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10.5 Impact Sustainability: Final Remarks
Proposing a capacity-building roadmap for sustainable SSM governance valuable
for miners and local communities in the Bolivian context has the potential to contribute to the achievement of SDG 9. It will also increase SSM accountability by
maximizing royalty and taxes revenues as well as foster sustainable and innovative
mining practices. Primarily supported by the Law No 535 and the National
Development Plan, the implementation of the roadmap here proposed requires the
support of various stakeholders, namely, civil society organizations, miners, government, higher education institutions, and multinational corporations. Multistakeholder collaboration can make a strong contribution by providing technical
assistance, financial support, and capacity-building. Likewise, it is essential to
Table 10.4 (continued)
Priority area
Actions
Geology and mineral
processing
Design SSM plans that set clear exploration, mining, mineral
processing, and marketing goals
Design a prospecting and exploration plan that involves most miners
in SSM
Capacity-building on SSM supply chains. This will contribute to
SSM growth and diversification
Designing a new administrative and accounting model for SSM
Capacity-building to increase SSM accountability
Strengthening
stakeholder
collaboration
Establishing agreements and collaboration between the Ministry of
Mining and Metallurgy, SERGEOMIN, and SENARECOM
Establishing positive relations between SSM and indigenous
communities
Increase SSM participation in social consultation processes
Developing collaborative initiatives with public and private
stakeholders in the mining supply chain
Marketing
Developing marketing plans to enhance the commercialization of
lead, zinc, and silver
Including marketing as a constituent component of SSM
Capacity-building on local and international market prices and
exports
Capacity-building
Capacity-building should also be targeted to assist miners and
surrounding communities to find alternative livelihood options
different from mining
Capacity-building on sustainable production across the mining
supply chain
Capacity-building on entrepreneurship for economic diversification
Capacity-building on finance and accounting
Capacity-building on industrial safety
Capacity-building on use of new technologies
I. B. Franco et al.
10.5 Impact Sustainability: Final Remarks
Proposing a capacity-building roadmap for sustainable SSM governance valuable
for miners and local communities in the Bolivian context has the potential to contribute to the achievement of SDG 9. It will also increase SSM accountability by
maximizing royalty and taxes revenues as well as foster sustainable and innovative
mining practices. Primarily supported by the Law No 535 and the National
Development Plan, the implementation of the roadmap here proposed requires the
support of various stakeholders, namely, civil society organizations, miners, government, higher education institutions, and multinational corporations. Multistakeholder collaboration can make a strong contribution by providing technical
assistance, financial support, and capacity-building. Likewise, it is essential to
Table 10.4 (continued)
Priority area
Actions
Geology and mineral
processing
Design SSM plans that set clear exploration, mining, mineral
processing, and marketing goals
Design a prospecting and exploration plan that involves most miners
in SSM
Capacity-building on SSM supply chains. This will contribute to
SSM growth and diversification
Designing a new administrative and accounting model for SSM
Capacity-building to increase SSM accountability
Strengthening
stakeholder
collaboration
Establishing agreements and collaboration between the Ministry of
Mining and Metallurgy, SERGEOMIN, and SENARECOM
Establishing positive relations between SSM and indigenous
communities
Increase SSM participation in social consultation processes
Developing collaborative initiatives with public and private
stakeholders in the mining supply chain
Marketing
Developing marketing plans to enhance the commercialization of
lead, zinc, and silver
Including marketing as a constituent component of SSM
Capacity-building on local and international market prices and
exports
Capacity-building
Capacity-building should also be targeted to assist miners and
surrounding communities to find alternative livelihood options
different from mining
Capacity-building on sustainable production across the mining
supply chain
Capacity-building on entrepreneurship for economic diversification
Capacity-building on finance and accounting
Capacity-building on industrial safety
Capacity-building on use of new technologies
I. B. Franco et al.