Deadline: 7-Aug-20
The Extractives Global Programmatic Support (EGPS) Trust launched an emergency window to respond to on-going impacts from the COVID pandemic on artisanal and small-scale mining communities across the globe.
EGPS aims to provide short-term and medium-term assistance to artisanal mining communities, and their associated value chains, to cope with COVID-19 related impacts. Activities will comprise but not be limited to the following categories:
- Economic
- Social
- Environmental
- Health and safety
The World Bank sees two main categories of impact emerging from the present COVID crisis:-
- Direct impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on mining communities
The overarching dynamics that drive the impacts on the ground are an increasingly severe health crisis, a massive loss of formal and informal jobs in urban areas and as a consequence a vast migration from cities back to rural areas.
- Indirect impacts
Apart from the direct impact of the COVID-19 crisis on mining communities, there will be an impact caused by the government responses to contain COVID-19. Governments around the world seeking to contain the virus’ spread and constraining mobility translates into trade disruptions that will likely cause loss of markets and severely affect local economies.
Funding Information
- Small grants will be for under $50,000.
- Medium grants will be for between $50,000 and $300,000.
- 40% of successful applicants must be women-led or women-majority organizations working in ASM areas.
Eligible locations
Any geography where artisanal mining takes place is eligible. If a local entity is submitting a grant proposal to the fund, sponsorship by an entity known to the World Bank’s administration is required. Each grant must be capable of performing monitoring of activities –whether through web-enabled platforms and tools, or through site visits, should conditions in the country allow for this.
For more information, visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/egps#7