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Towards a Sustainable Future for Extractive Governance in Ghana

16 March 2021 7:00AM BDST

  • Event

  • Ending 9:30PM BDST

The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), in collaboration with the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), the Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) and the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) organized a two-day national dialogue on extractive governance. 


In the two-day virtual dialogue, successive speakers and panels of policy experts provided their outlook for Ghana’s extractive industries in 2021 and beyond. The discussion centered on how extractive policy communities can drive thought leadership to better redefine the direction of Ghana’s extractive policy. The experts analyzed the directions of Ghana’s mining, oil and gas policies after ten years of oil production and over a century of mining, and highlighted the successes, gaps and key challenges that Ghana’s extractive sector will face going forward.
 
Will 2021 signal a new shift in extractive policies for Ghana? What guiding principles should orient the country’s role in extractive governance among the comity of resource-rich countries? What mining, oil and gas policies should be at the top of the agenda for president Nana Addo and for Parliament, and what kinds of decisions do they need to make to enhance extractive governance in Ghana?
 
Tuesday, 16 March:
- Keynote address: Upstream petroleum policies: Implementation, gaps, lessons and expectations for reform (Special Guest of Honour: Egbert Faibille, Jr., CEO Petroleum Commission)
- Session 1: Evolution of petroleum sector governance in Ghana: Successes, challenges and recommendations (Benjamin Boakye, executive director, ACEP)
- Session 2: National oil company governance and the energy transition: Global perspectives for national consideration (Patrick Heller, advisor, NRGI)
- Session 3: Panel discussion, Q&A
- Session 4: Open plenary

Wednesday, 17 March:
- Keynote address: Ghana’s minerals and mining policies: Implementation, gaps, lessons and expectations for reform
- Session 1: Evolution of mining sector governance in Ghana: Successes, challenges and recommendations (Dr. Steve Manteaw, co-chair, GHEITI)
- Session 2: Resource-backed loans and the investment climate: Potential for sustainable growth/development or deepening financial distress?
- Session 3: Panel discussion, Q&A
- Session 4: Open plenary


Countries
Ghana