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Theme: Digging to Deliver Development
Date: October 6-12, 2008
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
Venue: Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Indústria (CNTI)
Facilitator: CASM
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The 8th ACC, with the theme Digging to Deliver Development, assembled the CASM global network and other parties interested in artisanal and small-scale mining in Brasilia, Brazil. Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy Secretariat of Geology, Mining, and Mineral Processing hosted the event.
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A G E N D A
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Monday, October 6th
Pre-Conference Technical, Consultative, and Collaborative Sessions:
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TOPICS
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SPEAKERS
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Security and Rights in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM)
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Workshop 1: Sustainable Development and Security in Relation to ASM
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Mediating conflicts through dialogue
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Workshop 2: Managing the Interface between LSM and ASM
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Claire White, International Council for Mining and Metallurgy, UK
Kevin D’Souza, Wardell Armstrong, UK
Reviewing progress on the CASM Guidance on this issue
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Workshop 3: Sustainable Livelihoods
Gender Sensitive Approaches
In-Migration
Indigenous People
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Adriana Eftimie, World Bank, CASM Secretariat
Formulating ideas for the good practice guidance being prepared by ICMM on mining and indigenous peoples
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Workshop 4: Industrial Minerals and ASM
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Maria José Gazzi Salum, Director of Sustainability and Mining, Secretariat of Geology and Mines, MME, Brazil, National Plan of Mineral Aggregates For Construction
Edson Farias Mello, Dept. de Geologia , UFRJ – SGM-MME, The Mining of Sand in the Riverbed: Monitoring and sustainable development of extractive activity
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Tuesday, October 7th
Pre-Conference Technical, Consultative and Collaborative Sessions:
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Environmental & Social Management in ASM
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Workshop 5: Mercury Management in ASM Gold Mining
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Susan Keane, Natural Resource Defense Council, USA
Marcelo Veiga, University of British Columbia, Canada,
Reducing Mercury Emmisions of Small-Scale Gold Buying Shops in Amazonia: Designing and implementing low cost, easy to build and effective mercury capture systems in gold shops in Brazil and Peru
Jose Francisco Meneses, Tec. Metalurgia, Nariño-Colombia, Technology for Reducing Mercury Contamination in Small-Scale Mining
Erwin Wolff Carreño, Profesional Especializado CDMB, Contraparte Proyecto BGR, Reducing the Use of Mercury in the Vetas-California, Santander Department, Colombia
Daniel Stapper, Faculty of Earth and Ocean Science, University of Victoria, Fumehoods in Kalimantan, Indonesia
Marcello M. Veiga, Associate Professor of University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Reducing/Replacing Mercury in ASM Operations
A workshop for artisanal miners and practitioners to discuss policies, programs, techniques and technologies, to introduce cleaner gold production in ASM sites and to better understand the needs of artisanal miners.
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Workshop 6: Kimberley Process Workshop on Rough Diamond
Artisanal Alluvial Production
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Samir Nahass, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Brazil, Kimberly Process Certification Scheme
José Ricardo Thibes Pisani, Deputy Chairman, Vaaldiam, Diamond Enterprise, The Brazilian Reality of the Diamond Small-Scale Mining
Steven Van Bockstael, EGMONT – Royal Institute for International Relations, Belgium, Artisanal Diamond Mining Project
The workshop considered support to the Working Group on Artisanal and Alluvial Diamond Production (WGAAP) of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. It also included an update on the Egmont study on value chains in diamond trading.
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Workshop 7: Fair and Ethical Trade Certification Schemes in ASM
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Christopher Sheldon, World Bank, CASM Secretariat
Estelle Levin, Resource Consulting Services, UK
The workshop will address improved harmonization between the many proposed certification schemes
Markus Wagner, Geological Survey of Germany (BGR), CTC - Certified Trading Chains in mineral production: The general concept (1); The present concept (2)
Ervin Renteria, Presidente, Oro Verde Corporation , Oro Verde Certification Program
Estelle Levin, Resource Center , Clarifying Certification: Language, Components & Process
This workshop considered progress in the pilot projects to ground test the Association of Responsible Mining’s Standard Zero for fair-trade, artisanal gold and associated silver and platinum production in Latin America.
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Workshop 8: Policy and Legal Frameworks
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Workshop Objectives and Agenda
Remi Pelon, World Bank, CASM Secretariat, Introduction
Christine Echavarria, ARM, Colombia and Manuel Reinoso Rivo, AMASUR, Peru, Organization and Empowerment in ASM: Key to Access to Rights
Daniel Lafuente, Cumbre del Sajama , Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Bolivia
Razafimandimby Olivier, PGRM, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Madagascar , Actual Situation of Small-scale and Artisanal Mining in Madagascar: Gold and stones
This session will discuss experiences of ASM organisations. Presentations are invited on organisational, legal and public policy drivers or bottlenecks for formalising ASM operations. The objective is to share lessons, identify support needed and policies.
Peter Nelson, Land Use Consultants UK, Policy Assessment and Development
Prof. Dr Xia Cao, Law School, Shanxi Univ. of Finance & Economics, Taiyuan, Shanxi, PR China , Regulating Small-scale Mining in China
Jonathan Pell, Adam Smith International, Minerals Policy Assessment and Development: Experiences from Sierra Leone
Ervin Renteria, Presidente, OroVerde Corporation, OroVerde Certificate Program: A Model of Mining Artisanal and Small Scale Lecturer of Chocó - Colombia for the World
This session will review mining policy and formulation at the macro level. Updates will be provided on practical examples of mineral policy assessment, development, reform in partner countries.
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CASM CONFERENCE>
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DAY ONE: Wednesday, October 8th
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Welcome and Introductions
Conference overview, theme, and objectives
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Chair: Jon Hobb, CASM Chairman
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Welcome from hosts and official opening
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Claudio Scliar, Secretary of Mines, Vice-Minister of Mines and Energy, Brazil
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Session One: Keynote presentations
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The Road to the UNCSD 2010/11 intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development
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ASM and Private Sector--Making a difference: Integrating sustainable development into the way we do business
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ASM Sector in Mozambique: a Government Perspective
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Hon. Abdul Razak Noormahomed, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Mineral Resources, Republic of Mozambique
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ASM: Progress in Mongolia since 2007
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ASM Perspective
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Vicente Encalada (Ecuador), Jonny Sasirwe (Uganda), Ervin Renteria (Colombia), Tsugt Barda (Mongolia)
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Session Two: Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Brazil
Chair: Claudio Scliar
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Keynote Presentation:
Current Situation and What is Necessary to Achieve the Goal of Sustainable Mining
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Prof. Claudio Scliar – Secretary of Geology, Mining and Mineral Transformation – SGM, Brazil
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Roundtable1: Associative Work, Health and Safety, Technical and Managerial Support to ASM
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Coordinator:
Jorge Nacimento, Coordinator of Solidary Economy of the Ministry of Labor and Employment, Brazil
Speakers:
Rosival Araujo, President of the National Union of Mining Workers, Brazil
Delmir Potrich, President of the Cooperative of “Garimpeiros” of Amethysts – COOGAMAI, Brazil
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Roundtable 2: Mining and the Environment: Legal Framework, Policies of Formalization and Aggregation of Value to ASM Production
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Coordinator:
Elzivir Azevedo Guerra, Coordinator of the Network of Mineral-based Production Chain, Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil
Speakers:
Laerte Lisboa, President of the Union of Garampeiros of Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Carlos Peiter, Head of Department of Mineral-based Productive Chains of CETEM, Center of Mineral Technology, Brazil
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DAY TWO: Thursday, October 9th
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Session Four: Partnerships
Chair: Toni Aubyn
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Synergies and Scope for Collaboration: The Example of Certification of Trading Chains (CTC) and EITI
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Nicholas Garrett, Resource Consulting Services / LSE Crisis States Research Centre (on behalf of BGR)
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Call to Action on Child Labour –ILO
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Income comparison between Brazilian and African artisanal diamond miners
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Shawn Blore, Researcher, Partnership Africa Canada/Egmont Institute
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The BRG Pilot Project
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Alluvial Diamond Diggers - KPCS-WGAAP
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Diamond Development Initiative (DDI)
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Partnerships to restore minerals policy and institutions in a post conflict country – Sierra Leone
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Managing relations with vulnerable groups
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David Brenton, University of Queensland, Australia
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Session Five: Gallery Walk Poster Session
Reports from Pre-conference Working Group Sessions
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Working Group 1
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Sustainable development and security in relations to ASM
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Working Group 2
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Managing the Interface between LSM and ASM
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Working Group 3
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Vulnerable Groups and Livelihoods
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a) Sustainable Livelihoods: A Gender Sensitive Approach
b) In-Migration
c) Indigenous Communities and ASM
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Working Group 4
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Industrial Minerals and ASM
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Working Group 5
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Mercury Management in Gold Mining in ASM
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Working Group 6
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Kimberley Process Workshop on Diamond Artisanal Alluvial Production
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Working Group 7
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Fair and Ethical Trade Certification schemes in ASM
a) Update on the BGR Pilot Certification Program
b) Update on “Standard Zero” for Fair Trade in ASM
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Working Group-8
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Policy and Legal Frameworks
a) Organization and Empowerment in ASM: Key to Access to Rights
b) Policy Assessment and Development
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Session Six: Introduction to Post-Coffee Open Space Forum
Chair: John Tyschen
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Manifest of ASM representatives from around the world to CASM
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Presentation of CASM Asia-Pacific Database
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ASM and Climate Change
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Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Australian National University
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Artisanal and Small-scale Mining: N.V. Granalco’s point of view
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Traditional communities
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Olinase Santos, Secretariat of Geology, Mining and Metallurgy
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Development beyond Mercury
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Marcelo Veiga, University of British Colombia, Canada
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DAY THREE: Friday, October 10
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Session Seven: Key recommendations and action plans, commitment
Chair: Jon Hobbs
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Session Eight: Reports of Regional Networks
Chair: Jon Hobbs and Gotthard Walser
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CASM Africa
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CASM Asia-Pacific
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Dr. Ali Usman
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CASM China
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Other Proposals
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Session Nine: Closing
Chair: Claudio Scliar, Secretary of Geology, Mines and Metallurgy and Jon Hobbs, CASM Chairman
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Highlights from CASM Annual Report and Plan
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- Statements from SMAG Members
- CASM Evaluation
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SMAG members
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Closing Ceremony
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Claudio Scliar (Secretary of Geology, Mining and Metallurgy, Brasil)
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