Towards inclusive and responsible mining

Facilitating dialogue and collaboration for a fair and accountable mining sector

Small-scale miners dry ores in the process of gold mining in Geita, Tanzania (Photo: John Louis/Investing In Gold, Creative Commons)

Project

Dialogues for a sustainable and productive artisanal and small-scale mining sector

2014 - 2019

Employees work deep within a tunnel at the Nsangano Gold Mine, Mawemeru village in Geita District, Tanzania in March 2015 (Photo: Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)

Project

Laying the foundations for a dialogue series on artisanal and small-scale mining

2015 - ongoing

A man stands in front of a group of seated people outside answering questions

Article

Partnerships and collaboration for a more responsible minerals sector

04 May 2021

Project

Ghana: on our way to participatory reform in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector

2015 - ongoing

A group of women stand and sit around a table discussing and adding information to a large piece of paper

Project

Scaling up CRAFT and Fairmined initiatives for responsible gold in Honduras

January 2021 - December 2022

Pits at Bekily sapphire mine in Toliara are on average 18 meters deep (Photo: Andry Rabemanantsoa/GIZ PAGE Madagascar)

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Improving governance in Madagascar's artisanal and small-scale mining sector from the ground up

January 2015 - June 2020

IIED's Fitsum Weldegiorgis presents at the action dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania (Photo: Steve Aanu)

Project

'The time is right' for dialogue about sustainable ASM in Tanzania

Artisanal and small-scale mining accounts for 20 per cent of world gold production (Photo: Travis Lupick, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Project

Delivering solutions through multi-stakeholder dialogue

2015 - ongoing

Related publications

494 publications

Artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania – Evidence to inform an ‘action dialogue’

Publication, 01 July 2018

Action dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Tanzania

Publication, 01 July 2018

Informing dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania. A thematic review of challenges and solutions

Publication, 01 October 2017

Sapphire mines that become forests

Publication, 01 October 2017

Small ventures, big hopes

Publication, 01 October 2017

Golden practices that defy gloom

Publication, 01 October 2017

Manganese mining in Gabon (Photo: jbdodane, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD)

Archived Project

Group of people sitting on chairs facing each other

Addressing illegal artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Colombia

Archived Project

Sapphire mines that become forests

Long read, 13 October 2017

Small ventures, big hopes

Long read, 26 September 2017

The golden practices that defy gloom

Long read, 11 September 2017

Our work on small and large-scale mining supports multi-stakeholder dialogue, promotes local voices and explores innovations that help deliver more inclusive and accountable mining sector – with empowered local communities, enlightened decision makers and sensitivity to the rights and responsibilities of all stakeholders.