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Environmental Aspects of Small Mining: The objective is to explain  why it is important to carry out the mining operation in compliance with environmental regulations and requirements, what methodology can be applied to identify, assess and manage the environmental impacts present in your operation, give you the environmental guidelines that you must comply with for the formalization process, and understand the terms of reference that must be followed to have the environmental license required by the competent authority.

Economic and Administrative Aspects of Small Mining: In this booklet we will suggest a methodology to plan and project your mining company into the future, we will explain how to make the decision to invest in a mining company and how to calculate what you must produce to at least cover your operating costs and expenses.

This report contains the results of a survey on child labor in Ukraine. The purpose of the survey is to expand the knowledge base and improve data on child labor in Ukraine as a part of the national strategy of the elimination of child labour, especially its worst forms.

Clip of interview with Cesar Giovanni Soledad (then-Project Coordinator with the ILO's CARING Gold Project) on ABS-CBN, a Philippine news and entertainment network. Soledad presents the argument that "the key to solving the problem of child labor in small-scale informal mining" is not stricter enforcement but formalization of the small-scale mining sector.

Mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative ) study on the causes, mechanism and consequences of early marriage in Ethiopia, focusing on Amhara National Regional State – one of the regions with the highest rate of early marriage. Study aims: investigate the psychosocial and health effects of early marriage, and inform the developmental, policy and intervention demands of the nation with evidence-based research to mitigate the problem of early marriage and its effects.

A health and safety training manual that can be used by workers, managers and employers in Ethiopia for promotion of workplace health and safety in growth oriented sectors of the micro and small scale enterprises.

This pre-KAP survey assessed the extent of knowledge, attitudes and practice on child labor and related working conditions in ASGM in Ghana, as well as identified gaps in behaviorial and attitudinal change towards the elimination of child labor and the improvement of working conditions in the ASGM sector.

An article about the work of teams from the Alliance for Responsible Mining and Pact, partners in the Somos Tesoro project, providing trainings on the financial management of household resources to miners in the mountains of Tópaga, Boyacá.

An article reporting on a poetry competition, "cradling working hands, through dreamy stanzas", initiated by the EcoArt collective (with support from the Fundación Mi Sangre and the Somos Tesoro Project).  This was one of a number of initiatives to address child labor in the area.

An article about adolescent and younger participants in film and audio festivals held by Somos Tesoro.