Reference Projects
as per 01.02.2022:
Start | End | Project | Function | Client / Partner or Contractor | Country (main) | Countries (other) | Type | Issues | Commodity |
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1993 | 1996 | Proyecto Minería sin Contaminación (PMSC) – Phase 1 | Team leader | SDC / Projekt-Consult, Cenda | Ecuador | Switzerland, Germany | implementation | technology, environment, mercury, ASM | gold |
1997 | 2004 | Hg-net “Mercury Network – Red Mercurio” | Team leader | n/a | (Global) | implementation | mercury, ASM | gold | |
2000 | 2002 | Proyecto GAMA (Gestión Ambiental en la Minería Artesanal), Phase 1 | Team leader | SDC / Projekt-Consult, MEM | Peru | Switzerland, Germany | implementation | technology, environment, mercury, safety, social, legal, policy, capacity building, ASM | gold |
2003 | 2005 | Proyecto GAMA (Gestión Ambiental en la Minería Artesanal), Phase 2 | Team leader | SDC / Projekt-Consult, Regional Governments, MEM | Peru | Switzerland, Germany | implementation | technology, environment, mercury, safety, economy, social, legal, policy, IT, capacity building, ASM | gold |
2009 | SAM (Sustainable Artisanal Mining) Project - External Review | Team leader | SDC | Mongolia | Switzerland | evaluation | technology, environment, social, legal, capacity building, ASM | gold, coal | |
2013 | Planning of ESEC Phase II | Team leader | SDC, Asia Foundation | Mongolia | Switzerland | planning | technology, environment, policy, ASM | gold | |
2014 | SAM (Sustainable Artisanal Mining) Project - Planning Phase III | Team leader | SDC | Mongolia | Switzerland | planning | technology, environment, mercury, safety, economy, social, legal, policy, supply chain, capacity building, ASM | gold, industrial minerals, coal | |
2014 | Evaluation of the project Environmental Protection in Mining. | Team leader | BGR | Mongolia | Germany | evaluation | technology, environment | any | |
2016 | Scoping Study on the Potential to Develop Analytical Tools to Constrain the Origin of Gold from Conflict-affected and High-Risk Areas | Team leader | BGR / MUL | Germany | study | technology, supply chain, ASM | gold | ||
2017 | 2030 | ASM Knowledge Platform artisanalmining.org | Team leader | none, self funded | implementation | capacity building, ASM | any | ||
2020 | 2022 | The case for Jewelry Manufacturing and its Impact on Value Addition, Job Creation, and the Economic Empowerment of Women | Team leader | AfDB | Zimbabwe | Guinea, Sierra Leone | planning, study | technology, supply chain, ASM | precious stones |
2020 | 2021 | Developing Forest-Smart Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Standards | Team leader | Levin Sources, ARM and FFI on behalf of World Bank | Ghana | Liberia, Colombia, Peru | planning, study | technology, environment, ASM | any |
1991 | WTK Aktiv | Team member | OeBAG WTK | Austria | planning | economy | |||
1992 | Project "Tools for Mining" | Team member | GTZ / Projekt-Consult, Corponariño | Colombia | Germany | implementation | technology, environment, mercury, ASM | gold | |
1992 | Definition Study "Emissions from Garimpos" | Team member | GTZ / Projekt-Consult | Brazil | Germany | study | environment, mercury, ASM | gold | |
1992 | Mitigación de emisiones de mercurio en la minería de oro en el Ecuador | Team member | SDC / Projekt-Consult | Ecuador | Switzerland, Germany | planning | technology, environment, mercury, ASM | gold | |
1993 | Scientific Cooperation Austria-Iran | Team member | MUL & Ministry of Mines of Iran | Iran | Austria | planning | technology, capacity building | none | |
2001 | MMSD (Mines, Metals and Sustainable Development) - Global ASM Report | Team member | IIED | United Kingdom | (Global) | study | technology, environment, mercury, economy, social, legal, policy, ASM | any | |
2004 | Program for Improvements to the Profiling of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Activities in Africa and the Implementation of Baseline Surveys | Team member | World Bank, CASM | United Nations Organization | Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, South Africa Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe | study | technology, environment, safety, economy, social, legal, ASM | any | |
2005 | Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources Project (SMMRP) - Artisanal and Small-scale Mining Baseline Survey | Team member | SMMRP / World Bank, CASM, Projekt-Consult | Nigeria | study | technology, environment, social, legal, ASM | gold, industrial minerals | ||
2006 | Mwadui Community Diamond Project | Team member | De Beers Group (WDL, DTC) / Projekt-Consult | Tanzania | advisory, implementation | technology, legal, policy, capacity building, ASM | precious stones | ||
2006 | Guidance Notes for Government | Team member | World Bank, CASM, Projekt-Consult | United Nations Organization | study | environment, social, legal, policy, ASM | any | ||
2009 | 2012 | SDNRP 1 - Capacity building in the Afghanistan Geological Survey | Team member | World Bank, SDNRP / GTZ, Projekt-Consult | Afghanistan | Germany | implementation | economy, IT, capacity building | any |
2012 | ASM-PACE - baseline study Gabon | Team member | WWF / Estelle Levin Ltd. | Gabon | study | technology, environment, policy, ASM | gold | ||
2013 | scientific cooperation between Mongolia and Austria in the field of mining engineering and mineral economics. | Team member | MUL, MUST | Mongolia | Austria | delegation | technology, economy, capacity building | any | |
2013 | Situational analysis of ASM in selected areas of Ecuador | Team member | ELL | Ecuador | United_Kingdom | study | technology, social, legal, ASM | gold | |
2013 | 2014 | SDNRP 2 - CBAGS II | Team member | World Bank, SDNRP / GIZ, Projekt-Consult | Afghanistan | Germany | implementation, training | IT, capacity building | any |
2014 | Programmatic Policy Based Loan „Strengthening of the Environment Sector II“ | Team member | IABD | Guyana | evaluation | environment, policy | gold | ||
2014 | 2016 | Improving the Business Environment: Reform of Northern Coal Enterprise | Team member | World Bank, SDNRP / UNICON International | Afghanistan | United_Kingdom | advisory, study | technology, environment, safety, IT | coal |
2015 | 2016 | Support of Strengthening the Formalization of the ASM and Gemstone Sector | Team member | World Bank, SDNRP / GIZ | Afghanistan | Germany | advisory, training | technology, legal, policy, supply chain, ASM | precious stones |
2015 | Elaboration d’ un document stratégique sur les Exploitations artisanales et à Petites Échelles | Team member | World Bank, Promines / Estelle Levin Ltd., Pact, IPIS | Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Philippines, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru | study | legal, policy, ASM | gold, precious stones | ||
2015 | 2016 | Environmental Capacity Building Program I and II - Final Technical Evaluation and Project Completion Report | Team member | IADB | Guyana | evaluation | environment, policy | gold, precious stones | |
2016 | 2017 | Understanding the economic contribution of Small-scale Mining in East Africa | Team member | DFID / ARM, Pact | Kenya | Uganda, Rwanda | study | economy, social, ASM | any |
2017 | 2018 | Development of the CRAFT Code (component of CAPAZ - the passport to Markets Programme) | Team member | ARM in partnership with RESOLVE. funded by EPRM | Colombia | Global | advisory, implementation, study | policy, supply chain, ASM | gold |
2019 | 2020 | The CRAFT Code - version 2.0 | Team member | ARM in partnership with RESOLVE. funded by EPRM | Colombia | Global | advisory, implementation, study | policy, supply chain, ASM | gold, precious stones, 3T, cobalt |
2021 | 2022 | MAGTAP: Implementation Plan of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) Strategy | Team member | World Bank / Levin Sources, ARM | Mozambique | advisory, implementation, training | technology, ASM | any | |
2006 | 2011 | Standard Zero Fair Trade Gold - Technical Committee | Other | ARM / --- | Colombia | Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil | advisory | environment, mercury, safety, economy, social, legal, supply chain, ASM | gold |
2009 | 0 | University Course "Small scale and artisanal mining in developing countries | Other | MUL | Austria | training | technology, environment, mercury, safety, economy, social, legal, policy, supply chain, capacity building, ASM | any | |
1992 | MIP – Metallindustrieprojekt Peru | Consultant | CDG Institut für Berufliche Bildung Emden | Germany | Peru | training | capacity building | iron or base metals | |
1999 | Proyecto GAMA “Gestión Ambiental en la Minería Artesanal” | Consultant | SDC / Projekt-Consult | Peru | Switzerland, Germany | planning | technology, environment, mercury, economy, social, legal, capacity building, ASM | gold | |
1999 | Programa de Apoyo a Medidas Ambientales Sostenibles en la Minería (AMASOMIN) | Consultant | SDC | Ecuador | Switzerland, Germany | planning | environment, mercury, capacity building, ASM | gold | |
2007 | Concept for a new CASM website | Consultant | World Bank, CASM | United Nations Organization | (Global) | advisory | IT, ASM | none | |
2007 | Development of Baseline Assessment- and a Cost of Production Toolkit for Fair Trade Gold | Consultant | ARM, Corp. Oro Verde/ Red Respomin | Colombia | Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia | implementation, study | economy, ASM | gold | |
2007 | 2008 | Gold-copper exploration project in Chile | Consultant | Unifico Holdings | Chile | United_Kingdom | planning | technology | gold, iron or base metals |
2007 | Program ADOBI (Agenda Development Osh Batken Infrastructure) | Consultant | ADA / Panplan Consult | Kyrgyzstan | planning | economy, social, policy | any | ||
2008 | SDNRP 1 - Capacity building in the Afghanistan Geological Survey | Consultant | World Bank, SDNRP / GTZ, Projekt-Consult | Afghanistan | Germany | planning | IT, capacity building | none | |
2010 | Training of auditors for certification against the Fairtrade and Fairmined Gold Standard | Consultant | FLO-Cert | Peru | Germany, Bolivia, Colombia | training | technology, environment, mercury, safety, social, supply chain, ASM | gold | |
2010 | SAM (Sustainable Artisanal Mining) Project - Planning Phase II | Consultant | SDC | Mongolia | Switzerland | planning | technology, environment, mercury, economy, social, legal, supply chain, capacity building, ASM | gold, coal | |
2010 | Verification of mineral reserves and economic valuation of the mineral deposit “Steirischer Erzberg" | Consultant | VAE GmbH | Austria | planning, evaluation | economy | iron or base metals | ||
2010 | SAM - Recommendations for ASM regulation | Consultant | SDC | Mongolia | Switzerland | advisory | legal, policy, ASM | gold, any | |
2010 | African Network of Fairtrade and Fairmined Artisanal Gold Producers and Support organizations | Consultant | Solidaridad, ARM | Tanzania | Kenya, Uganda | planning | supply chain, ASM | gold | |
2011 | Basic Artisanal Mining Standard | Consultant | ARM | Colombia | study | environment, social, legal, supply chain, ASM | gold | ||
2011 | Evaluation of Gold Prospects in Carinthia and Styria | Consultant | PMA | Austria | planning | technology, economy | gold | ||
2011 | Exploratory Mission to assess the potential for an integrated Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the area of gemstone and mineral mining in Badakhshan | Consultant | GIZ / GFA, MIKON | Afghanistan | Germany | planning | technology, economy, social, ASM | precious stones | |
2012 | Geo-data access at the AGS | Consultant | DFID / ASI | Afghanistan | United_Kingdom | study | legal, policy, IT | any | |
2012 | Mineral prospection for small-scale gold deposits in Styria | Consultant | PMA | Austria | planning | technology, economy | gold | ||
2012 | Mine safety and occupational health in the Lapis Lazuli mines of Sar-e Sang | Consultant | GIZ / GFA | Afghanistan | Germany | implementation | technology, economy, ASM | precious stones | |
2014 | Diálogos de Oro en Perú | Consultant | ARM | Peru | implementation | legal, policy, ASM | gold | ||
2015 | ASM Formalization Index | Consultant | IADB / ARM | Colombia | study | legal, IT, ASM | any | ||
2015 | ASGM and technical aspects of reducing/eliminating mercury emissions | Consultant | UNIDO | United Nations Organization | training | technology, environment, mercury, ASM | gold | ||
2016 | Support for Sustainable Development of the Mining Sector II - Project Progress Review | Consultant | BGR | Laos | Germany | planning, evaluation | environment, safety, legal | any | |
2017 | Training on organization of ASM, certification schemes for gold, and implications for reducing mercury emissions | Consultant | UNIDO | United Nations Organization | training | technology, mercury, supply chain, ASM | gold | ||
2018 | Sustainable Development of the Mining Sector in Myanmar | Consultant | BGR | Myanmar | Germany | planning, evaluation | environment, safety, social | any | |
2018 | Assessment of potential technical solution to address combined lead/mercury contamination | Consultant | UNIDO | Nigeria | advisory | technology, mercury, safety, ASM | gold | ||
2019 | Concept Paper for a project on “Technical Up-grading of the Nigerian ASM Sector" | Consultant | UNIDO | Nigeria | planning | technology, ASM | gold, industrial minerals | ||
2019 | Regional Project - Support for a Regional Certification Mechanism (ICGLR) | Consultant | BGR | Burundi | Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda | planning, evaluation | technology, legal, policy, supply chain | gold, 3T | |
2021 | 2021 | Capacity Development in the Minerals Resources Sector of Mongolia II | Consultant | BGR | Mongolia | planning, evaluation | economy, social, IT, capacity building | any | |
1996 | 1999 | Proyecto Minería sin Contaminación (PMSC) – Phase 2 | Advisor | SDC / Projekt-Consult, Cenda | Ecuador | Switzerland, Germany | implementation | technology, environment, mercury, safety, ASM | gold |
2006 | 2008 | Proyecto GAMA (Gestión Ambiental en la Minería Artesanal), Phase 3 | Advisor | SDC / Projekt-Consult, Regional Governments, MEM | Peru | Switzerland, Germany | advisory, implementation | technology, environment, mercury, safety, social, legal, policy, capacity building, ASM | gold |
2011 | 2012 | SAM (Sustainable Artisanal Mining) Project - Backstopping | Advisor | SDC | Mongolia | Switzerland | advisory | supply chain, capacity building, ASM | gold |
2012 | Formalization of informal ASM | Advisor | MME, IADB | Colombia | advisory | legal, policy, ASM | any | ||
2012 | Bi-national ASM project Ecuador / Peru | Advisor | UNIDO | Ecuador | Peru | planning | technology, environment, mercury, policy, ASM | gold | |
2013 | SAM (Sustainable Artisanal Mining) Project - Backstopping | Advisor | SDC | Mongolia | Switzerland, Colombia, Peru | advisory, delegation | legal, policy, capacity building, ASM | gold | |
2015 | SAM (Sustainable Artisanal Mining) Project - Backstopping | Advisor | SDC | Mongolia | Switzerland | advisory, delegation | legal, policy, supply chain, capacity building, ASM | gold, industrial minerals, coal | |
2017 | 2018 | TransMAPE (Educación para la transformación de la minería artesanal y en pequeña escala (MAPE) aurífera) | Advisor | ARM, CIRDI | Ecuador | (desk based) | advisory, study | technology, supply chain, capacity building, ASM | gold |
2021 | 2021 | Planning of GOLD+ child projects in Bolivia, Ghana and Nigeria | Advisor | UNIDO | Bolivia | Ghana, Nigeria | planning, advisory | technology, environment, mercury, ASM | gold |
2022 | 2022 | Planning of GOLD+ child projects in Nicaragua and Mali | Advisor | UNIDO | Nicaragua | Mali | planning, advisory | technology, environment, mercury, ASM | gold |