Who funds and runs the work on the ground.

planetGOLD

GEF-funded, UNEP-led donor programme in 27 countries (19 implementing, 7 completed, 1 in development; roster re-confirmed 2026-07-03) around four pillars: formalisation, finance, mercury-free technology and market access. Phase 1 (2018-2026, with Mongolia’s project concluded): Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mongolia, Peru, Philippines. Phase 2 additions (GEF Council 2020-2021): Bolivia, Congo (Rep.), Ghana, Honduras, Madagascar, Nigeria, Suriname, Uganda, then Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, Zambia, plus Costa Rica, Paraguay and Zimbabwe; a Senegal project is in development. Its knowledge library holds 1,170 items; the 2026 Global Forum takes place in Panama City, 2026-09-22/24.

World Bank EGPS / Delve / MSPI

Trust fund, data platform and partnership: EGPS phase 2 (2019-2025) mobilised USD 116M across 254 grants in 50 countries (the fund’s own figures), with a "renewed framework" for ASM engagement in February 2025. Delve publishes the State of the ASM Sector reports (latest 2023) with its platform mid-rebuild; MSPI phase 1 (2023-2025) pilots model small-scale gold mines in West Africa and the Sahel, and Côte d’Ivoire formalisation support was announced 2025-07-11.

EGPS figures per the fund, unaudited

African Development Bank — ASM engagement

The AfDB’s (gold-inclusive) ASM formalisation agenda: a pilot, "Enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of ASM through climate-smart actions", supports the policy environment and the capacity of regulators and miners, and a joint AfDB–Government of Liberia study sets out steps to draw artisanal and small-scale miners into the formal sector via de-risking and financial inclusion. Academic reviews cite the AfDB alongside the World Bank and UNECA as a sign of expanded donor interest in ASM.

Programme scope per AfDB; the Liberia study is joint AfDB–government, and gold is one commodity within a broader ASM agenda.

SECO ASGM programme 2025-2029

Government programme of CHF 5.87M (SECO CHF 4M): a challenge fund (Baastel), policy and governance work (with ETH Zurich), and knowledge (with SBGA). The successor to the Swiss Better Gold Initiative public-private partnership.

USAID legacy (context record)

Funder of 14 ASM-focused projects since 2014, including Zahabu Safi (DRC, USD 11.9M, ended December 2023). The 2025 dismantlement cut anti-illegal-gold-mining support (Peru reporting, CS Monitor, 2025-04-23); no comprehensive termination list exists.

Solidaridad gold programme

NGO programme in Peru, Colombia, Ghana and East Africa under RECLAIM Sustainability!; delivered the first blockchain-traced Ghana gold export with Minexx (11.62 g, October 2022) and runs the credits programme with The Impact Facility.

Self-described programme scope; the credits work is corroborated

IMPACT (Just Gold)

The Just Gold pilot (DRC, 2012-2020) built the first traceable conflict-free artisanal gold chain from eastern DRC; IMPACT’s 2021 lessons report concluded there was "no viable future" without major market shifts. Current work: due-diligence digitalisation in Côte d’Ivoire, and executing planetGOLD Zimbabwe.

Artisanal Gold Council

NGO and technical implementer building mercury-free processing plants, with work in about 30 countries claimed; 2024 self-reported figures: 15 facilities and 200,000+ miners (unaudited). Implements planetGOLD Philippines.

Facility and miner figures per AGC, unaudited

Mercury Free Mining

Nonprofit promoting the Goldrop gravity system and the PACTO mercury-free processing model, with a GIA-funded study; active in 2025.

Existence well corroborated; reach claims single-source

The Impact Facility

Social enterprise running equipment lease-to-purchase for ASM gold in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda (the Lake Victoria programme); co-runs the Responsible Gold Credits instrument with Solidaridad.

Global Mercury Partnership

UNEP-hosted network with ASGM as a priority area, providing National Action Plan resources.

Levin Sources

Consultancy and knowledge producer with a gold practice: the GIFF illicit-flows project with GI-TOC, and builder of the EPRM Due Diligence Hub.

EPRM Due Diligence Hub

Aggregator of 100+ due-diligence tools for the 3TG minerals, launched 2020-07-09; no dated evidence of a refresh since (the site is JS-rendered, so staleness is unprovable either way).

DiliCHANCE

EU knowledge base of 100+ reviewed due-diligence tools covering about 50 raw materials; active as of June 2026.