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The Picture Gallery Royal HollowayUniversity of London
Harnessing the Extractive Industries for Development2017
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02 / 11 2017
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ContentsIntroduction 3Info 4Social Media 5Workshop Programme 6Keynote and Panellists 8Resource Showcase 14Special Issue 20Campus Map 21Notes 23
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IntroductionFunded by a grant from the Economic and Social Research Council through their South East Doctoral Training Centre, this one-day international workshop brings together PhD researchers, expert academics and industry practitioners in order to foster collaboration and explore the pathways and challenges of harnessing the extractive industries for development in sub-Saharan Africa.
The day-time workshop comprises of keynote speakers, paper presentations, and breakout discussion groups, ensuring ample time for networking and collaboration. This is followed by an evening networking event and panel discussion, including a diverse range of expert panellists to stir debate.
Following the workshop, participants will be invited to submit their full draft papers to be considered for publication as part of a special issue in The Extractive Industries and Society, An International Journal.
To find more information on this year’s and last year’s event, visit our website at ex4dev.com
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Info
LocationThe Picture Gallery, Royal Holloway, Egham Hill, Egham, TW20 0EX, UK.
A map can be found towards the end of the programme to help you find us on the day.
Catering For YouA range of refreshments, including hot and cold drinks and snacks, will be available throughout the day and evening. If you have any dietary requirements that haven’t been stated prior to the event, please let one of the EX4DEV team know on the day and we will do our best to cater for you.
Travel ReimbursementFor participants that are eligible for reimbursement of their travel expenses at cost, please complete the expense claim form, which has been emailed to those eligible and will be available on the day. Please make sure to fill out all relevant information and include hard copies or colour photocopies of your receipts if applicable.
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Social MediaTo increase the impact of the workshop we will be live tweeting throughout the day. If you have a twitter account we also welcome you to tweet and join in with the discussion online. Include pictures, handles and hashtags to stir interest. Useful twitter handles and #hashtags include:
Joshua Sandin @JK_SandinJames McQuilken @J_Mcquilken
Allison Lindner @allowritesGavin Hilson @hilson2kAbby Hilson @DrHilson_RHUL
Masuma Farooki @DocMzfJeff Geipel @jdgeipel
Amir Lebdioui @AmirLebdiouSarah Katz-Lavigne @SarahGeoKL
Economic and Social Research Council
@ESRC
South East Doctoral Training Centre
@SouthEastDTC
Royal Holloway @RoyalHolloway
Natural Resource Governance Institute
@NRGInstitute
Extractives Hub @Extractives HubPact @PactWorld
Governance for Extractive Industries Programme
@goxitweet
RAW Talks @_RAW_TalksMining Shared Value @ewb_msv
International Council on Mining and Metals
@ICMM_com
Adam Smith International @AdamSmithIntSP Global @SPGlobal
Event Hashtag #EX4DEV17Other useful hashtags #extractives #mining
#oilandgas #gold #ASM #LSM #SSAfrica #SSA #minerals #development #localcontent #CSR
You can also link various pages from our website at
ex4dev.comom
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Workshop Programme
Workshop – Commencing at 9:00
9:00-9:30 Registration and Refreshments
9:30-9:50 Opening Remarks and Introductions by Joshua Sandin
9:50-10:30 Resource Showcase including Natural Resource Governance Institute, Extractives Hub, Pact, Raw Talks and GOXI
10:30-11:10 Session 1 – Moderated by Joshua Sandin
1. Promoting Local Content Policies for Industrial Development: Challenges, Opportunities and the Need for A Strategic Vision’ - Amir Lebdioui, University of Cambridge
2. Social Progress in Mining-Dependent Countries – Research through the Lens of the SDGs – Diane Tang-Lee, International Council on Mining and Metals
Coffee Break
11:30-12:55 Session 2 – Moderated by Allison Lindner
3. Are Africa’s Mineral Exploration Companies Thinking about Corporate Social Responsibility? Observations from Eastern Region, Ghana – Suleman Dauda, University of Surrey
4. Defying the Resource Curse: Why Transforming the Workplace Matters – Gracelin Baskaran, University of Cambridge
40 minutes for Breakout DiscussionsBuffet Lunch and Networking
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14:05-15:30 Session 3 – Moderated by James McQuilken
5. Re-assessing Security Threats in Ivory Coast in Relation to ASM - John Nikolaou, Claremont McKenna
6. Corporate Strategies, Property Rights, and Conflict in the Copper Sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo – Sarah Katz-Lavigne, Carleton University and University of Groningen
7. Shallow Linkages in the Mining Sector – Masuma Farooki, SP Global
8. The Gold Digger and the Machine. Evidence on the Distributive Effect of the Artisanal and Industrial Gold Rushes in Burkina Faso – Victoire Girard, Université d’Orléans
Coffee Break15:50-17:30 Keynote Session – Moderated by Joshua
Sandin
Large Scale and Artisanal Miner Partnerships: A Viable CSR Strategy in sub-Saharan Africa? - Professor Gavin Hilson, University of Surrey
40 minutes for Breakout Discussions
17:30-17:40 Closing Remarks and Call for Papers for the Special Issue of Extractive Industries and Society
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Panel Discussion and Networking Event – Commencing at 18:00
18:00-18:30 Refreshments, Buffet and Networking
18:30-19:45 Panel Discussion on Harnessing the Extractive Industries for Development in sub-Saharan Africa. Moderated by Joshua Sandin
Professor Caroline Digby, University of Cape Town
Dr Diane Tang-Lee, International Council on Mining and Metals
Professor Gavin Hilson, University of Surrey
Jeff Geipel, Mining Shared Value
William Macpherson, Adam Smith International
19:45-21:00 Networking and Drinks Reception
Keynotes and PanellistsEX4DEV17 will host a number of special guests, including a diverse range of high profile expert panellists. During the evening panel session, panellists will reflect on key issues linked to harnessing the extractive industries for development.
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Professor Gavin Hilson University of Surrey – Keynote and PanellistGavin is a leading global authority on the environmental and social impacts of the small-scale mining sector. He has published over 100 journal articles, book chapters and reports on the subject, his specialist knowledge widely recognized internationally. He has delivered talks on small-scale mining and provided consultancy services on the subject for a range of high profile organizations and corporations worldwide, including the United Nations and World Bank. Gavin is editor-in-chief of The Extractive Industries and Society (Elsevier Science), and is on the editorial boards of numerous journals. He is also an executive board member of the Diamond Development Initiative.
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Professor Caroline Digby University of Cape Town – PanellistA development economist by training, Caroline has worked in the field of mining, sustainability, education and regeneration for over twenty years. She is currently Adjunct Professor at the University of Cape Town and an honorary research fellow at the University of Exeter. Prior to this, Caroline was Director of the Centre for Sustainability in Mining and Industry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. These academic posts followed her role as Sustainability Director at the Eden Project in the UK, where she also ran the Post-Mining Alliance promoting better practice in post-mining regeneration.
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Jeff Giepel Mining Shared Value – PanellistJeff Geipel is the Founder and Venture Leader for Mining Shared Value at Engineers Without Borders Canada. Before this, Jeff was the founder and first executive director of Fair Trade Vancouver. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Jeff has been researching and working on international trade issues since his undergraduate degree in Political Science at Simon Fraser University. Jeff also holds a master’s degree in International Development from the London School of Economics. Jeff currently resides in Toronto.
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Diane Tang-Lee International Council on Mining and Metals – PanellistDiane joined ICMM in April 2016 as a senior programme officer within the role of mining and metals in society work programme. Prior to joining ICMM, Diane obtained her PhD from the University of Manchester. Her research investigates community engagement and CSR of Chinese investments in Myanmar, with in-depth field research carried out at a copper mining project in Myanmar. Meanwhile, Diane interned with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi in 2015, which involved producing an analytical paper on UNEP’s integrated approaches towards achieving the sustainable development goals.
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William Macpherson Adam Smith International – PanellistWilliam Macpherson is a project manager with Adam Smith International, an international development company focused on government reform and economic development in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. For the past three years, William has focused on government reform in the mining and oil and gas sector, spending the last nine months managing the Extractives Sector Support Programme, a UK Department for International Development (DfID) funded project, in Kabul, Afghanistan. He also manages the Extractives Hub, a DfID funded project providing support to public sector extractive industries practitioners in Asia and Africa.
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Resource ShowcaseVarious resources available to stakeholders in the extractive industries will be showcased at the opening of the event. Staff from the Natural Resource Governance Institute and Extractives Hub will be available throughout the day at interactive stands to engage with participants.
NRGI Resource Governance Index2017 Resource Governance Index is the only international index measuring governance of the extractive industries. Full dataset and 89 assessments of transparency and accountability policies and practices in oil, gas and mining are available on resourcegovernanceindex.org. Alongside the Index, the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) has resources at resourceprojects.org and www.resourcecontracts.org, which are open data platforms offering access to extractive project information: payments made by extractive companies and contracts between companies and governments.
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Extractives HubTaking everyday decisions in the extractives sector means dealing with a dynamic body of information, which can be difficult, expensive and time-consuming to access. The Extractives Hub simplifies the search process for decision makers by providing up-to-date and trustworthy evidence, tools and toolkits for over 40 extractives sector topics from a range of sources. The Extractive Hub resources are available at extractiveshub.org. Registration on the site is free and open to all sector stakeholders
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DELVEDELVE is a platform in development, looking to overcome the lack of accurate and complete data on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). The World Bank and Pact, an international NGO, began addressing this data void in 2015 and are now working to scale-up the platform into a global resource on ASM.The vision for DELVE is a definitive online platform thatincludes shared indicators, data mapping and visualization, a gateway to all data sources, and a collective initiative to accurately monitor, evaluate, analyze and publish critical ASM information. While still in development, DELVE resources can be accessed on delvedatabase.org.
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RAW TalksRAW Talks is an interview series exploring the ideas and experiences of leaders, researchers and practitioners in the field of resource policy and economics. All with the aim to advance the discussion on how best the extractives sector can contribute to development. Interviews are published in regular online editions that can be accessed for free at www.rawtalks.org or on YouTube.
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GOXIGOXI is a standing online forum for innovation and collaboration across stakeholder groups, countries and initiatives that aims to strengthen governance of the extractives sector. The forum is used by 4000 practitioners from 129 countries, ranging from government, the private sector, civil society and think tanks. GOXI is a platform to support dialogue, share opinions, information, new research and events; connect people; find jobs; and seek collaboration. Join the discussion at goxi.org.
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Mining Local Reporting MechanismThe Mining Local Reporting Mechanism (LPRM) is a set of disclosures on local procurement that are to be reported by organisations who report on mine sites. The LPRM addresses the gaps in current reporting frameworks and sustainability systems, and helps standardise the way the mining sector and host countries talk about these issues. Its use facilitates comprehensive reporting on local procurement spending and programming at the site level, and empowers the mining sector and host countries to work together to better target supplying opportunities – ultimately improving the economic impacts of mineral extraction. More information available at miningsharedvalue.org/mininglprm/.
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Special IssueFollowing the workshop ‘Harnessing Extractive Industries for Development in sub-Saharan Africa’ we will be inviting submissions for publication as part of a special issue in The Extractive Industries and Society, An International Journal. An overview of the publications from last year’s workshop can be found by exploring the link to the journal and on the EX4DEV website at ex4dev.com/ex4dev16.
Paper ThemesThe aim of this special issue is to build on the ideas shared at the workshop. Paper submissions are open to all and not limited to participants of the event, though preference will be given to participants. The paper themes for the special issue will be developed from the presentations and discussions at the event, with further details on these themes to be shared afterwards.
Paper formats Various paper formats are welcomed including original research papers (up to 8000 words), position papers (up to 8,000 words), opinion pieces and viewpoints (2000-3000 words), and workshop reports (1000-2000 words).
Paper submission The deadline for submissions will be announced after the event. However, we urge authors to draft their papers as soon as possible to ensure a timely review process and publication.
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