Scaling Up ITSCI

Scaling up Mineral Traceability facilitated the expansion of the ITSCI system to new sites, the launch of electronic data collection and capacity-building activities for local civil society, NGO partners, and business, helping them to play effective roles in the sector. The project also leveraged the existing network of visible, accessible mines that are covered by the ITSCI system to improve living standards and environmental protections. Scaling Up Mineral Traceability addressed occupational health and safety at mine sites and delivered livelihood programming for men and women miners through literacy, savings, and small business development. By increasing the geographical scope and depth of programming in the ASM sector, Scaling Up Mineral Traceability aimed to build on and move beyond past interventions that helped keep the sector viable, helping realize ASM’s potential to be an effective force for development and peace.