The Alliance for Responsible Mining

Was established in 2004 and is a leading global expert on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). We work to transform the ASM sector into a socially and environmentally responsible activity, while improving the quality of life of artisanal miners, their families and communities.

Mission

We facilitate the empowerment of artisanal and small-scale miners, their organization and the adoption of good practices, promoting favorable environments for the inclusion of artisanal and small-scale miners in the formal economy. We create voluntary standard systems for production and trade and support the creation of responsible supply chains.

Vision

A legitimate, responsible and profitable artisanal and small-scale mining sector which promotes inclusive and sustainable development.

CRAFT and Fairmined model

We work using the CRAFT & Fairmined model as we truly believe this to be the way to meet our four main strategies, which will lead to create positive changes and achieve constant, progressive and realistic improvements in the sector.

1 | Assisting miners on the ground

We support groups of miners on their path towards sustainability, prioritizing the continuity of projects in territories.
2 | We develop standards and certification systems

We develop and implement sustainability standards tailored to the realities of the sector.
3 | We work for responsible gold supply chains and market development

We facilitate efficient and responsible supply chains from artisanal and small-scale mining.
4 | Governance for sustainable artisanal and small-scale mining

We foster the positioning of responsible artisanal and small-scale mining as a legitimate actor and promote bottom-up decision-making.

Manifiesto

In 2019, the entire team worked collaboratively together, through reflection and art, to create the ARM Manifesto that reflects what we do, how we feel about working in the organization and how our organizational culture exists today.

Our team

The entire team of the Alliance for Responsible Mining wants to thank miners, allies, donors and everyone who has worked on the creation of responsible supply chains for having worked together to improve the artisanal and small-scale mining sector.

AllBoard of directorsARM’s team

Marcin Piersiak

Executive director

Yves Bertran

Europe executive director

Santiago Londoño

Administration and Finances

Natalia González

Territorial Strategies and Governance for sustainable ASM

Géraud Brunel

New Iniciatives, Partnerships and Innovation

Conny Havel

Supply chains and market

Jairo Cardenas

Mining Services

Natalia Uribe Martínez

Standards and Certification

Maureen Ducarouge

Colombia and Peru Project Manager

Yerly Descanse

Colombia Project Manager

Baptiste Coue

África Project Manager

Maria Pujol Bremer

Communications

Felix Hruschka

Presidente

Harbi Guerrero

Vice Presidente

Cristina Echavarría

Patrick Schein

Ana Gabriela Factor

Matthew David Chambers

Emmanuel Yirenki Antwi

Urica Primus

María José Murillo

Manuel Reinoso

Maria Laura Barreto

Toby Pomeroy

Overall job satisfaction at 83%.

According to our job satisfaction indicator, 83% of the team feels satisfied with working and being part of the organization. Flexibility, growth opportunities and professional development are highlighted as positive aspects. In addition to a great work environment, the team enjoys belonging to ARM for its social impact on the communities, which is related to the organization’s vision.

 

 

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Volunteers

Marco Lügstenmann

Governance Team

Marco volunteered at ARM between February and May 2019. He supported the collection, systematization and analysis of information on regulations and public policies to provide tools and updated information to the governance team, particularly related to the strategy to identify barriers and their incidence. He worked on the regulatory analysis of mining coexistence in Burkina Faso, Ghana, the Philippines, Nicaragua, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. He also searched for successful cases of mining coexistence in Venezuela, Ghana, Mali and Mongolia. We are grateful for his dedication and contribution to the governance team. It is very valuable to have people like him, with all his knowledge and ideas, who contribute to strengthening the foundation’s knowledge and human capital.

Elizabeth Cuaran

Governance Team

Ana Elizabeth Cuarán Delgado is a law graduate from the University of Antioquia, specializing in socio-legal research. She also has an interest in human rights and companies and community work issues. Over the legal counseling center internship program, she worked with the Embera indigenous community from Riosucio, Caldas on indigenous jurisdiction, land rights and reparation and memory processes. She volunteered at the ARM governance team supporting research issues related to the ASM-LSM coexistence. She also carried out analysis and development activities on territorial viability, among other supporting activities for the governance team. In addition, she provided consulting services for the complementary tool of the CRAFT Code, which facilitates identifying and assessing risks.

Julia Cassidy

Communications Team

Julia provided Spanish to English translations for over six months, performing with great responsiveness and professionalism. Special thanks to Julia for her support.

Juan José Ramirez

Supply Chain and Market Team

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Thomas Ingram

Communications Team

Thomas has supported the communications team by producing a high-quality video. From the mine to the market, the video shows the path of Fairmined gold, highlighting that any small act of consumption can make a difference and it is a choice that respects everyone. Thank you, Thomas, for your professionalism, for being part of our family and for perfectly capturing in your artwork the spirit of ARM and of all those we work with.

Simon Hemkes

Standards and Certifications Team

Special thanks to Simon for joining us and supporting the standards and certifications team, especially for his contribution to key issues such as assessing and supporting team discussion on the contribution of standards to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). He also participated in Fairmined assurance by reviewing licensees’ self-assessments.
His contribution was made from different perspectives on the team.

Carlos Ardila

Communications and Supply Chain Team

Carlos has provided support in strengthening our Salesforce database and continues to complete the improvement plan in 2020. Thank you very much Carlos for your continued commitment and dedication.

María de los Angeles Mejía

Governance Team

Ángeles volunteered for the governance team. Over the two months of her volunteering, she supported territorial viability analysis and regulatory barriers analysis at the country level in four Latin American countries (Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, Chile). We are grateful for her dedication and contribution to the governance team. It is very valuable to have people like her, with all her knowledge and ideas, who contribute to strengthening the foundation’s knowledge and human capital.

Annual Report 2019 

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