GOLD-ISMIA is Global Environment Facilities - Global Opportunities For Long-Term Development (GEF-GOLD) Integrated Sound Management of Mercury in Indonesia’s Artisanal and  Small Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) – part of the global planetGOLD programme. The objective of the project is to reduce/eliminate mercury releases from the Indonesian Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector by (i) Strengthening institutions and the policy/regulatory framework for mercury-free ASGM; (ii) Increasing the access of mining communities to finance to enable the procurement of mercury-free processing technologies; (iii) Increasing the capacity of mining communities for mercury-free ASGM through the provision of technical assistance, technology transfer and support for formalization; and, (iv) raising awareness and disseminating best practices and lessons-learned on mercury phase-out in the ASGM sector.

The project will support 6 ASGM communities (Yogyakarta, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Gorontalo, Sulawesi Utara, Maluku Utara and Riau) in Indonesia to reduce mercury use by at least 5 metric tonnes/year starting in year three (3) of the project, which over the life-span of the project will result in a mercury release reduction of at least 15 tonnes.