This side event disseminated knowledge products developed for regional capacity building on the Minamata Convention under the “Mercury-free Caribbean” awareness campaign; share project results, challenges, solutions and lessons learnt from the project “Development of National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana” during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The event will also provide insight on how results and lessons learnt from prior projects will be integrated into the three Caribbean child projects to be executed under the Global Environment Facility’s programme “Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-chemical Development in Small Island Developing States” (ISLANDS).
The event was hosted online Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 11:00 – 12:00 CET.
View the full recording of the session here. GEF ISLANDS Caribbean projects were featured from minute 34'57".
All side events of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-4) listed here.