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Convening stakeholders to develop and implement strategies to reduce child labor in artisanal and small-scale gold mining - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2563

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2563

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Mining

category:

Sector

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comments:

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challenges:

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success:

N/A

context:

N/A

description:

 It is appropriate to use the CRAFT code as a continuous improvement process to achieve formalization for the ASGM sector. As described in Section 3.3, the mine formalization requirements in Ghana and the Philippines for SSM are very difficult to meet. The CRAFT’s emphasis of progressively addressing environmental and social problems is appropriate for the ASGM sector since many SSM lack resources required to achieve full formalization. The challenge, however, is convincing governments to allow SSM to operate legally if they are involved in implementing the CRAFT code. One way to address this challenge is to provide provisional “legal” operating status to SSMs who participate in Craft. To maintain the provisional status, SSMs would be required to demonstrate progress in achieving environmental and social benchmarks in the Craft process. This could be done as part of the implementation the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas.

administrative_issues:

N/A

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/218616

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location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

Convening stakeholders to develop and implement strategies to reduce child labor in artisanal and small-scale gold mining - Final Evaluation