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.
Aiming to have a lasting effect on how countries govern the mining sector for more sustainable development outcomes, the EGP continued to advance activities at the national, regional and global level across all outcome areas. This included targeted support to Colombia, Kenya, Mongolia and Mozambique, the production and sharing of new guides, training courses, and webinars, as well as the strengthening of a global community of practice and broader South-South Triangular learning through the convening of global and regional fora.
The EGP’s work has focused on strengthening the abilities of all stakeholders—governments, civil society, independent human rights and ombudsman institutions and the private sector—to understand and address the linkages between the environment and human rights for more sustainable and equitable development outcomes for all, and especially for people living in poverty.