What do you know about mining?

There is an unlimited appetite for resources on a biophysically limited earth. The resource issues will be high on the international agenda in the next decades and plays, just like the energy shortage, a key role in the climate story. Play this video to know more.

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Climate Meet-up in Ghent

At the Watt Factory on Friday 27th, 2019   Our Catapa team is proud to have been able to meet with social entrepreneurs from both Belgium and South-Africa at the Watt Factory’s Climate Meet-up organized
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Press Release: Make ICT Fair Breakfast at the European Parliament

Press Release: Make ICT Fair Breakfast at the European Parliament Raising Awareness of Human Rights Violations in ICT Supply Chains On the morning of the 1st October, the Make ICT Fair consortium held a breakfast
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Mining in Azuay: a David vs. Goliath story

Mining in Azuay: a David vs. Goliath story Azuay, a province in the south of Ecuador with Cuenca as its historic and cultural provincial capital, has rapidly developed into an emblematic region in the fight
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DocuLatino 2019

DocuLatino Film Festival – Tracing the ICT supply chain For the 11th year in a row Catapa organises the Doculatino Filmfestival in Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels and Leuven. Within the Make ICT fair European campaign, whose
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For the 11th year in a row Catapa organizes the DocuLatino Filmfestival in Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels and Leuven. Within the Make ICT fair European campaign, whose goal is to achieve a more transparent and fair
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Filmhuis Klappei
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For the 11th year in a row Catapa organizes the DocuLatino Filmfestival in Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels and Leuven. Within the Make ICT fair European campaign, whose goal is to achieve a more transparent and fair
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Filmhuis Klappei
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Oct 23 @ 18:30 – 21:30
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Are you looking for a thesis topic? Would you like to engage in topics related to environmental issues? Would you like to do research on the social and environmental impacts of mining in Latin America
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Green Office Gent
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For the 11th year in a row Catapa organizes the DocuLatino Filmfestival in Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels and Leuven. Within the Make ICT fair European campaign, whose goal is to achieve a more transparent and fair
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Filmhuis Klappei
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Changemakers Weekend Are you curious where the metals in your smartphone come from? Do you know that mining is related to human rights abuses and environmental destruction? Do you want to obtain more knowledge, skills
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de Hoge Rielen
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For the 11th year in a row Catapa organizes the Doculatino Filmfestival, in Ghent, Antwerp and Leuven. Within the Make ICT fair European campaign, whose goal is to achieve a more transparent and fair ICT
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Studio Skoop
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Nov 13 @ 20:00 – Nov 15 @ 22:00
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For the 11th year in a row Catapa organises the Doculatino Filmfestival in Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels and Leuven. Within the Make ICT fair European campaign, whose goal is to achieve a more transparent and fair
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Pianofabriek
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For the 11th year in a row Catapa organises the Doculatino Filmfestival in Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels and Leuven. Within the Make ICT fair European campaign, whose goal is to achieve a more transparent and fair
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Pianofabriek
October – November 2019 Oct – Nov 2019

Make ICT Fair

Challenging the sustainability of the global ICT supply chain; from mining to procurement.
For the coming 3 years, CATAPA together with 10 other partners across Europe will campaign on manufacturing and mining in the electronics industry.

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Catapa is currently working in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. Find out more about the cases!

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Oruro

Colombia

La Colosa, Cajamarca

Perú

Comités de Vigilancia, Cajamarca

Programa Sui Sui, Iquitos

Ecuador

Project Mirador

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