DISCUSSION ON PARTICIPATORY

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING COMMITTEES

(PEMC) WORK IN LATIN AMERICA & NEW
OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP COMMITTEES
Geneva, 18 October 2018
EGP RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING PARTICIPATORY
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING COMMITTEES

OBJECTIVE:

To better understand the

characteristics and conditions which
enable participatory environmental
monitoring committees to have an
influence on decision making in the
mining sector
METHODOLOGY AND COUNTRY CASE STUDIES
BOLIVIA

 Pocoata
 Tupiza

PANAMA

 Chilibre
 Donoso

PERU

 Juprog
 Mallay
 Orcopampa
ARGENTINA

 Jujuy
 Alumbrera
RESEARCH FINDINGS HIGHLIGHTS

THE CREATION OF PEMCs OCCURS IN DIFFICULT EVEN AT VARIOUS STAGES OF MATURITY, PEMCs
CONTEXTS HAVE TANGIBLE IMPACT

MONITORING IS TECHNICALLY COMPLEX IT IS IMPORTANT TO AGREE ON PRIORITIES AND HOW

THE COMMUNITY WILL PARTICIPATE
PANAMA REGIONAL WORKSHOP: OCT. 3-5
❖ Organized with CIRDI and Grupo de Diálogo

❖ Interactive sessions with over 40 participants:

❖ Objectives:
✓ Exchange experiences among case
studies
✓ Validation of preliminary results of a
regional PEMC report
✓ Develop ideas for future programming
✓ Build a support network
WORKSHOP FINDINGS
IDENTIFIED CHALLENGES
• Sustainable Financing
• Issues with formalisation, and institutional
linkages to local governments
• Autonomy, and legitimacy
• Difficulties disseminating monitoring results
(community, media, other actors)

OTHER HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

• Context specific, hard to find one-size-fits-all
solutions
• Capacity building needed within PEMCs
• Role of the State and legal framework
• Importance of building peer networks and
experience-sharing
PARTICIPANTS EXPERIENCES
TOVE LUNDEBERG
• Senior Adviser at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
JOSIMAR BIOSSE
National Agency for
Environmental
Quality Control –
AQUA,
Mozambique.
FLAVIANO
BIANCHINI
Source International
Founder and
Director
COUNTRY GROUPS

MOZAMBIQUE: MONGOLIA: COLOMBIA:

JOSIMAR BIOSSE TOVE LUNDEBERG ANDRÉ XAVIER
FLAVIANO BIANCHINI SARAH DAITCH