Primary:
Understand and vizualize the reality of ethnic mining (indigenous and afro-descendant).

Secondaries:

• Review the Fairmined standard in collaboration with miners from ethnic communities.
• Facilitating the inclusion of ethnic communities voices in national government decisions.
• Facilitating the exchange of experiences between ethnic communities.
• Identify current barriers and opportunities for the formalization of artisanal and small scale mining (ASM).
• Developing a communication strategy that highlights the potential of ASM.
• Creating a marketing and outreach campaign to increase the demand for gold provided from ASM.
• Preparing a summary of the policies and limit the development of ASM in Colombia.

Colombia

• Chocó (Condoto, Carmen de Atrato, Tadó, Unión Panamericana, Alto San Juan)
• Vaupés
• Nariño (Mallama)
• Antioquia (Frontino)
• Amazonía

Peru

• Puno (Distrito de Ananea)
• Amazonía (Departamento Madre de Dios)

1. State of the art: research of 32 informational national and international sources to understand the current state of ethnic mining.
2. Survey monkey: online survey to get to know the percepcions and practices of ethnic mining in indigenous and Afro-descendant mining organizations.
3. Virtual forum: exchange of knowledge about ethnic differential approach in ASM & Fairmined
4. Focus group interviews

• Ethnic mining principles included in the Fairmined Standard.
• Creation of a roadmap that allows ASM to comply with the CRAFT and Fairmined standards.
• Investigations and products of knowledge about the conceptions and practices of ethnic mining, considering the message of indigenous and afro-descendant mining organizations.