reduction. However, ASM’s contribution to sustainable local development is limited by its past and current practices leading to significant environmental degradation. ESEC II therefore aims to enhance ASM’s contribution to local development by making it an environmentally responsible activity, thereby benefitting 230,000 rural citizens with a healthier and improved environment.

Land/Region Thema Periode Budget
Mongolei
Klimawandel & Umwelt
Menschenrechte
Rechtsstaatlichkeit - Demokratie - Menschenrechte
Umweltpolitik
Menschenrechte (inkl. Frauenrechte)
01.08.2013 - 31.12.2016
CHF 3'325'000
Hintergrund

Formerly a socialist country, Mongolia has become one of the fastest growing economies in the world due to mining. But the economic transition period, coupled with natural disasters, has resulted in widespread unemployment and poverty in the 1990s. As a consequence, many former herders had no alternative survival options other than turning to ASM. Today ASM contributes importantly to rural job creation, income generation and poverty reduction. But ASM’s contribution to local economic development has been accompanied by significant environmental degradation. The government has recognized the environmental costs of mining, and has put new emphasis on environmental conservation.

Ziele

Mongolia's artisanal mining sector contributes to sustainable local development, including the realization of the right to a healthy environment and the right to decent work.

Zielgruppen

230,000 rural citizens of ASM impacted soums will be the main beneficiaries of a healthier and improved environment. Other beneficiaries include: ASM miners, soum governments, large scale mining companies, local entrepreneurs, and central government.

Mittelfristige Wirkungen
  1. The competent authorities endorse sustainable green ASM rehabilitation approches;
  2. Local stakeholders agree on co-financed soum level ASM environmental action plans; and
  3. Local stakeholders jointly implement and finance the agreed soum level ASM environmental action plans.

 

Resultate

Resultate von früheren Phasen:  

SDC’s experience with ASM in Latin America has shown that formalization is key to making it a responsible and sustainable economic activity that is benefitting the poor. SDC’s Sustainable Artisanal Mining (SAM) Project therefore aims at getting ASM recognized as a formal sub-sector contributing to Mongolia’s economic development. However, stakeholders agree that environmental degradation by past and current ASM continues to limit its contribution to sustainable local development. It is therefore critical to adress the environmental aspects of ASM through a separate intervention. ESEC is ideally placed to complement SAM, as its Local Multi-Stakeholder Councils have proven to be an effective tool to adress mineral resources related conflicts and establish soum environmental action plans.


Verantwortliche Direktion/Bundesamt DEZA
Kreditbereich Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Projektpartner Vertragspartner
Internationale oder ausländische NGO
  • Andere internationale oder ausländische NGO Norden
  • The Asia Foundation (TAF)


Budget Laufende Phase Schweizer Beitrag CHF   3'325'000 Bereits ausgegebenes Schweizer Budget CHF   3'287'089
Projektphasen

Phase 1 01.08.2013 - 31.12.2016   (Completed)

Links

For more information, please visit project website: www.esec.mn