Formalization starts together with you
Connecting small-scale miners, cooperatives, ministries and partners around practical pathways into the formal economy.
Built for communities at every starting point
Identity & Place
People and organizations need ways to describe who they are and where they work. Identity and place can provide foundations for recognition, shared records and participation.
Shared Evidence
Relevant information and evidence can help communities and partners understand requirements, coordinate their work and make more informed decisions together.
Collective Action
Communities and partners can organize around shared priorities, clear roles and local knowledge, creating a foundation for collaboration and progress.
Identity & Place
People and organizations need ways to describe who they are and where they work. Identity and place can provide foundations for recognition, shared records and participation.
Shared Evidence
Relevant information and evidence can help communities and partners understand requirements, coordinate their work and make more informed decisions together.
Collective Action
Communities and partners can organize around shared priorities, clear roles and local knowledge, creating a foundation for collaboration and progress.
Three ways to build lasting participation
TradePass, GeoTag and GCI are designed to support identity, place and evidence as communities enter formal markets.
Help communities understand requirements, organize records and work with qualified partners on compliance.
Bring producers, institutions and partners together around shared governance, a practical plan and common goals.
Built around people and participation
Miners and cooperatives bring local knowledge. Public institutions bring mandates. Technical and development partners bring support. FormalizationOS is being developed to connect these contributions through identity, evidence, compliance support and shared governance.
Formalization brings people, evidence and partners together around a shared path forward
Shared direction
Miners and cooperatives identify local priorities, existing practices and the support they need.
Partners agree on responsibilities, relevant requirements and the records needed to guide a pathway.
Communities and institutions review progress together, adapting the pathway as needs and evidence change.
Formalization takes time, local knowledge and collaboration. Each community can begin with its own priorities and build on the work already underway.
The people closest to the work can identify their goals, the records they already have and the requirements they face. This understanding helps shape a pathway that fits the community.
Cooperatives, ministries, regulators and service partners contribute different knowledge and responsibilities. Agreeing on roles helps them coordinate around a shared purpose.
Participants agree on a practical work plan: the evidence to gather, support to arrange and decisions to review together.
Formalization starts with recognizing your work
Shared principles for small-scale mining — participation, trusted evidence and local accountability.
People closest to the work bring knowledge and experience that should shape the path ahead.
A shared approach begins by listening, understanding local priorities and building on the strengths that communities already have.
Clear roles and relevant evidence help people and organizations understand how they can participate.
People closest to the work bring knowledge and experience that should shape the path ahead.
A shared approach begins by listening, understanding local priorities and building on the strengths that communities already have.
Clear roles and relevant evidence help people and organizations understand how they can participate.
People closest to the work bring knowledge and experience that should shape the path ahead.
A shared approach begins by listening, understanding local priorities and building on the strengths that communities already have.
Clear roles and relevant evidence help people and organizations understand how they can participate.
People closest to the work bring knowledge and experience that should shape the path ahead.
A shared approach begins by listening, understanding local priorities and building on the strengths that communities already have.
Clear roles and relevant evidence help people and organizations understand how they can participate.
A lasting pathway can evolve with a community, its priorities and the partners who support it.
People closest to the work bring knowledge and experience that should shape the path ahead.
A lasting pathway can evolve with a community, its priorities and the partners who support it.
People closest to the work bring knowledge and experience that should shape the path ahead.
A lasting pathway can evolve with a community, its priorities and the partners who support it.
People closest to the work bring knowledge and experience that should shape the path ahead.
Formalization starts with the people and organizations already doing the work. Shared foundations can help communities coordinate their next steps and build lasting participation.
Where now?
How communities build trust
Start with a shared purpose
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