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Lot 87, Sacré Cœur 3 +221 33 869 46 86 T Pyrotechnie x VDN +221 33 824 15 67 F BP 45435 Dakar-Fann [email protected] E Sénégal www.trustafrica.org W Local Content Policy in the Extractive Sector in Africa April 21 – 22, 2015 Laico Regency Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya Draft Convening Program Day 1: Tuesday 21 st April 2015 08:30-09:00 Registration of participants 09:00-09:30 Session 1: Welcome and Opening Remarks Alvin Mosioma, Executive Director, Tax Justice Network Africa Tendai Murisa, Executive Director, TrustAfrica 09:30-11:00 Session 2: The Extractive Sector and Transformation in Africa Presentation: Building Linkages and Diversification - Towards A New Agenda of Extractives, Structural Transformation and Development in Africa. by Tetteh Hormeku (Head of Programs, Third World Network Africa, Ghana) Panel Discussion followed by interactions with audience Panelists: Tomas Sales (Manager, Private Sector Africa Facility for Inclusive Markets, UNDP RSCA, Ethiopia) Patrick Z K Mwangi (CEO, Micro & Small Enterprise Authority, Kenya) Lucia Quachey (President & CEO, Ghana Association of Women Entrepreneurs) Maureen J. Dlamini (CEO, Chamber of Mines of Zambia) Désiré Avom (Director, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche en Economie et Gestion, Cameroon) Julius Monzi Muia (Executive Secretary, National Economic and Social Council, Kenya) Issues and Questions: An understanding of forms and measurement of local content and how this applies to natural resources. What initiatives have been taken in the past to promote development using natural resource wealth? What is local content policy? How different is local content today, from earlier initiatives like the creation of national petroleum or mining companies to engage with multinationals in the extractive sector? What is the scope of LCP frameworks in the African transformation agenda? Does local content mean the same thing to governments, extractive industry, CSOs, etc.? Can LCP frameworks deal with the enclave nature of the extractive sector in Africa?

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Page 1: Draft Programme - Local Content Policy in the Extractive Sector in Africa - Trust Africa -TJNA

Lot 87, Sacré Cœur 3 +221 33 869 46 86 T

Pyrotechnie x VDN +221 33 824 15 67 F

BP 45435 Dakar-Fann [email protected] E

Sénégal www.trustafrica.org W

Local Content Policy in the Extractive Sector in Africa

April 21 – 22, 2015

Laico Regency Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

Draft Convening Program

Day 1: Tuesday 21st April 2015

08:30-09:00 Registration of participants

09:00-09:30 Session 1: Welcome and Opening Remarks

Alvin Mosioma, Executive Director, Tax Justice Network Africa

Tendai Murisa, Executive Director, TrustAfrica

09:30-11:00 Session 2: The Extractive Sector and Transformation in Africa

Presentation: Building Linkages and Diversification - Towards A New Agenda

of Extractives, Structural Transformation and Development in Africa.

by Tetteh Hormeku (Head of Programs, Third World Network Africa,

Ghana)

Panel Discussion followed by interactions with audience

Panelists:

Tomas Sales (Manager, Private Sector Africa Facility for Inclusive Markets,

UNDP RSCA, Ethiopia)

Patrick Z K Mwangi (CEO, Micro & Small Enterprise Authority, Kenya)

Lucia Quachey (President & CEO, Ghana Association of Women

Entrepreneurs)

Maureen J. Dlamini (CEO, Chamber of Mines of Zambia)

Désiré Avom (Director, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche en Economie et

Gestion, Cameroon)

Julius Monzi Muia (Executive Secretary, National Economic and Social

Council, Kenya)

Issues and Questions: An understanding of forms and measurement of local

content and how this applies to natural resources. What initiatives have been taken

in the past to promote development using natural resource wealth? What is local

content policy? How different is local content today, from earlier initiatives like the

creation of national petroleum or mining companies to engage with multinationals

in the extractive sector? What is the scope of LCP frameworks in the African

transformation agenda? Does local content mean the same thing to governments,

extractive industry, CSOs, etc.? Can LCP frameworks deal with the enclave nature

of the extractive sector in Africa?

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11:00-11:15 Refreshments

11:15-15:45 Session 3: The Role of LCPs in Enterprise Development and Diversification of

African Economies

P1: Local Content Requirements and Industrial Development: what

Instruments and what Prospects for African Economies?

by Isabelle Ramdoo (Deputy Head, Economic Transformation and Trade

Program, ECDPM, The Netherlands)

P2: The Extractive Sector and Small Enterprise Development in Africa

by Lilliossa Kayinamura (Account Manager, Training and Development in

Lusophone countries, AMSCO, South Africa)

P3: Promoting an Inclusive Extractives Conceptual Framework in Africa –

what should the Private Sector do?

by Tomas Sales (Manager, UNDP Private Sector Africa Facility for

Inclusive Markets, Ethiopia)

Q&A:

Issues and Questions: What LCPs to extend linkages to the rest of the economy

through enterprise development? What opportunities for local firms (especially

MSMEs) in the value chain of the extractive industry? What obstacles to the

participation of local firms in the extractive industry? Do MSMEs in Africa have a

chance in a capital intensive extractive sector?

12:45-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-16:00 Session 4: Experiences with LCP Design and Implementation in the Extractive

Sector

P1: Ghana's Approach to Local Content: A Game Changer?

by Mr. Alhassan Atta-Quayson (Department of Economics Education,

University of Education, Winneba, Ghana)

P2: Local Content policy in Zambia: Challenges and Opportunities for the

MSME Sector

by Mr. Innocent Melu (Manager, Enterprise Development, Zambia

Development Agency)

P3: "Local Content Policy in the Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria: An

Assessment of the Role of Civil Society ".

by Mr. Dauda Garuba (Country Officer, Natural Resource Governance

Institute, Nigeria Office)

P4: Linkages, Support to Local Content Policies and SME Development in

Liberia

by Mr. Timothy Melvin (Country Director, Building Markets/USAID,

Liberia)

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P5: Local Content Experiences out of Africa

by Mr. Job Ogonda (Director, East Africa and the Nairobi Process, The

Institute for Human Rights and Business, Kenya),

Interactions with Audience

Issues and Questions: Lessons learned, innovations and scalable best practices in

Africa. What have been the experiences of different stakeholders? What lessons

from other parts of the world? What outcomes and impact from countries that have

designed and are implementing LCP frameworks?

16:00 -16:15 Refreshments

16:15 - 17:45 Session 5: Civil Society and the Private Sector in the LCP Process

Panel Discussion followed by interactions with audience

Panelists:

Job Ogonda (Director, East Africa and the Nairobi Process, the Institute for

Human Rights and Business, Kenya)

Mwiya Mwandawande (Head, Extractive Industry Transparency Alliance,

Zambia)

Sulemanu Koney (CEO, The Ghana Chamber of Mines)

Farai Maguwu (Director, Center for Natural Resource Government,

Zimbabwe)

Alvin Mosioma (Executive Director, Tax Justice Network Africa)

Mburu Gitu (Executive Director, OSIEA - Open Society Initiative for East

Africa, Kenya)

Tumi Mbaakanyi (President, Women in Business Association, Botswana)

Issues and Questions: How inclusive is the elaboration of LCP frameworks? What

role have CSOs played in the extractive sector in Africa so far? How can CSOs

contribute in the design, implementation and monitoring of LCP frameworks? What

monitoring arrangements exist? What are the challenges involved? What are their

capacity gaps? What type of movements and alliances are required to be effective;

both nationally and internationally? What lessons for countries still to design LCP

frameworks or currently doing so?

18:30 – 21:00 Dinner Reception

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Day 2: Wednesday 22nd April 2014

09:00-11:30 Session 6: Identifying Gaps and Possible Interventions

Discussion in Groups:

Moderator:

Issues and Questions: How can we leverage LCP frameworks in the extractive

sector to transform Africa? How can we engage in the design, implementation and

monitoring of LCP frameworks? What type of advocacy? What knowledge and

which resources?

11:30 - 12:00 Refreshments

12:00 - 13:00 Session 7: Closing Session –

Groups report to plenary – Adoption of group discussions

Closing Remarks

Moderator:

13:00-14:30 Lunch and Adjourn