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define stakeholders’ roles and responsibilities for the effective implementation of
the roadmap. This will lead to a collaborative governance environment in which
SSM can play an active role for sustainable SSM governance. Some of the roles and
responsibilities for the implementation of the capacity-building roadmap are as
follows.
In collaboration with the government and international cooperation agencies,
this study recommends that CANAMIL monitors the implementation of the roadmap. Regional chambers and civil society organizations should also be consulted on
the implementation of the nine priority areas for capacity-building, namely, SSM
formalization, risk prevention, sustainable development, investment and technology
transfer, economic diversification, geology and minerals processing, stakeholder
collaboration, marketing, and capacity-building.
Local communities and civil society organizations operating in Bolivian mining
regions should also become active participants in proposing SSM capacity-building
areas relevant for community sustainability. Although civil society participation has
not been widely discussed in this chapter, SSM has a direct impact on local communities. In most cases miners come from unprivileged communities; hence they
are directly accountable for overall community sustainability. Interestingly, findings
show that miners are aware of local development expectations and have proposed
alternative livelihood options to diminish community dependency on mining.
However, research findings show that economy diversification is the result of active
community engagement and government leadership.
Governments should assume a more active role in SSM capacity-building and
overall sustainability. Local authorities in developing resource regions are usually
criticized for their weak institutional capacity. This research has found that the
Bolivian government has wide expertise on issuing legislation for SSM governance
and overall sustainability. However, the implementation of such legislation to foster
multi-stakeholder collaboration in this area fails. This inadequate involvement in
collaborative governance arrangements is hampering the opportunities to advance
toward SSM sustainability. However, the implementation of more participatory
governance mechanisms led by the government can have a major positive effect on
capacity-building for SSM and overall sustainability. The adoption of more participatory governance approaches in which the government is the key player can also
lead to improvements in government accountability and community participation
toward the achievement of SDG 9.
Regarding the roles and responsibilities of SSM in the implementation of the
roadmap for SSM capacity-building, this investigation has found that miners have
undertaken several actions to move SSM forward and improve sustainability practices, yet there is still room for improvement. Strengthening collaboration with the
government and civil society can assist SSM in overcoming this challenge. Research
also shows that SSM continues to being trapped in conventional governance mechanisms hindering SSM sustainability. Context-based governance arrangements such
as the roadmap for capacity-building proposed in this chapter can lead to more
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define stakeholders’ roles and responsibilities for the effective implementation of
the roadmap. This will lead to a collaborative governance environment in which
SSM can play an active role for sustainable SSM governance. Some of the roles and
responsibilities for the implementation of the capacity-building roadmap are as
follows.
In collaboration with the government and international cooperation agencies,
this study recommends that CANAMIL monitors the implementation of the roadmap. Regional chambers and civil society organizations should also be consulted on
the implementation of the nine priority areas for capacity-building, namely, SSM
formalization, risk prevention, sustainable development, investment and technology
transfer, economic diversification, geology and minerals processing, stakeholder
collaboration, marketing, and capacity-building.
Local communities and civil society organizations operating in Bolivian mining
regions should also become active participants in proposing SSM capacity-building
areas relevant for community sustainability. Although civil society participation has
not been widely discussed in this chapter, SSM has a direct impact on local communities. In most cases miners come from unprivileged communities; hence they
are directly accountable for overall community sustainability. Interestingly, findings
show that miners are aware of local development expectations and have proposed
alternative livelihood options to diminish community dependency on mining.
However, research findings show that economy diversification is the result of active
community engagement and government leadership.
Governments should assume a more active role in SSM capacity-building and
overall sustainability. Local authorities in developing resource regions are usually
criticized for their weak institutional capacity. This research has found that the
Bolivian government has wide expertise on issuing legislation for SSM governance
and overall sustainability. However, the implementation of such legislation to foster
multi-stakeholder collaboration in this area fails. This inadequate involvement in
collaborative governance arrangements is hampering the opportunities to advance
toward SSM sustainability. However, the implementation of more participatory
governance mechanisms led by the government can have a major positive effect on
capacity-building for SSM and overall sustainability. The adoption of more participatory governance approaches in which the government is the key player can also
lead to improvements in government accountability and community participation
toward the achievement of SDG 9.
Regarding the roles and responsibilities of SSM in the implementation of the
roadmap for SSM capacity-building, this investigation has found that miners have
undertaken several actions to move SSM forward and improve sustainability practices, yet there is still room for improvement. Strengthening collaboration with the
government and civil society can assist SSM in overcoming this challenge. Research
also shows that SSM continues to being trapped in conventional governance mechanisms hindering SSM sustainability. Context-based governance arrangements such
as the roadmap for capacity-building proposed in this chapter can lead to more
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