Latest News
Assessing the Rule of Law in the Mining Sector
UNDP, Sweden's Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency are pleased to launch the Users Guide on Assessing the Rule of Law in Public Administration: The Mining Sector, which has been designed to help policymakers and civil servants identify...
EGP Annual Report
In 2018, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and UNDP, through the joint Environmental Governance Programme (EGP) for Sustainable Natural Resource Management, continued to support governments to integrate environment and human rights into the governance of the mining sector....
Participatory Environmental Monitoring in Mongolia
Participatory environmental monitoring gives citizens and communities voice and power to influence decisions that affect their lives and their future. More than 120 government officials, civil society and private sector representatives came together in Ulaanbaatar on March 26 and...
New training manual on responsible mining in Mongolia
The EGP and UNDP Mongolia launched a new training manual to strengthen the capacity of local governments, communities, and small- and medium-sized mining companies to undertake and oversee responsible mining in the country. This new training manual provides...
Online Course on Mining Governance
The joint Swedish Environmental Protection Agency – UNDP Environmental Governance Programme (EGP) launched a free online course on mining governance in collaboration with the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). The training course is designed to support...
Extracting Good Practices
The joint Swedish Environmental Protection Agency - UNDP Environmental Governance Programme (EGP) launched a flagship publication on Extracting Good Practices: A Guide for Governments and Partners to Integrate Environment and Human Rights into the Governance of the Mining Sector during the...
Mongolia Workshop on Participatory Environmental Monitoring
The EGP and UNDP Mongolia, in collaboration with the Government of Mongolia, represented by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism; the National Commission for Human Rights of Mongolia; and the General Agency for Specialized Inspection, will organize a...
Stories and Blogs
Women’s Participation and Voice in the Mining Sector
There is a growing recognition that not only does the mining sector have different impacts on men and women, but that policy and governance responses to the sector also affect women and men differently. Statistically, women and girls are more...
Human Rights Council recognizes the contribution of environmental and human rights defenders
On March 20, 2019, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted by consensus a resolution recognizing the contribution of environmental and human rights defenders to the enjoyment of human rights, environmental protection and sustainable development. To date, more than 150...
An Opportunity to Walk the Talk: Making Gender Disclosure Part of the EITI Standard
Guest Blog by Rebecca Iwerks*, Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) There are many questions and good intentions floating around to address gender and extractives. We know that women are more likely to be negatively impacted by extraction than men. What...
Participatory Environmental Monitoring in Mozambique
The National Agency for Environmental Quality Control (AQUA) in Mozambique, in collaboration with Source International and the EGP, has launched a pilot project on community-based water monitoring in the Tete province in the center of Mozambique This pilot project will...
Community-based environmental monitoring as a tool to build transparency and trust
For many developing countries, mineral extraction continues to be an important economic driver with the potential to improve human development outcomes, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). When managed appropriately, mining can create jobs, foster innovation, and bring investment...
The Role of Host Governments in Enabling or Preventing Conflict Associated with Mining
A global expansion of extraction in mining and hydrocarbons has been taking place since 2002, with the potential to drive economic growth in developing countries. Over the same period, this intensified activity in extractives contributed to social and environmental conflicts....
Mapping Gender Impacts in the Mining Sector
The EGP, in partnership with IGF, convened an interactive session on 'Imagining the Future of Mining: Mapping and Considering Gender Impacts, Gaps and Policy Responses to Support Progress on the SDGs' at the Annual General Meeting of the Intergovernmental Forum...
Participatory Environmental Monitoring Committees in Latin America
On October 2018, more than 40 participants from 13 countries gathered in Panama to share their perspectives and experiences at the EGP convened Regional Workshop on Participatory Environmental Governance for Sustainable Natural Resources Management in the Latin American and Caribbean...
About The Programme
The Environmental Governance Programme (EGP) for Sustainable Natural Resource Management is a joint initiative of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the United Nations Development Programme.
The EGP woks with ministries of mining, environment, and other national and local stakeholders, to strengthen capacities for integrating human rights and environmental protection into the design, implementation, and monitoring of policies and regulatory frameworks relevant to the mining sector.
Participating Countries
The EGP currently provides targeted support to four resource-rich countries: Colombia, Kenya, Mongolia, and Mozambique.
