ENVIRONNMENTAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAMME 2015-2019

A Joint Swedish Environmental Protection Agency – UNDP Initiative

Integrating Environment and Human Rights into the Governance of the Mining Sector
INTEGRATED APPROACH

Using the nexus between the environment and

human rights as a lens, the EGP supports
governments to integrate environment and human
rights in the governance of the mining sector.

We do this by strengthening the capacities of

ministries of mining, environment and other
national and local stakeholders, including national
human rights institutions, to ensure that human
rights are at the core of the design, implementation,
and monitoring of policies and regulatory
frameworks relevant to the mining sector.
In this way, the EGP helps countries to
operationalize Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration
and meet their national commitments under global
environmental agreements and international human
rights frameworks while accelerating progress
towards the Sustainable Development
OUR OBJECTIVES
Country level
Public institutions and civil society partners
have strengthened capacities to manage
mining in line with human rights and rule of
law principles.
Global and regional level
Good practices and experiences shared to
inform work in many countries.
 WHERE WE WORK
▪ Targeted support to
Colombia, Kenya, Mongolia,
and Mozambique.

▪ The EGP also works at the

global and regional level to
strengthen knowledge sharing
and the exchange of policy
approaches.
OUR PARTNERS
▪ Ministries of environment ▪
and mining and
environmental authorities
▪ Human Rights Commissions
▪ Civil Society
▪ Private Sector
▪ Other international
partners
 OUR WORK
▪ Connect key stakeholders to expertise and good practices.

▪ Facilitate knowledge exchange through:

▪ Peer-to-peer learning between the Swedish Environmental
Protection Agency and decision-makers in the target
countries
▪ GOXI.org on-line Community of Practice
▪ Webinars

▪ Conduct diagnostics that inform policy reforms.

▪ Strengthen inter-ministerial and cross-sectoral coordination

mechanisms.

▪ Facilitate and strengthen in-country platforms for multi-

stakeholder dialogue.

▪ Synthesize and share country experiences and global expertise.

 GLOBAL AND REGIONAL WORK
▪ Swedish EPA – UNDP Global Guide on Extracting Good
Practices: user-friendly guide for governments on how to
integrate environment and human rights into the governance
of the mining sector.

▪ Mining Governance Assessment - Rule of Law in Public

Administration: governance assessment for the application of
procedural rights in the governance of the mining sector.

▪ Webinars: 15 webinars with more than 1,000 participants from

over 100 countries.

▪ Advocacy and Awareness Raising:

▪ Colombia Workshop – 30 Nov- 1 December 2017
▪ Stockholm Dialogue on the Nexus between Human Rights,
Environmental Sustainability and Conflict Prevention
(June 12, 2018) for 100 stakeholders from 26 countries

▪ Kwale Workshop on Environmental Governance – putting

policies into practice. of the Mining Sector (May 15-18,
2018)
▪ Regional study /workshop on Participatory Environment
Committees.
Next Phase: 2019-2024
Next Phase: 2019-2024