Monday-Tuesday, February 11-12, 2008
Conakry, Guinea |
| Topics | Speakers |
Day 1--Monday, February 11, 2008
Regional Integration and Policy Framework |
| Welcome and Opening Remarks | Hon.M.B.DARAMY (ECOWAS), WAEMU Commissioner; Marc Dubernet (Agence Française de Développement (AFD); Yogesh Vyas (African Development Bank); Ishac Diwan (Country Director, The World Bank); Ben Sekou Sylla (Civil Society, Guinea); Excellency Ahmed Kante (Minister of Mines, Guinea) |
| Opening Plenary: Regional Mining Development - Objectives and Challenges | Mr. Paulo de Sa, Manager, Oil, Gas and Mining Policy Division, The World Bank;
Ms. Joyce Ayree, Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Chamber of Mines |
Session I: Â Overarching Frameworks
Moderator: Yogush Vyas, Bakary Fofana |
| Session Opening | Â |
| Mining Sector Governance | Adou Koman & Souleymane Zeba, ECOWAS |
| Development of a Regional Mining Code | Abdoulaye Kone, WAEMU |
| Open Session with selected Ministers | Minister of Finance of Guinea, Other Ministers |
| Management of Mining Revenues | Zamilatou Cissé, Ministry of Finance, Mali |
| LUNCH: Keynote Address | Godwin Punungwe, NEPAD |
Session II:Â Building Mining Sector Capacity
Moderator: Marc Dubernet, Mamadou Biteye |
| Establishment of a Regional Mining Sector Capacity Building and Advisory Facility | Valerie Dabady Liverani, AfDB & Boubacar Bocoum, World Bank |
| PANEL DISCUSSION: How to Improve Benefits from Mining | Amponsah Tawiah, Minerals Commission, Ghana, Souleymane Zeba (ECOWAS), Robert Theoret (Alcan) |
| Donor discussion on funding of a Regional Mining Sector Capacity Building Facility | Stephen Wilson, ECA Ltd. |
Day 2--Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Impacts and Benefits of Mining and the Way Forward |
Session III:Â Regional Development Perspective
Michael Stanley, Antonio Pedro |
| Session Opening |  |
| Open Session with Selected Ministers | Â |
| Integrated minerals-based growth and development | Paul Jourdan, Adviser to the AfDB |
| Creating Enabling Environment for Infrastructure Development for Large-scale Mining | William Bulmer, IFC |
| Regional Infrastructure Development and Public/Private Partnerships | Representative of Rio Tinto |
| PANEL DISCUSSION:Â Challenges of Implementing Regional Programs | Nicola Lepage (Canadian Embassy), Steve Mantheaw, Alou Kouame (Ivory Coast) |
| LUNCH: Keynote Address - Resource Endowment Toolkit/ Need for Good Governance | Chris Anderson, Representative of the ICMM |
Session IV:Â Impacts and Benefits of Mining
Moderator:Â Paulus Geraedts |
| Session Opening | Â |
| Environmental and Social Assessment for Mineral Development | Fernando Loayza, World Bank- commentator, Yogesh Vyas (AFDB) |
| Community Development and Benefit Sharing Mechanisms at the Local Level | Babara Toure, Guinean Chamber of Mines and Prisca de Beauchamp, IFC |
| PANEL DISCUSSION: How to Fairly Distribute Benefits to Countries and Communities | Aissata Fall Bagnan (Transparency, Niger), Negbalee Warner (EITI, Liberia), Dr. JürgenVasters (BGR Hannover), Charles Di Leva (World Bank) |
Session V:Â The Way Forward
Moderator: Daouda Camara |
| Forum Conclusions and Way Forward | World Bank, ECOWAS, WAEMU, AFDB, AFD |
| Closing | Ishac Diwan, ECOWAS, Prime Minister of the Republic of Guinea |
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