01.01.2025
Capacity building for the local governance of mineral exploration and mining (CAMI)
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Critical mineral exploration and mining are necessities for the green and digital transition. Municipalities can attract, direct, and restrict mining projects in many ways, but high-quality local governance requires successful policy choices and practical know-how on collaborative practices. Building on earlier research, the Capacity building for the local governance of mineral exploration and mining (CAMI) project (2025-2026), led by the University of Eastern Finland, offers guidance and training for a just and sustainable governance of mineral exploration and mining. Furthermore, it co-develops case-specific policy alternatives and solutions with the municipalities. The project also designs a road map for all municipalities, providing capacities to anticipate and govern the impacts and potential conflicts related to exploration and mining initiatives. It collaborates closely with three municipalities governing exploration and/or mining in different stages: exploration (Rautalampi), discovery (Heinävesi), and production (Sodankylä).
In this project Akordi will facilitate the co-development of options for the municipality-level policy measures in local governance of exploration and mining in Rautalampi and Heinävesi and support the scaling up of lessons learned from collaborative water monitoring in Sodankylä. In addition, our webinar Critical Minerals in Transition: What Does the EU’s New Raw Materials Policy Mean for Finland and Mining Communities? was organized in collaboration with the project.
The project is funded by the Research Council of Finland’s Proof of Concept Funding 2024.
