Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Global programme 2025-2028

About this project

Support to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's global program on environmental governance in mining in collaboration with UNDP. This support continues to be designed as a program support to the global program Environmental Governance Programme, EGP, for responsible mining management for a green and just transition. The work is carried out in collaboration with UNDP in five countries in Africa (Kenya, DRC and Zambia) and Latin America (Colombia and Argentina) and with a global bridging cap. The program builds on experiences and results from the previous phase of the EGP and focuses on environmental and social risks and challenges that are expected to result from increased demand for minerals, including critical raw materials, needed for the green transition. Activities continue to focus on addressing governance deficiencies, and in particular capacity gaps, within government agencies responsible for environmental regulation of the mining sector. The program focuses on three sub-areas that complement and strengthen each other. Support at the country level continues to be a central part of the program. - Support government agencies to develop and implement effective tools and guidelines needed to govern permitting and regulatory processes in the mining sector with a focus on integrating environmental and social sustainability. - Support government agencies to enable transparent and participatory mining governance processes that are built on trust and cooperation betwe…

Published by

Sweden · Government

Countries

Argentina, Congo - Kinshasa, Colombia, Kenya, Zambia

Sectors

Mineral/mining policy and administrative managementEnvironmental policy and administrative managementIII.2.b. Mineral resources and miningIV.1. General Environment Protection

Funded by

Sweden

Passes funds through

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Published by Sweden to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 2 Nov 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: SE-0-SE-6-16922.

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