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Table 10.4 Roadmap for sustainable SSM governance proposed by small-scale miners in Bolivia
Priority area
Actions
SSM formalization
Environmental and social licensing approvals
Sustainability planning, addressing priority areas for SSM such as
geology, production, and investment
Risk prevention
Management systems for risk prevention in SSM
Increasing awareness for risk prevention management in SSM
Identifying a model for SSM production for mineral traceability
Investment projects that include key areas for risk management such
as industrial safety, environmental and social sustainability, and
quality production
Developing agreements in risk prevention and in partnership with
foreign and national investors
Promoting sustainable
development
Inclusion of good safety practices and effective community relations
with indigenous communities
Enhance human capital and employment generation for miners and
surrounding communities
Foster entrepreneurship for SSM production
Create accountability mechanisms to comply with national
guidelines, institutional commitments, and international standards
Investment and
technology transfer
Guarantee SSM formalization
Technical assistance provided by external stakeholders and investors
in mining and technology transfer
Capacity-building in minerals processing and use of new
technologies for SSM development
Economic
diversification
Fostering connections between mining and agriculture supply
chains under the mandate of the Ministry of Rural Development and
Land
Establishing small and medium enterprises for local procurement
Creation of community councils to monitor the relationships
between SSM and native indigenous communities
(continued)
10.4.2.9 Capacity-Building
Capacity-building and technical assistance can also help the SSM industry in fostering sustainability. In focus groups with miners, capacity-building became a recurrent topic of conversation. Miners think they do not hold the capacities to face the
challenges impose by local and global demands which have somehow threatened
their ability to produce on sustainable basis. There is a common agreement among
participants that miners in isolation do not hold the financial resources to cover
training or technical assistance costs. Capacity-building in finance, use of technology, marketing, entrepreneurship, and sustainability are also some of the priority
capacity-building areas for SSM: “One of the major weakness of SMM is that it is
based on empirical knowledge and practical experience....requiring miners to build
their capacities on drilling, mineral processing and use of technology” (Focus Group
with Miners) (Table 10.4).
10 SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Table 10.4 Roadmap for sustainable SSM governance proposed by small-scale miners in Bolivia
Priority area
Actions
SSM formalization
Environmental and social licensing approvals
Sustainability planning, addressing priority areas for SSM such as
geology, production, and investment
Risk prevention
Management systems for risk prevention in SSM
Increasing awareness for risk prevention management in SSM
Identifying a model for SSM production for mineral traceability
Investment projects that include key areas for risk management such
as industrial safety, environmental and social sustainability, and
quality production
Developing agreements in risk prevention and in partnership with
foreign and national investors
Promoting sustainable
development
Inclusion of good safety practices and effective community relations
with indigenous communities
Enhance human capital and employment generation for miners and
surrounding communities
Foster entrepreneurship for SSM production
Create accountability mechanisms to comply with national
guidelines, institutional commitments, and international standards
Investment and
technology transfer
Guarantee SSM formalization
Technical assistance provided by external stakeholders and investors
in mining and technology transfer
Capacity-building in minerals processing and use of new
technologies for SSM development
Economic
diversification
Fostering connections between mining and agriculture supply
chains under the mandate of the Ministry of Rural Development and
Land
Establishing small and medium enterprises for local procurement
Creation of community councils to monitor the relationships
between SSM and native indigenous communities
(continued)
10.4.2.9 Capacity-Building
Capacity-building and technical assistance can also help the SSM industry in fostering sustainability. In focus groups with miners, capacity-building became a recurrent topic of conversation. Miners think they do not hold the capacities to face the
challenges impose by local and global demands which have somehow threatened
their ability to produce on sustainable basis. There is a common agreement among
participants that miners in isolation do not hold the financial resources to cover
training or technical assistance costs. Capacity-building in finance, use of technology, marketing, entrepreneurship, and sustainability are also some of the priority
capacity-building areas for SSM: “One of the major weakness of SMM is that it is
based on empirical knowledge and practical experience....requiring miners to build
their capacities on drilling, mineral processing and use of technology” (Focus Group
with Miners) (Table 10.4).
10 SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure