EGP News

Kenya strengthens responsible mining through new regulatory guidelines

The Annual Mining Policy Brief and Stakeholders Forum 2026 in Nairobi was a major milestone both for responsible mining in Kenya and for EGP. The forum featured the official launch of two critical guidelines: the Artisanal Mining Committee Manual and the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Guidelines. 

Developed as part of the EGP, and coordinated by the Programme Technical Committee in Kenya, these practical tools will play a vital role in promoting responsible mining practices, strengthening environmental safeguards and enhancing community participation in Kenya.

EGP gains international recognition at IGF’s meeting in Geneva

The IGF Annual General Meeting in Geneva is the premier global forum where government leaders, mining experts, industry representatives, and civil society come together to shape policies and share best practices for sustainable and responsible mineral development. 

EGP was well represented at this year’s meeting, both by the EGP Global Team, and by national delegates from all five EGP partner countries. EGP's work was showcased and acknowledged across many sessions, highlighting its contributions to community engagement, participatory environmental monitoring (PEM), gender equality, transparency and responsible mining governance.

Workshops and dialogues build capacity on water management in DR Congo

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), EGP works towards better management and control of water resource quality in mining areas. Recently EGP carried out two workshops and a multi-stakeholder dialogue in the provinces of Haut-Katanga and Lualaba. This was an opportunity to build the capacity of relevant stakeholders and bring them together to find sustainable solutions that comply with the law.

Some of the outcomes included:

• Strengthened capacity of local communities to understand their rights, and to recognize signs of water pollution.
• Strengthened capacity of staff in the state’s technical services to investigate, identify and address infringements; 
• A multi-stakeholder roadmap setting out each party’s commitments to preserve water resources and manage disputes sustainably.

EGP promotes indigenous communities’ rights to participation in Argentina

EGP recently conducted a capacity building workshop on Participatory Environmental Monitoring (PEM) in the Jujuy province of Argentina. The event brought together 35 representatives from 20 communities in the Olaroz and Salinas Grandes regions, all located in areas linked to lithium mining. 

Over the two-day event, participants worked on rights regarding access to information and participation. The workshop reaffirmed the importance of building capacity and promoting spaces for participation among the diverse stakeholders involved in mining activities.

Working towards safer tailings management in Zambia

In February 2025 a containment wall at a tailings storage facility in Zambia collapsed, releasing over 50 million liters of highly toxic waste fluid and causing major environmental devastation. Since then, the Government of Zambia, supported by EGP, has been making ongoing efforts to strengthen technical competence, environmental governance and regulatory oversight of tailings storage facilities across the country. A concrete example was the five-day capacity building training on tailings dam design and management that took place in Kitwe in October 2026.

A key outcome of the training was the establishment of a stronger common understanding among regulatory institutions regarding tailings management risks and international standards. Participants enhanced their ability to assess, monitor and regulate tailings facilities while strengthening coordination among responsible agencies.

EGP at CBD COP17: Advancing Biodiversity-Sensitive Mining Governance

In October, the 17th COP on Biological Diversity took place in Armenia. During the meeting. EGP together with IGF and UNEP organized the side event “Critical Energy Transition Minerals and Biodiversity: Managing Trade-offs for a Just Transition”. 

The event brought together representatives from Canada, Ghana, Mongolia and Zambia to share country experiences, good practices and practical solutions for integrating biodiversity considerations into mining policies and decision-making throughout the mining lifecycle, from early planning to mine closure.

EGP gender course available on a new global learning platform

IGF Mining Academy is a new global platform for learning, collaboration, and innovation in responsible mining governance. The Academy helps public officials strengthen mining governance, improve policy and regulatory decisions, and turn mineral wealth into sustainable development outcomes for communities around the world. 

EGP is an acknowledged partner to the IGF Mining Academy, and EGP’s express course Fundamentals of Gender Equality and Mining Governance is one of the available courses on the platform. 

EGP Webinar: How to apply the mitigation hierarchy to manage biodiversity risks

Mining is essential for the green and digital transition, but it can also have significant negative impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity. The mitigation hierarchy is a tool which provides a structured framework that helps both companies and authorities manage biodiversity risks. 

 In October, EGP organized a webinar exploring how the mitigation hierarchy can be applied in practice, including examples from all over the world. The recording is available for everyone to watch. 

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