On Thursday, July 26, the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) organized, in collaboration with Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF) and as part of the Somos Tesoro project, a workshop with coal miners and potters[1] from the municipality of Sogamoso,...
As part of the Somos Tesoro project, many activities were conducted during July aimed at promoting gender equality in the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector in Boyacá, Colombia. In partnership with the Sogamoso Women’s Secretariat, a workshop on women’s...
“It is essential for not only national authorities related to the mining sector, but also for those linked to the environmental, labor and educational sectors, to get acquainted with the reality of ASM in order to support its sustainable development in the country.”...
The cooperative has been recertified under the Fairmined Standard for the fourth consecutive year. We are pleased to inform that the Cooperativa Multiactiva Agrominera of the Iquira municipality, located in Huila, Colombia, has been recertified under the Fairmined...
Different local and regional actors from Suárez (Cauca, Colombia) and La Llanada (Nariño, Colombia) involved in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) have been gathering since 2017 to define a shared vision for ASM and to see how the territories can be developed in a...
Between April 2 and May 15, the Alliance for Responsible Mining carried out the virtual course “Formalization of small-scale mining” in which 83 Colombian public officials from different government entities participated. The course was created within the...
