• Cliente / Entidad contratante: Chemonics
• País: Colombia
• Presupuesto: 292.000 USD
• Fecha: 2005-2020
• Financiador: USAID

Servicio prestado Asistencia tecnica para el monitoreo, evaluacion y gestion ambiental del programa «Oro Legal», financiado por USAID. Qué se consiguió

• Provision de monitoreo y evaluacion continuos en 20 municipios de los departamentos de Choco y Antioquia.
• Actualizacion del programa de Evaluacion Ambiental de Oro Legal, de acuerdo con los procedimientos y requerimientos ambientales de USAID.
• Realizacion de tres estudios de linea base y actualizaciones de datos anuales.
• Prestacion de servicios de asistencia tecnica a corto plazo a las organizaciones mineras en las zonas de intervencion, especialmente en la caracterizacion y cartografia del mercurio en el aire.
• Gestion y actualizacion del sistema de monitorizacion y evaluacion.
• Contribución con informes trimestrales e informes del programa.
• Tareas de apoyo relacionadas con el monitoreo de los niveles de mercurio producidos por las Unidades de produccion minera.
• Mitigacion y monitoreo de posibles impactos ambientales a traves del desarrollo y ejecucion de planes de manejo ambiental (PMA).
• Supervision tecnica de las actividades de gestion integrada de recursos hidricos (GIRH).

  Technical Assistance for monitoring, evaluation and environmental management of the “Legal Gold” Program, financed by USAID.

• Client name: Chemonics
• Country: Colombia
• Budget: 292.000 USD
• Date: 2005-2020
• Financer: USAID

Service provided Technical assistance for the monitoring, evaluation and environmental management of the «Legal Gold» program, financed by USAID. Description Execution of tasks for supporting the monitoring, evaluation and environmental management components of the “Legal Gold” Program. Achievements During the duration of the project, the following goals were achieved:

• Provision of long-term monitoring and evaluation in 20 municipalities of Chocó and Antioquia Departments.
• Upgrade of the Environmental Assessment of the Oro Legal Program, in accordance with the procedures and content required by USAID Environmental regulations detailed in 22 CFR 216, section 6 “Environmental Assessment”
• Provision of the baseline studies and follow-up data yearly.
• Provision of short-term technical assistance services to they early provision of mining organizations in the intervention zones, especially in characterization and mapping of airborne mercury.
• Management and updating of the monitoring and evaluation system.
• Contributions to quarterly monitoring reports and program reports.
• Supporting tasks related to monitoring the levels of mercury produced by the mining production units, present in gold purchases, and airborne mercury levels.
• Definition of mitigation measures and monitoring activities for possible environmental impacts through the development and execution of environmental management plans (EMP).
• Technical supervision of integrated water resource management (IWRM) activities.