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Events This page is a bulletin board for forthcoming events such as conferences, seminars and exhibitions related to small-scale mining. To post an event to this page please email the event details to: minerals.forum@unctad.org. Please include the event title, venue, dates, a contact name and email, and a description of the event. Additional information such as programmes or documents may also be forwarded, preferably in MS Word, Adobe PDF or text formats. Events are also listed on: InfoMine - The Events section has a comprehensive listing of all minerals, mining and processing related events worldwide. EventsTitle of event: Seminar on "Artisanal
and Small-scale Mining in Africa: Identifying Best Practices and Building
the Sustainable Livelihoods of Communities" Event details: A seminar on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Africa will be held to identify best practices and assist in the building of sustainable livelihoods for communities in Africa. The seminar, to be held in Yaoundé, Cameroon from 19-22 November 2002, is being jointly organized by the Water, Natural Resources & SIDS Branch, DSD/UNDESA and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and will be hosted by the Central Africa Sub-regional Development Centre. Participants will be brought together from several African countries where small-scale and artisanal mining (ASM) presents a serious development issue. These key stakeholders from a broad development spectrum will encourage a fresh exchange of views and experiences around some of the key development policy challenges of ASM, allowing its economic dynamism to better harnesses, and identifying sustainable alternative economic opportunities for poverty reduction and sustainable development. Further information can be obtained from the Seminar Overview (MS Word).
Title of event: MMSD Southern Africa - Multi-Stakeholder
Workshop The workshop for the Southern Africa regional group of the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) project provided a progress update, reviewed research reports and recommendations, and identified implementation mechanisms. A major topic of this workshop was small-scale mining. This information will feed into the MMSD final report. The regional research reports and other information produced through
the work of the MMSD Southern Africa regional group are available at:
Title of event: Workshop on Small-Scale Mining
in South America The Draft Minutes of a Workshop to discuss MMSD and Small-Scale Mining in South America held in Santiago Chile on 24 January 2001 are available.
Title of event: Inaugural Meeting of the
Collaborative Group on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (CASM) [Now the
Communities and Small-Scale Mining (CASM) group] The Inaugural Meeting of the Collaborative Group on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (CASM) was held on 27-28 March 2001. The mission of CASM is "to reduce poverty by supporting integrated sustainable development of communities affected by or involved in artisanal and small-scale mining in developing countries.". More information on CASM is available on the website, http://www.casmsite.org/. The group have now changed their name to Communities and Small-Scale Mining (CASM).
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