GROWTH
AND DIVERSIFICATION
IN MINERAL ECONOMIES
Regional workshop for mineral economies in Africa
Cape
Town, South Africa, 7 to 9 November 2000
Programme
(Francais)
(Note:
Working languages English and French, simultaneous interpretation)
7 November, Attracting and retaining foreign investment
8.00-8.30
Registration
8.30-10.00
Opening of workshop
Presentations,
followed by questions and answers:
1.
Policy requirements for successful mining in Africa
John Stewart, Mining Industry Associations of Southern Africa
2.
Mining taxation
Professor Jim Otto, Colorado School of Mines, United States
10.00-10.30
Coffee/tea break
10.30-12.00
Presentations, followed by questions and answers:
3.
Investment promotion
John
Chanda, Coordinator, SADC Mining Co-ordinating Unit
4.
Case study: Ghana
Kwasi
Barning, Ghana Minerals Commission
5.
Good governance in geo-science data management: an investment tool
Antonio Pedro, Director, Southern & Eastern African Mineral Centre
12.00-13.30
Lunch
13.30-15.30
2 group workshops, one in English and one in French, on the above subjects
15.30-16.00
Coffee/tea break
16.00-17.00
Presentation of group results, discussion and drawing of conclusions
18.00-19.30
Reception
8 November, Mining as an engine of growth and the management
of mineral revenue
8.30-10.00
Presentations, followed by questions and answers:
1.
Background: macro-economic considerations and linkages
UNCTAD secretariat
2.
Case study on management of mineral revenue
Modise D. Modise, Deputy Permanent Secretary (Development), Office of
the President, Botswana
3. Distributional effects among regions and delegation of government
authority
Dr. Allen Clark, East-West Centre, United States
10.00-10.30
Coffee/tea break
10.30-12.00
Presentations, followed by questions and answers:
4.
Links with domestic industry, downstream processing and the provision of
inputs
Dr.
Paul Jourdan, CEO, Mintek, South Africa
5.
Cooperation between small-scale and large-scale mining, case study
Aloyce L. Tesha, Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Tanzania
12.00-13.30
Lunch
13.30-15.30
2 group workshops, one in English and one in French
15.30-16.00
Coffee/tea break
16.00-17.00
Presentation of workshop results, discussion
17.00-17.30
Briefing on information sources and networking
UNCTAD secretariat
9 November Diversification and development in local regions
dependent on mining
8.30-10.00
Presentations, followed by questions and answers:
1.
Diversification at the sub-national scale
Patricio Aroca, Institute for Applied Regional Economics, Universidad
Catolica del Norte, Chile
2.
Planning and incentives for diversification
Michael Solomon, consultant, South Africa
3.
Corporate initiatives supporting diversification
Richard O'Brien, Head of Education Planning, Richards Bay Minerals,
South Africa
10.00-10.30
Coffee/tea break
10.30-12.00
Presentations, followed by questions and answers:
4. Mining's impact on community development in South Africa: the
KWAGGA Programme
Lois Hooge, Minerals and Energy Policy Centre, South Africa
5.
Planning for closure
A. Cronje, Department of Mines and Energy, South Africa
6.
Stimulating the development of small enterprises
Wilfred Wentzel, Director, Centre for Integrated Rural Development,
South Africa
12.00-13.30
Lunch
13.30-15.30
2 group workshops, one in English and one in French
15.30-16.00
Coffee/tea break
16.00-17.00
Presentation of workshop results
17.00-18.00
General discussion, conclusions
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